Israel to continue military campaign in Iran for at least three more weeks – IDF
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) plan to continue their military campaign in Iran for at least three more weeks.
15 March 2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) plan to continue their military campaign in Iran for at least three more weeks.
Slovakia unblocked European Union sanctions against Russia just before the deadline after dropping its demand to remove two oligarchs from the sanctions list.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Russia and China are providing Iran with various forms of assistance, including military support.
Ukraine has initiated a ban on entry to the European Union and the imposition of sanctions against nearly 130 Russian commanders who committed crimes against Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine is ready to work with any leader of Hungary who is not an ally of Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions on Russian and Iranian companies and individuals servicing Russia's military-industrial complex, as well as Russian Paralympians who took part in the war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that any easing of sanctions on Russian oil would only benefit Russia, warning that the money Moscow earns from energy exports will be used to fund the war and produce drones that could later be used against the United States and its allies.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia's budget deficit this year amounts to $100 billion, but the Russians may be able to cover it if sanctions, especially those related to oil sales, are weakened.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russia's military-industrial complex is draining resources from other sectors of the economy, including enterprises that directly service it.
14 March 2026
Ukrainian forces have engaged in 117 clashes with Russian troops along the frontline since the start of the day.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has called for EU member states to be mandated by its member states to negotiate with Russia, noting that so far, Moscow has not been persuaded to abandon the war in Ukraine.
In the Kyiv region, the number of fatalities from the massive Russian attack on March 14 has risen to five people.
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The European Council has extended the individual sanctions imposed over actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity for a further six months, until September 15, 2026.
The Naftogaz Group, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, held a briefing for representatives of foreign diplomatic missions on the consequences of Russian attacks on the infrastructure of the Druzhba oil pipeline.
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.
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.
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.
Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck Russian troop concentrations, artillery systems and military logistics facilities in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
A Russian Shahed-type attack drone crashed in Moldova during Russia's overnight strike on Ukraine, prompting condemnation from the Moldovan authorities.
Ukrainian special operations forces have disabled a Russian railway ferry and damaged another vessel that formed the backbone of the Kerch ferry crossing used by Russia to support its war against Ukraine.
Ukraine's Defense Forces are conducting clearing operations in the central part of Hryshyne, where intense fighting is ongoing.