Russians launch 1,770 drones, over 1,530 KABs, and 86 missiles at Ukraine over past week – Zelensky
In just the past week, Russian forces struck Ukrainian territory with 1,770 attack drones, over 1,530 KABs (guided aerial bombs), and 86 missiles.
15 March 2026
In just the past week, Russian forces struck Ukrainian territory with 1,770 attack drones, over 1,530 KABs (guided aerial bombs), and 86 missiles.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to initiate amendments to the mobilization law under which members of parliament who lose their mandate would have to join the army.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi visited certain areas of the Zaporizhzhia direction, where the enemy is concentrating a significant number of forces and resources for an offensive.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian troops are currently unable to advance with equipment and are only attempting infiltration in small groups, while Russia has no intention of ending the war.
Near the village of Chervona Khvylia in the Kharkiv region, two emergency medical workers were killed as a result of enemy shelling, and another was injured.
In Kherson, a Russian drone hit a minibus, injuring a civilian man.
On March 14, a total of 144 combat engagements took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops. The enemy put the most pressure on the Kostiantynivka sector, while activity was also high in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 90 out of 97 drones launched by Russian forces in attacks on Ukraine starting in the evening of March 14.
The total combat losses of Russia’s forces in manpower from February 24, 2022 to March 15, 2026 have reached approximately 1,279,170 personnel, including 740 killed and wounded over the past day.
The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine says it has recorded the start of a large-scale campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine, falsely claiming that Kyiv is seeking to block energy supplies to the European Union.
Rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) extinguished a fire caused by a Russian drone strike on a passenger train in the Sumy region.
Powerful explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied town of Dovzhansk in the Luhansk region late on March 14. According to preliminary information, an ammunition depot exploded in the town.
Ukraine's military intelligence has released exclusive footage showing the destruction of a Russian Shahed-type attack drone over the Dnipro River near Kyiv during a massive Russian air assault on March 14.
The rapid development of drone technologies has significantly changed how tanks are used on the battlefield, but it is still too early to abandon them, according to Hennadii Shapovalov, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Soldiers from the Combat Hawks unmanned systems battalion of the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade demonstrated how they recover damaged ground robotic systems (UGVs) from the outskirts of Pokrovsk that failed to reach their destination.
14 March 2026
Russia's Ministry of Defense has claimed that almost 300 Ukrainian drones attacked Russian territory on Saturday.
Ukrainian forces have engaged in 117 clashes with Russian troops along the frontline since the start of the day.
Ukraine's state rail operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, has introduced temporary changes to train operations in the Sumy region after a Russian drone strike hit a passenger train.
The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 19, including several children.
Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the Sumy region on March 14, injuring three civilians, according to the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
The Japanese government is considering introducing Ukraine-made attack drones to bolster its defense capabilities, banking on the Eastern European country's combat experience against Russian military aggression.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of injured following a Russian airstrike has risen to 18, including two teenagers.
In the Kyiv region, the number of fatalities from the massive Russian attack on March 14 has risen to five people.
On March 14, Russian invaders attacked four Ukrposhta branches across Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy regions, injuring employees.
Three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region came under enemy shelling on March 14, leaving nine civilians injured.
Russian forces dropped four guided aerial bombs on the city of Zaporizhzhia. As of 18:13, the number of people injured in the attack has risen to 13.
The number of those injured in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia has risen to ten, including a 17-year-old boy in serious condition, with one person killed in the attack.
Since the start of the day, Russian forces have launched 79 attacks on Ukrainian positions, with the most intense fighting reported in the Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole sectors.
Russian forces launched a guided bomb attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, sparking fires, damaging residential buildings and injuring a civilian.
Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck Russian troop concentrations, artillery systems and military logistics facilities in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.