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31 March 2026
On March 31, in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, the Russian army used a tactic of repeated strikes to attack a non-operational facility with drones, injuring five people, including police officers.
Russian attempts to advance covertly toward Hryshyne, northwest of Pokrovsk, amid fog and drizzle have been unsuccessful. Air Assault Forces units are engaging enemy targets even before they reach the settlement.
The European Union is committed to ensuring accountability for the crimes committed in Bucha at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces shelled settlements in the Chernihiv region 44 times, with 66 explosions recorded.
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.
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.
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.
One person was killed and three others were injured, including a child, when debris from a Russian drone fell in the Poltava region.
A pilot project to involve the private sector in the air defense system is already yielding initial results.
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.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has tested a new generation of bomber drones at the Brave1 training ground.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, with key attention focused on air defense issues.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Bulgaria's Acting Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov have signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement.
Russian forces launched nearly 70 drone and artillery attacks on the Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast throughout the day, killing one person and wounding 12 others.
Russian troops attacked an energy facility in the border community of Derhachi in the Kharkiv district, leaving more than 800 customers without power.
Fighters of the "Raid" regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detected and destroyed an enemy communication antenna on one section of the front, which was configured to the Yamal-601 satellite.
The enemy's main logistical route to Crimea runs through the occupied part of southern Ukraine, making it a priority target for the Defense Forces.
Due to constant shelling, the territory of Zaporizhzhia region is heavily contaminated with explosive hazards. However, the security situation does not allow State Emergency Service (SES) specialists to conduct humanitarian demining.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky informed President of Finland Alexander Stubb about his meetings and negotiations in the Middle East and the Gulf region.
The European Commission has approved a €1.5 billion work program under the European Defense Industrial Program (EDIP) to modernize the European defense industry, which includes strengthening cooperation with Ukraine.
Ukraine has discussed cooperation with Middle Eastern countries regarding maritime drones and the reopening of sea lanes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding to a statement by Armin Papperger, CEO of the German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall, emphasized that Ukraine demonstrates the capabilities of its defense industry on the battlefield every day—on land, in the air, and at sea.
Foreign Minister Baiba Braže announced that the Latvian government has approved a EUR 6.8 million support package for Ukraine.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant, a Russian military convoy, and a launcher belonging to the Russian S-400 Triumph mobile surface-to-air missile system.
Russian forces attacked a minibus in the city center with a drone, injuring a 62-year-old man.