Editor’s note: In this story, the Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the Ukrainian soldiers’ full names or their deployed positions due to security concerns amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Donetsk Oblast – At an abandoned building about 20 minutes drive from Bakhmut, wounded Ukrainian soldiers pour in from the
Key developments on March 21: * Japanese PM Kishida visits Bucha, meets Zelensky in Kyiv * U.S. to speed up delivery of Patriot air defense systems and Abrams tanks * Putin holds talks with Xi at a summit in Moscow, says China-Russia relations at all-time high * Ukraine claims Russia's offensive potential declining
Key developments on March 20: * Xi visits Moscow for the first time since 2019, meets Putin * Blinken: Xi's visit 'diplomatic cover' for Russia's war crimes * Ukraine's military: Avdiivka may soon become 'second Bakhmut' * EU to send 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine over next 12 months * US approves additional military
Key developments on March 18-19: * Russian state media: Putin visits occupied Crimea, Mariupol over the weekend * Germany says it will have to arrest Putin if he enters its territory over ICC order * Governor: At least 3 civilians killed, 18 wounded in Donetsk Oblast * Ukrainian-Russian grain deal kicks off after third
Editor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not revealing the soldiers' full names or the exact location of their deployment due to security concerns amid the ongoing war. Donetsk Oblast – Just a few dozen kilometers from Bakhmut, Ukrainian infantry train to ready themselves for brutal days ahead. Nearly 20 soldiers from
Editor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not revealing the soldiers' surnames or the exact location of their deployment due to security concerns amid the ongoing war. Some military personnel spoke without the authorization of their commanders or a press officer. DONETSK OBLAST – Just days before heading back to fight in
Key developments on March 14: * Zaluzhnyi: Bakhmut defense ‘key in stability of entire front’ * Prigozhin claims his Wagner mercenaries crossed river, took ‘full control’ of plant in northwestern Bakhmut * Russian fighter jet crashes into US drone over the Black Sea Ukraine vowed on March 14 that it would hold on
Key developments on March 13: * Commander: ‘Fierce’ fighting rages over central Bakhmut as Russia’s Wagner mercenaries storm into the ruined city * Media: Chinese leader Xi Jinping expected to visit Russia next week, speak to Zelensky afterward * Russian attack on village in Sumy Oblast kills 1, injures 4 * Russian forces
Key developments on March 12: * Security Service names the Ukrainian POW executed by Russians in a video that left the nation shocked after it circulated earlier this month * Zelensky awards the Hero of Ukraine title to the executed soldier * Police: Russia launches 48 attacks against civilians in Donetsk Oblast over
Key developments on March 10: * Russia continues its assaults on Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast * At least 8 wounded in Russian attack of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Oblast * Norway says it will send Ukraine 2 NASAMS air defense systems * Finland's Prime Minister visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky Ukraine's Defense Ministry acknowledged on March 10 that
Editor’s note: The Kyiv Independent is not revealing the soldiers’ full names or the exact location of their deployment due to security concerns amid the ongoing war. DONETSK OBLAST – At a cottage-turned-base some two kilometers from the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, soldiers from Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade lay
Key developments on March 6: * Military: Russia throws more Wagner mercenaries on Bakhmut, fierce battle rages on * Bild: Zelensky, Zaluzhnyi have conflicting views on Bakhmut * Local authorities: Russia attacks Avdiivka with 6 guided air missiles Kh-59 over the past day * Air Force: 13 out of 15 Russian drones downed by
Key developments on March 5: * Military Intelligence Chief: Russia likely to run out of 'military tools' by end of spring * Air Force: Modern fighter jets needed to counter new Russian gliding bomb * Two people still missing after Zaporizhzhia missile strike * Couple killed in a car due to Russian artillery attack
Key developments on March 2: * Military says withdrawal from Bakhmut considered, but only if it is 'absolutely necessary' * Governor: About 5,000 people, including 37 children, remain in Bakhmut * Prosecutors: 4 killed, 8 wounded, 5 missing after Russian overnight missile strike on Zaporizhzhia * Russia uses drones to attack civilians lining
Key developments on Feb. 26: * Ukrainian intelligence: Ukraine could strike airfields and military infrastructure in Russia as part of spring counteroffensive * Zelensky reinstates pledge to return Crimea on 9 year-anniversary of Russian occupation of the peninsula * Ukraine says it shot down 1 Russian aircraft near Avdiivka * Saudi foreign minister meets
Key developments on Feb. 24: * Shmyhal: Poland delivers 4 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine * Polish PM visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky, Shmyhal * Germany says it will provide 4 more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine * Ukrainian intelligence: Spring-summer campaign expected to be very difficult on the battlefield As Ukraine marks the one-year
