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17 March 2026
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army attacked approximately 31 settlements in the Sumy region with drones, damaging energy infrastructure and railroad tracks; two people were killed, and nine were wounded.
Ukraine is gradually shifting the war onto Russian territory, and air raid alert sirens are already blaring across the Russian Federation. Recently, more than 250 aerial targets were detected in the Moscow area, all aimed at the aggressor country’s military infrastructure.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 16, Russian invaders killed five residents of the Donetsk region and wounded six others.
The War is Entering a New Phase
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces and Russian troops engaged in 171 combat clashes, with the heaviest enemy pressure recorded on the Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole axes.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 154 out of 178 drones launched by Russian troops since the evening of Monday, with impacts recorded at 12 locations.
Russia lost another 930 troops in its war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours, bringing its total personnel losses to about 1,280,860 since the start of the full-scale invasion.
The United Kingdom and Canada will maintain pressure on Russia to end its war against Ukraine.
Ukraine does not see threats from representatives of Iran's regime to strike its territory in response to Kyiv's support for Middle Eastern countries as anything new or noteworthy.
Russia helped Iran improve its strike drones, and now Israel, Gulf countries, as well as U.S. troops in the Middle East face the same threat Ukraine encountered several years ago.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published an interactive 3D model and data on 79 manufacturers of key systems and components of the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber on the War&Sanctions portal.
16 March 2026
On March 16, as many as 152 combat clashes occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders along the front line, with the heaviest fighting recorded in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk sectors.
More than 7,000 housing and utility workers who helped restore energy infrastructure during the winter are receiving an additional UAH 20,000 for February. Similar payments are also planned for March.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke with his Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna following the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Among other things, the sides discussed maintaining global attention on countering Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is not postponing negotiations on ending the war, adding that no one in diplomacy is disappointed.
Ukraine has thwarted a Russian strategic offensive operation that the enemy had planned for March this year.
German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz is convinced that the U.S. decision to temporarily allow the purchase of Russian oil runs counter to the interests of Ukraine and Europe, and that sanctions against Russia must be tightened.
Over the course of three days, the Middle-strike units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a series of strikes on Russian military facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia region.
During Monday’s attacks, fragments of intercepted Iranian missiles fell in several areas of Jerusalem, including near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Throughout the day, Russian forces launched 25 attacks on the Synelnykove, Nikopol, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Department of Internal Security of the Security Service of Ukraine has detained an intermediary and the deputy head of the SSU Main Directorate in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as the deputy head of the SSU Directorate in the Rivne region, who were attempting to set up an illegal scheme in the Rivne region.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed, and two others were wounded during the day as a result of drone attacks; the Russian troops also carried out a massive airstrike on populated areas, and a criminal proceeding has been launched.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with American actor and director Sean Penn.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko held a meeting with fuel market operators, attended by representatives from the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Energy, the Antimonopoly Committee, and the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
The Ukrainian National News Agency, Ukrinform, marks its 108th anniversary since its founding.
The EU Council has adopted restrictive measures against nine individuals responsible for crimes against the civilian population in Bucha during the Russian occupation in 2022.
North Korea is estimated to have earned up to $14.4 billion from its troop deployment to the Russia-Ukraine war and arms exports to Russia.
Linking the release of the EUR 90 billion loan approved for Ukraine to the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline is unacceptable.
There is no peace on the horizon in Russia's war against Ukraine, and the European Union must take this into account when building its strength.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow does not see any signs that US President Donald Trump has lost interest in Ukraine peace talks.