Russia is auctioning off natural resource assets in occupied Ukrainian territories, including a major gold deposit in Luhansk Oblast, Reuters reported on March 26, citing auction documents.

Canada announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s shadow fleet, adding 100 oil tankers to its sanctions list, Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced on March 26.

Key developments on March 26: * US source says allies will be equipped as Pentagon reportedly weighs shifting Ukraine aid to Middle East * Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying 140,000 tons of oil hit by drone in Black Sea * 'Putin's messages inspire us in this war' — Iranian president hails Russian 'support' amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran * Ukrainian forces regain Ukrainian forces regain ground in Oleksandrivka sector of front line, kill over 2,600 Russian troops in 2 months‌‌ US source

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck oil terminals in the port cities of Ust-Luga and Primorsk in Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on March 27, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

The possible shift comes as Russia intensifies aerial strikes.

"Messages from President Putin and the support of the Russian people inspire us in this war," Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X in Russian.

The alleged plot would route hundreds of millions of American tax dollars earmarked for clean energy in Ukraine and move them to the U.S. to finance Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), according to the alleged intercepts cited by Just the News.

The United States has allocated $25 million towards identifying, returning, and rehabilitating Ukrainian children forcibly abducted by Russia, the State Department announced on March 26.

U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have stalled as Kyiv refuses to cede territory in the country's east without a fight, a Kremlin demand that officials familiar with the matter say is not opposed by Washington. At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky faces scrutiny after offering differing assessments of U.S. readiness to provide security guarantees. Kyiv has insisted that credible security guarantees are necessary to prevent Russia from launching another invasion. Y

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has pushed Ukrainian farmers to the brink of crisis as fertilizer supplies run dry, threatening to cut crop yields by up to 20% this year.

Throughout the occupation, Russia has sought international legitimacy alongside its physical control of the Crimean peninsula. Narratives such as "Russia has a historical right to Crimea" or "the peninsula's residents chose to join the Russian Federation" continue to circulate in the international information space. Their spread is the result of Russia's deliberate and systematic policy, which occupation authorities refine annually. While previously limited to rhetoric from local Russia-insta

Zaluzhnyi's hypothetical party would receive 21% of those who have decided to vote in a future parliamentary election and have made their choice.

A major oil refinery and natural gas port in Russia's Leningrad Oblast came under fire during an overnight drone attack on March 26, according to Russian officials and social media channels.

"Arrived in Saudi Arabia. Important meetings are scheduled," Zelensky said. "We appreciate the support and support those who are ready to work with us to ensure security."

A new investment fund launched on the London Stock Exchange could help bring more money to Ukrainian companies battered by Russia's four-year-old invasion.

The statement is an apparent attempt to deflect blame amid a domestic scandal in which Hungarian secret services were accused of targeting the opposition Tisza party.

During the operation, Ukrainian forces regained about 440 square kilometers (170 square miles) of territory, liberating seven settlements in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and two in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the report read.

Russia launched 153 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, reporting that Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 130.

Some 1.6 million remain under Russian occupation, according to Bring Kids Back UA.

Politiken, one of Denmark’s leading daily newspapers, has awarded the Kyiv Independent the Politiken Freedom Prize.

"We are building a team capable of... delivering results on the front lines," Mykhailo Fedorov said.

The drone attack damaged the vessel's deck, bridge, and engine room, causing it to take on water. All 27 crew members on board were unharmed, the media reported.

Senior Iranian and Russian officials began secretly discussing deliveries of drones, medicine, and food shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated attacks against Iran at the end of February, two officials briefed on the intelligence report told the Financial Times.

About 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted amid Ukrainian drone strikes, pipeline damage, and tanker seizures, Reuters reported on March 25.

The number includes 1,210 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

"That's why we're going after his shadow fleet even harder, not just keeping Britain safe but starving Putin's war machine of the dirty profits that fund his barbaric campaign in Ukraine," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on March 25.

Key developments on March 25: * Ukraine's air defense downs 97% of Russian kamikaze drones in rare mass daytime strike * Russian military icebreaker damaged in unprecedented Baltic Sea drone strike, Ukraine claims * Latvia, Estonia say drones that strayed into their territory overnight were Ukrainian * Ukraine preparing 'key changes' to mobilization, AWOL policy, defense minister says after meeting infantrymen Ukrainian air defenses downed 97% of the drones launched by Russia in a rare mas

The United States is proposing security guarantees to Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv withdrawing its troops from parts of Donbas still under Ukrainian control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters published on March 25.

The Russian delegation is headed by Vyacheslav Nikonov, deputy chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the grandson of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.

The two positions had remained vacant since Jan. 5, when Zelensky dismissed Andrii Tupikov and Oleksandr Dubrovin. The dismissals in January came amid a wider government reshuffle following a major corruption scandal last year.

A potential "big deal" between Belarus and the United States would effectively normalize relations between Washington and Minsk, U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale told the Kyiv Independent in a phone interview. The remarks follow growing outreach from Washington to Minsk and come days after Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko said that the U.S. had proposed a "big deal," claiming the initiative came from U.S. President Donald Trump. Coale confirmed that normalization is part of the b

"We are continuing our systematic fight against gambling addiction," Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry said.