Institute for the Study of War: Ukrainian forces likely deliberately withdrew from Lysychansk.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 18 urged U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to meet and find common ground, amid growing strains in their relationship.

An overnight drone attack in Krasnodar killed one person after a drone struck an apartment in a multi-story residential building, Mayor Evgeny Filipov said on March 18.

The Islamic Republic's top security chief, Ali Larijani, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, Iranian state media confirmed March 17.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a drone deal with the United Kingdom on March 17 after a day of high-level meetings with British leaders in London.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said deployment followed requests from Ukraine's partners, including Washington.

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Sergei Shoigu said the development of Ukrainian drones has advanced to the point that "no Russian region can feel safe," with the Ural region already "in the immediate danger zone."

But first they have to rebuild all the things they destroyed.

Russia continues conscripting Ukrainians into the Russian army in occupied territories, according to the reports from the National Resistance Center of Ukraine.

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said that those he called "EU warmongers" had exposed their true position by refusing to back U.S. President Donald Trump's calls for military deployment in the Middle East.

"I welcome and accept your offer of the necessary technical support and funding to be able to conclude the repair work as well as to explore the longer-term sustainable solutions," Zelensky said in a letter to EU leaders.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Iran misled Ukraine about its military support for Russia, downplaying early shipments of armed drones that were later used extensively in attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that swarms of Ukrainian drones were intercepted beginning around 10 p.m. local time, lasting into the early morning.