UK PM Starmer: Middle East war must not become windfall for Putin
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sad that it is critically important for Britain to continue supporting Ukraine during the war in Iran.
16 March 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sad that it is critically important for Britain to continue supporting Ukraine during the war in Iran.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have discussed the creation of a Middle East shipping route modeled on Ukraine's "grain corridor."
Some member states of the European Union, such as Germany, believe that Ukraine’s European integration reforms must prove their irreversibility for 10–20 years before the country joins the EU, but Ukraine does not have that much time to wait.
Russian forces attacked Sumy with drones, injuring three civilians.
Fierce fighting is ongoing for the settlements of Myrne, Bilohiria, and Luhivske on the Huliaipole axis, where Russian troops are attempting to storm the villages but have failed to establish control.
Ukraine has achieved 84% implementation of the Association Agreement with the European Union.
Air Defense Forces neutralized 194 of the 211 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 15.
In the city of Labinsk, Krasnodar region, Russia, a fire broke out at an oil depot following a drone attack.
In the city of Labinsk, Krasnodar region, Russia, a fire broke out at an oil depot following a drone attack.
A woman was killed, and two others were wounded as a result of a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia.
On the morning of March 16, Russian military personnel attacked Kharkiv with UAVs.
Parts of Russian UAVs fell in the Solomianskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Ky
Over the past 24 hours, on March 15, 167 combat clashes were reported between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where 36 assaults took place.
In Mykolaiv, a missile and drone attack caused damage to an educational institution and a high-rise building.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 15, Russian invaders wounded one resident of the Donetsk region.
On Monday, March 16, at around 7:00 a.m., Russian forces attacked a car in downtown Kherson using a drone. The driver sustained severe injuries.
The enemy attacked two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region. One person was wounded.
Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia. As a result of the strike, more than 7,500 customers lost power.
Total combat losses among Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to March 16, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,279,930 personnel, including 760 over the past 24 hours.
In Kharkiv, Russian invaders attacked the Kyivskyi district with a combat drone.
Soldiers of the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade “Tavriia” of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have neutralized a battalion of Russian invaders in the Pokrovsk area.
Ukraine does not “want to lose the Americans,” even though they are “undoubtedly more focused on the Middle East right now,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin never intended to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, and called for increased pressure on Moscow.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright believes that the military operation carried out by the United States and Israel in Iran could end in the next few weeks, or possibly even sooner.
Two additional basic shelters have been completed in the Central District of Kherson.
In Russia, new rules for businesses came into force in March banning the use of foreign words in commercial activity.
The Russian telecommunications satellite "Express-AT1" has permanently failed, leading to large-scale disruptions in the broadcasting of propaganda TV channels from Kaliningrad to the Far East, as well as in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Soldiers of the 144th Center of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have released a video showing the clearing of a house near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region that had been occupied by Russian troops.
15 March 2026
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned that normalizing relations with Russia would signal weakness.