Borrell: European Commission provides $ 4.8 bn in its first macro-finance tranche to Ukraine
The European Commission transferred the first tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine from the large €50 billion ($…
Russia’s Belgorod restricts entry to settlements border with Ukraine
There will reportedly be checkpoints only allowing residents brief entry to feed animals. Spring holidays also start early in border regions
Kosovo announces its first-ever military aid packages for Ukraine
Kosovo will send two military aid packages to Ukraine, including armored vehicles, trucks, and mortar shells. The first package will be delivered to Ukraine next week, according to Kosovo’s Defense Minister
Ukrainian intelligence drones attack Russian airbase of strategic bombers in Engels overnight
Engels, about 850 km from Ukraine, is the Russian Aerospace Forces' major bomber operations base. It’s reportedly Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO: Blackjack) strategic bomber.
EU provisionally extend duty-free exports of Ukrainian agricultural products
The new agreement reportedly allow the Commission to swiftly impose measures deemed necessary if Ukrainian imports “significantly disrupt” the EU market or markets of one or more member states.
Russian attacks kill 1, injure 17 over past day
In the attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight into 20 March, the Russian military hit a private house, injuring an entire family: a 12-year-old brother, a 19-year-old sister, a 57-year-old father, and a 47-year-old mother.
Russian attack on Nikopol injures 2 elderly people
The Russian military attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast eight times a day, Governor Serhii Lysak said on 16…
“How many more arguments?”: Tusk urges US Speaker to approve Ukraine aid after deadly Odesa strike
The death toll from the Russian strike on Odesa on 15 March rose to 21.
Canadian PM affirms Crimea’s status as part of Ukraine on anniversary of sham referendum
Trudeau said that Russia's hybrid invasion of the peninsula was more than just aggression against Ukraine, as the Kremlin's actions challenged the international legal order.
Fox News sued by parents of Ukrainian journalist killed near Kyiv in 2022
A lawsuit accuses Fox News of misrepresenting details around the 2022 death of a Ukrainian journalist reporting on the war, allegedly to deceive her family.
Media: Ukraine’s security service attacks 3 Russian refineries in Samara Oblast overnight
The plants reportedly process about 25 million tons of oil per year, which is nearly 10% of Russia's entire oil refining capacity.
German media reveal possible ‘secret reason’ for not transferring Taurus to Ukraine
The German t-online reports, after a closed-door Bundeswehr defense committee meeting, that effectively using Taurus allegedly requires a huge amount of data & a special computer system that only the Bundeswehr has.
Belgorod governor says 2 killed, at least 3 injured as anti-Kremlin Russian battalions fight in city
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on 16 March, there were at least two killed and three injured as…
ISW: Sufficient Western aid key for Ukraine to halt possible Russian spring, summer offensives
Western military assistance "critical" for Ukraine to hold territory as Russian forces likely to continue offensives to destabilize Ukrainian defenses this spring & prepare for new offensive effort in summer 2024, according to the ISW's report.