Zelensky, von der Leyen discuss challenges arising from Iran war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about challenges arising from the war with the Iranian regime.
03 March 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about challenges arising from the war with the Iranian regime.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 40 times on Tuesday, targeting the Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts.
Ordinary Czechs — businesspeople, actors, activists, and politicians — have united in support of Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have struck elements of air defense systems, military infrastructure and drone control points of the Russian army in temporarily occupied areas of the Luhansk, Donetsk regions and in Crimea.
Russian forces attacked the Kherson region with artillery and drones on Tuesday, March 3, leaving one person dead and eight others injured.
Ukraine is ready to cooperate with Middle Eastern countries on protecting the skies from Iranian Shahed drones.
Because of weather conditions, interceptor drones used against Shahed-type UAVs performed less effectively, which is why work is underway to improve them.
In February 2026, nearly 400 cases were recorded of Russian forces using special munitions equipped with chemical irritants.
Russian forces struck the city of Chuhuiv with a drone, injuring five people, including a seven-year-old child.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops would not withdraw from Donbas and would not abandon the roughly 200,000 Ukrainians who live there.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that strikes on Iran's military targets are justified given Tehran's role in supplying weapons to Russia, but warned that the operation in the Middle East could affect Ukraine's access to air defense missiles and systems.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, have discussed key aspects of the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region.
The Israel Defense Forces struck buildings in a government complex in Tehran overnight, including the office of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the headquarters of the Supreme National Security Council.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that the next round of trilateral talks between delegations from Ukraine, the United States and Russia, scheduled for this week, has not been postponed, though the meeting may take place in Europe or Turkey instead of Abu Dhabi.
The so-called “axis of evil” has never been a real coordinated alliance, and against the backdrop of events in Venezuela and Iran, its internal unity has weakened even further.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed sending Ukraine's top experts in intercepting Iranian drones to the Middle East if the region's leaders persuade Vladimir Putin to agree to a month-long truce in Russia's war against Ukraine.
In Poltava, the number of people injured as a result of the Russian drone attack has increased to five.
In February, interceptor drones destroyed more than 70% of Russian Shahed-type attack drones over Kyiv and its outskirts.
Five people were injured in drone attacks in the Kherson region, and the number of wounded from the previous day's shelling is also increasing. A teenager was also injured.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha strongly condemned Iran's attack on the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia and expressed solidarity with the United Kingdom.
Yesterday, March 2, Kharkiv and 12 other settlements in the Kharkiv region came under Russian attack.
Russian troops killed six and wounded 19 residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, March 2.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 127 of 136 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 2.
Four people were injured in the Poltava region on Tuesday morning, March 3, as a result of falling debris from Russian drones.
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Russian strike drones caused damage to port and transport facilities.
There were 152 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past day, including 40 attacks by the occupiers on the Huliaipole sector.
The Russian army attacked the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and artillery.