Russian troops attacked two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times throughout the day with drones and artillery, damaging homes, infrastructure, and an educational institution.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten discussed strengthening cooperation in energy, defense production, and the agricultural sector.
Since the start of the day, Russian forces have launched 53 attacks on Ukrainian positions, with the heaviest fighting in the Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole sectors.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Heorhii Tykhyi responded to Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, who had questioned whose interests Ukrainian cash collectors were serving while transporting funds in transit through Hungarian territory.
All deadlines set by Russian forces for reaching operational space in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions were thwarted by Ukrainian defenders over the winter.
In southern Ukraine, the Defense Forces of Ukraine have managed to regain control of between 400 and 435 kilometers of territory, thereby disrupting the enemy’s plans for a spring offensive in that direction.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that following talks with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, during which a full range of key issues was discussed, a joint statement had been signed.
On March 7 and during the night of March 8, Ukrainian Defense Forces hit several Russian army targets, including in the temporarily occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders today, March 8, at the Wall of Remembrance.