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.
Since 2024, the National Police of Ukraine has received more than 130 reports from children and their parents about attempts by Russian intelligence services to recruit minors.
President of Finland Alexander Stubb said that Ukraine could gain certain advantages from the conflict in the Middle East, which may potentially hinder Russia’s military cooperation with Iran.
Virtually the entire coming week will be devoted to joint work with European partners so that the decisions needed for Ukraine’s defense actually begin to work.
A classified report by the National Intelligence Council states that even a large-scale attack on Iran by the United States would be unlikely to oust deeply entrenched military and clerical establishment of the Islamic Republic.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski described Hungary’s detention of Ukrainian cash collectors as part of an election campaign in which hostility toward Ukraine has become a central theme.