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Military
Russia didn't expect Ukraine to learn to strike 1,500 km deep. It moved most of its air defenses to occupied territories. Ukraine destroyed them there. Now Russia's cities are exposed.
Ukraine obliterates main workshop at Bryansk microelectronics plant in Russia — Iskander missile assembly will hit critical snag. Each Iskander packs 500 kg of explosives.
Ukrainian drone hunters track down $50M Russian Yastreb-AV radar deep in occupied Luhansk. Ukrainian pilot lands a drone on the vehicle and tracks its escape.
Drones strike Russia's industrial giant in Tolyatti — KuibyshevAzot workshop burns under explosions. The major caprolactam and nitrogen fertilizer facility hits the frontline.
ISW: Ukraine's two-drive advance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was designed to push Russia out and pre-empt its spring offensive — and has liberated over 400 km². Ukraine's gains were enabled by a specific combination of factors: infantry infiltrated through dispersed Russian lines under snow and fog that grounded Russian drones, while Ukrainian forces simultaneously suppressed drone-based defenses.
Intelligence and technology
Three years of bombing Ukraine taught Russia how to break air defenses. Now, it shares lesson with Iran. The tactics Russia used on Ukraine are now targeting US forces in the Gulf.
Foreign companies left Russia after 2022. Moscow is now building legal framework to use their names, software, and trademarks. Russia calls it "external temporary management."
Trump sons back drone startup in talks to acquire Ukrainian manufacturers. A drone startup backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. is negotiating to acquire Ukrainian drone manufacturers or license their technology for US production.
International
US sanctions don't work: Russian tankers shipped $11 billion in oil last year. That's enough to bomb Ukrainian cities for eight months. The tankers were sanctioned. They shipped oil anyway.
EU trade with Russia still funds its war. Ukraine's parliament appealed to Poland and Baltics to end it. Russia's military runs partly on EU trade revenue.
Zelenskyy and human rights activist Matviychuk among 20 inaugural recipients of European Parliament's order of merit. The European Parliament has its own order of merit now, and its inaugural class of up to 20 runs from a sitting head of state to a basketball MVP — with a Nobel Peace Prize winner, two former chancellors, and a rock band in between.
Ukraine has enough money to last until May, EU officials say. Ukraine will not run out of money until early May — six weeks later than feared — giving the European Union time to break Hungary's veto on a €90 billion aid package before Kyiv's accounts run dry, four officials told Politico.
Zelenskyy says Russia-Iran drone exchange could escalate into third world war. The world is not ready for a third world war — not technologically, not militarily, and above all not in terms of ground combat experience, Zelenskyy said.
Sweden provides €259 mn for Ukraine's energy: repairs, equipment, and a race against next winter. With Ukraine already preparing for its next heating season and repair crews working 24/7, Sweden has injected a further 600 mn kronor — roughly $61.4 mn — into the fund financing the country's battered energy infrastructure.
"Let's hope they're not sharing": Witkoff says Russia denied feeding intel to Iran. A US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral meeting, originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed to next week, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed on 10 March.
Bundestag President makes first Ukraine trip: "Particular weight" in wartime. While Russia's war against Ukraine enters another year, the head of Germany's parliament stepped off a train in Kyiv — a mode of arrival that has become a quiet symbol among European officials visiting the wartime capital.
Humanitarian and social impact
Russia kills 15-year-old girl in drone strike on Chernihiv Oblast as 94-UAV overnight assault hits 11 locations across Ukraine. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 77 of 94 Russian drones launched overnight — but one reached a residential home in Chernihiv region, killing a teenage girl and wounding both her parents.
Russia commits 23 sex crimes against Ukrainian children during war—Kyiv calls for justice. Russia has killed 688 Ukrainian children since full-scale invasion.
Russia wants Europe hooked on its oil. It's bombing Ukraine's southern routes that offer alternative for two days in row. Russia targets Ukrainian oil and gas facilities to block non-Russian energy flows to Europe.
Ukraine uncovers horrific discovery inside fallen soldier's body returned from Russia — staff evacuated. A morgue transforms into battlefield against unseen munitions.
Ukraine's athletes report systematic pressure at 2026 Paralympic Games after Russia's return to competition. Ukraine demands return to IPC Constitution and calls for proper coordination of executive bodies at Games.
Abducted, renamed, adopted: How Russia systematically erased 20,000 Ukrainian children. A United Nations commission has formally ruled that Russia committed crimes against humanity by deporting Ukrainian children from occupied territories.
Seven injured, two dead: Russia's morning drone strike on Kharkiv civilian site. Ukraine's air defenses intercepted 90 out of 99 Russian strike drones overnight on 10-11 March, but the nine that got through left two people dead and seven injured at a Kharkiv civilian enterprise, among other damage across the country.
New developments
Drones hit Transneft-linked oil hub in southern Russia, setting tanks ablaze. Russian officials called it falling debris. Eyewitness footage showed burning tanks. The two accounts of what happened overnight at the Tikhoretsk-Neft oil depot in Krasnodar Krai are difficult to reconcile.
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