RFE/RL: West may supply up to 30 precision rocket launch systems to Ukraine

"We need to keep milking this cow, the Russian army, for everything it’s worth, exhausting it beyond its maximum capacity," Robert "Madyar" Brovdi told the Economist.

"Does Russia get more money if oil goes to $150 and they get 70% of that — that’s $105 — or if oil stays below $100, so they’re getting less money?" U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 22.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials met in Miami, Florida, on March 22 for a second day of talks aimed at brokering a peace deal with Moscow to end its four-year war.

"The only tangible outcome for the Russian army has been an increase in their losses...In just these seven days, there have already been more than 8,000 killed and seriously wounded Russian soldiers."

Russia launched a rocket from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the first time since the launch pad was damaged in an accident in November 2025, the Russian space agency Roscosmos reported on March 22.

"The news that Orban's people inform Moscow about EU Council meetings in every detail shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote.

The reports come a week after widespread restrictions to mobile internet in Moscow on March 13, as the Kremlin enforced a new "whitelist" system that only permits access to pro-government social media, outlets, and official state websites.

Ukrainian defenses intercepted 127 out of the 139 drones launched by Russia overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

A Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system and a transporter-loader vehicle of a Buk-M2 system were destroyed, said Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces.

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines how artificial intelligence is changing the way we see and trust video. From viral clips of events that never happened to fabricated battlefield footage, AI-generated content is increasingly blurring the line between real and fake.

Parts of Kyiv's eastern bank and Kyiv Oblast were left without power on March 22 due to a failure at a facility that had previously been severely damaged by Russian attacks.

The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The attacks targeted the cities of Saratov and Engels in Saratov Oblast and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast. The towns host key Russian military and industrial assets, including the Saratov oil refinery and Engels-2 military airfield.