* US to provide Ukraine with additional $2.6 billion in military aid * UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely to 'eventually' replace Wagner with other mercenaries in Ukraine * Shoigu claims Russia placed aircraft, missile systems in Belarus capable of delivering nuclear strikes * Khmelnytskyi City Council revokes Moscow Patriarchate church land rights after
Key developments on April 3: * Ukraine denies Russian claims about seizing Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Poland delivers first MiG-29 jets to Ukraine * Zelensky on upcoming counteroffensive: Russians “still have time to leave — otherwise, we will destroy them” * Zelensky, European officials meet with Russian occupation survivors in Chernihiv Oblast * General Staff:
Key developments on March 31: * Zelensky, EU leaders visit Bucha one year after its liberation from Russian occupation * UN human rights chief: 8,400 civilian deaths in Ukraine 'just the tip of the iceberg' * Ukrainian military repels 30 Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast, says General Staff On March 31, President
Key developments on March 30: * Top US General: Six thousand Wagner mercenaries fighting in Bakhmut * Russia to chair UN Security Council in April * Ukraine repels 47 Russian attacks in the east * Von der Leyen: China's stance on Russia's war in Ukraine to shape its relations with EU. There are about
Key developments on March 29: * Ukrainian counteroffensive to take place in several areas in spring, says defense minister * Russian forces achieve ‘partial success’ in Bakhmut, General Staff reports * Moscow stopped informing US about its nuclear activities, including missile test launches * Russia announces exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system
Key developments on March 28: * Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast "is being wiped off the face of the earth," official says * Ukrainian military repels 24 Russian attacks in the east * Zelensky travels to Okhtyrka in Sumy Oblast, marking the one-year anniversary of its liberation * Portugal delivers Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Up
Key developments on March 27: * Russian missile strike on Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast kills 2, injures 32 * Zelensky meets with UN nuclear watchdog chief in Zaporizhzhia * Fierce battles ongoing for three cities in Donetsk Oblast * Ukraine considering every option in Bakhmut, will 'act adequately,' military commander says * Der Spiegel:
Key developments on March 26: * EU, NATO denounce Putin's threat to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus * Ukraine calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting * US sees no signs Russia moved nuclear weapons to Belarus * Military: Vuhledar ‘completely razed to the ground,' battle for Bakhmut continues On March 26,
Key developments on March 24: * Ukraine retrieves bodies of 83 soldiers killed in combat * At least 10 civilians killed, 20 wounded due to Russian attacks on Ukraine on March 24 * Ukraine repelled 38 Russian attacks over the past day, says General Staff. Colonel Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian
Key developments on March 23: * Slovakia transfers first MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine * Zelensky visits Kherson Oblast, pledges to restore region * Russia loses momentum in Bakhmut, Ukraine's counterstrike coming soon, military says * Sweden approves $600 million in military aid to Ukraine Slovakia delivered four of the 13 promised MiG-29 jets
Key developments on March 22: * Russian missiles hit two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia * Zelensky visits soldiers on front line near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Next few weeks of the war are 'critical,' says White House. Russian missile attack on two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine,
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
Key developments on March 17: * ICC: arrest warrants issued against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova * Russia's Bakhmut offensives "lowest since January" * Slovakia to send 13 MIG-29 fighter jets * Governor: Landmine explosions injure 2 As Russia's crimes against Ukraine become more visible, on March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued
Key developments on March 16: * ISW: Wagner Group’s offensive on Bakhmut appears to be nearing culmination * UK military advisor: 20,000-30,000 regular Russian soldiers, Wagner fighters have been killed, wounded in Bakhmut since May * Poland to send 4 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in coming days * Politico: China
Key developments on March 15: * Media: Russia plans on drafting 400,000 soldiers to fight against Ukraine * Russian Su-24 supersonic tactical bomber shot down near Bakhmut * Politico: US senators from both parties pressing Pentagon to send F-16s to Ukraine * 9 countries pledge to transfer more than 150 Leopard 2 tanks
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
Key developments on March 9 * Russia unleashes 16th large-scale missile attack * Zaluzhnyi: Russia fires 81 missiles against Ukraine * Prime Minister: Russian attack hit energy sites in 8 Ukrainian regions * Polish Defense Minister: 10 more Leopard 2 tanks transferred to Ukraine * Prosecutor General's Office: Russia shells Kherson, kills 4, injures 3
Key developments on March 8: * Stoltenberg: Bakhmut could fall 'in the coming days' * German and Portuguese tanks to arrive in Ukraine by end of March * General Staff: Ukraine repels over 100 attacks within 24 hours * Governors: No reported civilian injuries over past 24 hours NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said
Key developments on March 7: * General Staff: Ukraine's military repelled over 140 Russian attacks in five areas over the past day * Officials: 1 killed, 11 injured in Russian attacks across four Ukrainian regions * UK Defense Ministry: Situation in Bakhmut 'likely stabilized' * 130 service people released from Russian captivity * Hero of
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 3: * Pentagon announces new military aid package for Ukraine * CNN reports Russian hit on vital bridge to Bakhmut as Wagner Group leader claims city is 'practically surrounded' * Ukraine's General Staff says Battle for Bakhmut continues * Ukraine's Ground Forces Commander comes to Bakhmut * Air Force says it
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 March 1: * Belarusian dictator Lukashenko visits China, calls for ceasefire in Ukraine * Russia strikes civilian, critical infrastructure in Poltava Oblast * Russia launches 3 missile strikes on Kharkiv Oblast, injuring civilians * Blinken says 'zero evidence' Putin is ready for peace talks * US extends sanctions against Russia until the
Key developments on Feb. 28: * General Staff: Russian forces trying to create conditions for offensive in southern Ukraine * Western-made parts are used in Russian weapons involved in war crimes, report reveals * Russia attacks Kherson Oblast, killing 4 and injuring 5 people * Putin signs law suspending major nuclear treaty with U.
Key developments on Feb. 27: * US Treasury Secretary meets Zelensky, Shmyhal in Kyiv * Russia's war caused 'the most massive violations of human rights,' says UN chief * UN-backed commission to track down Ukrainian children taken to Russia illegally * Ukraine downs 11 drones overnight on Feb. 27 * Russia still wants to
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
