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21 March 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Ukraine will increase the scale of deep strikes on legitimate targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The Russian army carried out strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in two people dead and five wounded.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) proposed staging an assassination attempt on Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, amid a decline in the politician's public support ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.
Following the strike, 47,000 customers lost electricity.
Since the start of the day 43 combat engagements have occurred between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the enemy concentrating its main efforts on the Huliaipole, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk sectors.
The town of Pokrovka in Sumy region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; claims circulating on Russian media outlets that it has allegedly been captured are untrue.
Russian forces are attacking Zaporizhzhia, damaging critical infrastructure.
The Ministry of Defense has provided details on the specific nature of the military specialty of unmanned aerial vehicle operators and their training.
On March 19, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation) sentenced three Ukrainian teenagers from Melitopol—a city temporarily occupied by Russian forces—to prison terms ranging from seven to eight years and six months on terrorism charges.
Without invoking Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO is already responding collectively to hybrid threats by conducting localized “Enhanced Vigilance Activities” (eVA).
President Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the servicemen who died while defending and liberating the village of Moschun in the Kyiv region, where fierce battles with Russian invaders took place in 2022.
Overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck facilities at the Saratov Oil Refinery in the Russian Federation.
On March 21, Ukrainian defense forces struck a command post belonging to a unit of the Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies "Rubicon" and a command and observation post of a Russian Armed Forces unit in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, as well as a Russian Army repair unit in Zaporizhzhia.
Medical personnel describe the condition of Zaporizhzhia residents injured in this morning’s attack as mild to moderate.
In Zaporizhzhia, the injury toll in this morning’s drone attack has increased to six—one man and two women have sought medical attention.
Early this morning, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia. The residential sector and an industrial facility were damaged.
Russian Telegram channels have reported a massive drone attack, which targeted, among other facilities, oil refineries and two chemical plants.
Air Defense Forces shot down 148 of the 154 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 20.
Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, resulting in power outages.
Early Saturday morning, the enemy attacked an energy facility in the Nizhyn district of the Chernihiv region, leaving most of the region without power.
War in Ukraine has triggered a new era for NATO
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops have attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts ten times; a fire station was damaged as a result of the enemy strikes.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of casualties from a drone attack has increased to three—a 46-year-old man was wounded.
In Slavutych, Kyiv region, 21,000 residents were left without electricity following a Russian attack on Saturday morning.
NATO is fully committed to helping Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
Over the past 24 hours, 161 combat clashes took place between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. The enemy attacked the most in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.
Russian invaders killed five and wounded 14 residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, on March 20.
Total combat losses among Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to March 21, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,286,940 personnel, including 1,240 over the past 24 hours.
On the morning of March 21 in Zaporizhzhia, two civilians were killed and two children were injured in a drone attack.
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Miami, Florida, where bilateral talks with U.S. representatives will take place on Saturday.