Ukrenergo: Power outages in five regions due to new attacks
As of March 31 morning, users in five regions are without power due to new Russian attacks on the power grid. Electricity consumption is increasing due to cloudy weather.
31 March 2026
As of March 31 morning, users in five regions are without power due to new Russian attacks on the power grid. Electricity consumption is increasing due to cloudy weather.
Russian forces have attacked the Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times using drones and artillery, injuring two people.
On the night of March 31, drones attacked the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation; among the damaged facilities was the Ust-Luga Port.
Reports that the mobilization process will transition to a new administrative phase starting April 1 are untrue. The Ministry of Defense has developed a comprehensive plan to transform the mobilization system, which will be announced at a later date.
On Tuesday, March 31, Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, arrived in Kyiv alongside EU ministers to pay tribute to the victims of the Russian occupation in Bucha.
On the night of March 31, drones attacked the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation; among the damaged facilities was the Ust-Luga Port.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 30, 140 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.
On Tuesday, March 31, Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, arrived in Kyiv alongside EU ministers to pay tribute to the victims of the Russian occupation in Bucha.
In Sloviansk, three people, including a child, were wounded as a result of a Russian airstrike overnight on March 31.
In Poltava, one person was killed and four others were injured, including two children, as a result of a Russian attack on the night of March 31.
Air defense forces shot down 267 of the 289 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of March 30.
Early Tuesday morning, March 31, a Russian attack drone struck the balcony of a third-floor apartment in an apartment building in Odesa, injuring a man.
Total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to March 31, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,297,670 personnel, including 970 over the past 24 hours.
One person was killed and three others were injured, including a child, when debris from a Russian drone fell in the Poltava region.
The reform of the Ukrainian Army’s military command structure is currently in its second phase.
Russian military aircraft carry out 70–90 strikes on Ukraine every day, using between 200 and 300 guided bombs.
The National Police have investigated 56% of the 1,216 anonymous bomb threats received on March 30 at the email addresses of state authorities, local governments, educational institutions, businesses, organizations, banks, and other institutions.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has proposed expanding the network of engineering counter-mobility parks by adding 23 more by the end of 2030, as well as establishing a counter-mobility strip along the borders with Belarus and Russia.
A pilot project to involve the private sector in the air defense system is already yielding initial results.
The Security Service of Ukraine arrested a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent in Khmelnytskyi who was planning to blow up cars belonging to the Armed Forces.
The British Foreign Office criticized Russia’s decision to expel a British diplomat on suspicion of “spying.”
Ukrainians have chosen "Siaivo" ("Radiance") as the name for the country's national large language model (LLM).
30 March 2026
On March 30, Ukrainian forces engaged in 120 combat clashes with Russian forces, the most active being the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy attempted 24 attacks.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called false the statement by Iran's UN representative, Amir Saeid Iravani, who accused Ukraine of acting as an accomplice to the United States and Israel in the war by sending Ukrainian UAV specialists to Middle Eastern countries.
This year, Ukraine will concentrate on a strategic defensive operation aimed at containing the enemy.
Ukraine is receiving practical inquiries from international partners regarding cooperation in maritime security and the potential unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to share its own experience in ensuring freedom of navigation, developed during the operation of the Black Sea grain corridor.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has tested a new generation of bomber drones at the Brave1 training ground.
Ukraine has reached "historic agreements" with Gulf countries on security cooperation, including strengthening air defense and developing the defense industry, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian forces have already liberated 480 square kilometers of territory on the Oleksandrivka axis, according to Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, with key attention focused on air defense issues.