President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has presented Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise III degree for special merits.
The government published the annual report on the implementation of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement for 2022: Ukraine has already fulfilled 72% of all obligations and increased overall progress by 9%.
Russian invaders are unsuccessfully trying to advance in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtarsk directions; the enemy is conducting an assault on the city of Bakhmut and holding the defense in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
The Ukrainian government has supported an experimental project on defense procurement of domestically manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a period of two years.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting with the World Bank delegation led by Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde.
Over the past day, March 23, there were three firefights between Ukrainian border guard units and Russian-occupation troops in the fortress city of Bakhmut.
The Ministry of Energy distributed 6,000 tonnes of equipment provided by international partners as humanitarian aid among 111 energy sector enterprises.
Ukraine's reconstruction needs are estimated at $411 billion, and the priority areas will be critical infrastructure, housing, and important social and transport facilities.
Ukraine seeks to cooperate with the Baltic states in the oil and gas sector and electricity, in particular, in the implementation of programs on decentralization of the energy system and the development of bioenergy and cogeneration projects.
Since February 24, 2022, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented 621 cases of enforced disappearance and unlawful detention of civilians by the Russian armed forces.
Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office (SRPO) has documented the first consequences of massive Russian shelling of Bilopillia community. A police building, three schools, a kindergarten, and an agricultural enterprise were destroyed.