Five regions of Ukraine face new power outages due to enemy shelling
In frontline regions, new power outages have occurred as a result of enemy shelling and drone attacks.
23 March 2026
In frontline regions, new power outages have occurred as a result of enemy shelling and drone attacks.
Russia is trying to catch up with Ukraine in the production of naval drones; the Defense Forces consider this threat real and are preparing for it.
Claims regarding Russian troop advances in Vovchansk and Synkivka are unfounded.
Russian authorities reported a massive drone attack early Monday morning; at the port in Primorsk, Leningrad region, a fuel tank was damaged in the attack, which caused a fire.
In a village in the Novyi Bilous community in the Chernihiv region, a local woman who was working in her garden at the time was injured as a result of a drone attack by Russian forces.
On the morning of Monday, March 23, two explosions occurred in Bucha, Kyiv region, and two law enforcement officers were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces attacked nine settlements in the Kharkiv region with guided bombs and drones; a woman was injured.
The Russian troops have attacked Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region again, damaging infrastructure and injuring two people.
Yesterday, March 22, 134 clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders.
Fighters from the Unmanned Systems Unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Strix, destroyed a rare Russian Skat 450M drone, which is worth about 400 thousand dollars.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 234 out of 251 drones launched by Russia in an attack starting on the evening of March 22.
Russian forces launched drone strikes on residential houses in the outskirts of Odesa as well as on port infrastructure.
Ukraine is engaging with the Gulf states so that our experience and support can evolve into long-term cooperation and respect for our country.
Russia suffered approximately 1,288,850 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and March 23, 2026, with 970 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
As a result of a Russian drone attack in the Kirovohrad region, a woman was injured and residential buildings were damaged.
As a result of a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, two men were wounded and a fire broke out.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the United States continues to provide Ukraine with the necessary intelligence and weapons via European partners.
The Russian authorities have effectively abandoned a large-scale experiment that envisioned bringing "SMO veterans" en masse into the State Duma through elections.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 821 attacks on 40 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving three people dead.
On Monday, March 23, all regions of Ukraine will follow hourly electricity outage schedules for residential consumers, while industrial users will face power restrictions.
Dmytro Hladirenko, an orchestra member and saxophonist with the Chernihiv City Palace of Culture, was killed on the front lines.
A heating pipeline was damaged on Paton Bridge in the capital, leaving residents of two neighborhoods without heat.
The farewell ceremony and funeral of the Honorary Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, Filaret, concluded in Kyiv.
22 March 2026
Following negotiations with the U.S. side in Florida, progress has been made in aligning positions and narrowing the range of unresolved issues.
Ukraine is engaging with the Gulf states so that our experience and support can evolve into long-term cooperation and respect for our country.
There are indications that prisoner exchanges may continue.
This week, there have been reports of Russian attempts to intensify their offensives, the only tangible result of which has been an increase in Russian military casualties.
On March 22, in the Berezivka community of Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a civilian vehicle, injuring a 13-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl.
Rescuers extinguished a fire that engulfed a warehouse in the Kyiv region.
Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov met with Honorary President of the Pan-European Movement of Austria Karl von Habsburg to discuss deepening cooperation within European institutions and presented him with the Order of Merit III degree.