BREAKING: Putin orders Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert.

"No, I don't take Vladimir Putin at his word," CIA Director John Ratcliffe said at a congressional hearing on March 18.

Drones hit the regional headquarters of Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) in Lviv Oblast, causing damage to the building, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said.

The 157th Separate Mechanized Brigade on March 18 published photos of Penn visiting the brigade's combat unit in Donetsk Oblast. Pictured with the actor is Andriy Yermak, Zelensky's former chief of staff.

The plant specializes in the full cycle of repair and modernization of military transport aircraft and their components. It has its own runway, allowing it to receive heavy aircraft directly on-site.

Previously Zelensky's approval rating fell from 61% in January to 53% in February.

"(President Volodymyr Zelensky) has just arrived at the Sener Aerospace & Defense company. Here, he will inspect equipment samples and the production process," a presidential spokesperson said.

Ukrainian authorities say that his excavations in occupied Crimea caused Ukraine damages exceeding 200 million UAH ($4.5 million).

Aviastar produces Il-76 MD-90A heavy military transport aircraft and Il-78M-90A refueling aircraft.

"I am not aware of any specific agreed-upon dates or trips. I am also not aware of the details of this trip that have appeared in the media," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said.

A core part of Russia's unmanned system program to bolster its drone warfare against Ukraine, Rubikon specializes in both hunting down Ukrainian drone pilots and shooting their drones in the sky.

The findings place Hungary alongside countries widely viewed in Ukraine as aligned with Russia's war effort, including Iran (52%), North Korea (57%), and Belarus (72%).