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Thursday, 19 March 2026, 03:51
18 March 2026
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court has set bail at UAH 998,400 for a deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Kyiv regional directorate suspected of bribery and exerting pressure on businesses.
American actor Sean Penn visited a unit of Ukraine's 157th Mechanized Brigade operating in the Donetsk region.
In Luxembourg, the civic organization LUkraine Association, together with several European embassies and the European Commission, has launched an advocacy coalition in support of Ukraine titled "Defending Our Future Now."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has positively assessed the decision of the Warsaw District Court to extradite Russian archaeologist Aleksander Butyagin to Ukraine, where he is suspected of conducting illegal excavations in temporarily occupied Crimea.
In Gdynia, in northern Poland, unknown vandals stole a sign bearing the Polish inscription “Free Ukraine Square” (Plac Wolnej Ukrainy). The Ukrainian Consulate in Gdańsk has asked local police to identify and apprehend the perpetrators.
The response to recruitment by Russian intelligence agencies via social media cannot be purely technical or repressive—shutting down Telegram or another platform will simply cause recruitment to shift to other platforms.
The District Court in Warsaw has ruled that the extradition of Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin to Ukraine is legally permissible. Butyagin is suspected of conducting illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Belgium has appealed to Brussels authorities to prevent the screening of the propaganda documentary “Ukraine-Russie, derrière l'écran de fumée” (“Ukraine-Russia, behind the smokescreen”).
The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration is preparing to reduce its staff by 22% due to a budget deficit.
The National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine Parajanov Prize, named after Sergei Parajanov, announced on March 17 the best professional feature-length debuts created in 2025.
This winter, 30,000 Ukrainians made use of the 'invincibility trains' that operated in cities experiencing interruptions in heating and electricity supply.
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) presented American actor and director Sean Penn with an “Oscar” crafted from the steel of a railcar damaged in a Russian attack.
The Czech Ministry of the Interior and the Ukrainian Embassy presented the revamped Ukrainian Consultation and Community Center (UCCC) in Prague, which will serve as a key hub for supporting Ukrainians and coordinating diaspora initiatives.
17 March 2026
The Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the detention of State Security Service (SSS) colonels Oleksandr Derkach and Andrii Huk until May 15.
Discussions about a new judicial reform are misguided; instead, efforts should focus on developing the judicial system in specific areas.
The question of establishing military courts in Ukraine remains relevant under wartime conditions and continues to spark debate among both judges and the military.
Several cases involving former People’s Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, who has ties to the Kremlin, are pending in the Supreme Court, but no rulings have been issued so far.
A joint team formed from servicemembers of the cybersecurity units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the UK’s 21st Signal Regiment took second place among 36 teams at international cyber exercises in Singapore.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law aimed at improving mechanisms for ensuring military discipline and preventing and combating discrimination and sexual harassment.
Two more children have been returned from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region to territory controlled by Ukraine.
16 March 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with American actor and director Sean Penn.
The Ukrainian National News Agency, Ukrinform, marks its 108th anniversary since its founding.
Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia. As a result of the strike, more than 7,500 customers lost power.
Two additional basic shelters have been completed in the Central District of Kherson.
In Russia, new rules for businesses came into force in March banning the use of foreign words in commercial activity.
The Russian telecommunications satellite "Express-AT1" has permanently failed, leading to large-scale disruptions in the broadcasting of propaganda TV channels from Kaliningrad to the Far East, as well as in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
15 March 2026
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has said its officer was unjustifiably detained by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) at a checkpoint near the entrance to Sumy.
At the age of 66, Andrii Shabunin, a historian and artist, has passed away.
14 March 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the Ukrainian Volunteer Fighter Day by presenting state awards to servicemen of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine and civilian volunteers, and by handing posthumous awards to the families of the fallen.
A Russian military court in Moscow has sentenced five Ukrainian prisoners of war to between 15 and 18 years in prison over their alleged participation in a Ukrainian offensive operation in Russia's Kursk region, which Russian authorities classified as a terrorist attack.