Ukraine Offers a Mutually Beneficial Partnership: We Can Strengthen Those Who Can Strengthen Us – Address by the President

25 March 2026 – 20:20

Dear Ukrainians!

A quick update on today. I held a coordination call covering all the regions affected by Russian strikes and hits. Special attention was on the Chernihiv region, where restoration of electricity continued throughout the day. I tasked government officials and the Presidential Office team to also work together with the military on air defense issues – especially protection against drones – in the western regions of Ukraine. We need to add defensive lines – this is a clear task. We also know that the Russians are preparing an operation against water supply systems in the coming months. And every community must take the protection of relevant facilities seriously and with full responsibility. Today, we went over the key tasks again with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the CEO of Naftogaz, other government officials, and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. The Air Force and the Armed Forces of Ukraine also have work to do.

Our diplomatic team is working actively, and in particular, we are engaging with countries in the Middle East and the Gulf, which now show a strong interest in Ukraine’s experience, above all in defending against drones. We already see that not only “shaheds” are being used in the Middle East and the Gulf region, but there is also growing evidence of the use of FPV drones. This is modern warfare, and everyone must be prepared for it. Ukraine has this expertise, and in exchange for our support, we need corresponding help in areas where we face greater challenges. This includes protection against ballistic threats and financial resources for defense. Ukraine offers a mutually beneficial partnership: we can strengthen those who can strengthen us. And the situation in the world now is such that only coordinated and joint actions can guarantee real results and genuine security. We see that we are being blocked in Europe, and as long as this risk remains, we must seek out additional opportunities to strengthen ourselves. The Middle East and the Gulf are, in our view, the right direction and serious opportunities to make us stronger.

We are also working closely with our reliable partners in Europe to scale up joint weapons production projects, first and foremost, drones. I am grateful to every country and every leader who are already with us. There will be new agreements as well – we are preparing them. And of course – gratitude to our warriors. Our positions on the front, our positions in domestic production, our strength here at home – this is what allows Ukraine to attract global attention. Without global attention, it is nearly impossible to withstand this kind of war. And without strong defense, the world does not notice the peoples fighting for freedom. That is why our courage and our strength are Ukraine’s most important assets. We defend our state. We defend our independence. And we achieve results for Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

First Lady Zelenska was still in DC today where she participated in the announcement of two US universities – George Washington and Georgetown – joining the Global Coalition for Ukrainian Studies.

Georgia:

Day 483 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.

Rustaveli Avenue, with the Kashveti church in the background.

📷 Lika Zakashvili

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM

Facing repressions and now even jail for “not recognizing the legitimacy of constitutional bodies,” Georgian protesters still hold this sign on Day 483 of daily #GeorgiaProtests:

“We will not recognize you regardless! Leave!”

📷 MOSE

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM

More pictures from #GeorgiaProtests Day 483

📷 MOSE

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM

Several jail sentences in Georgia today. Sesili Butkhuzi was just sentenced to 3 days in jail for peacefully protesting on a sidewalk.

📷 Publika

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 10:10 AM

Now the regime ties to smear Elene Khoshtaria as a mother, and attack her 4 children.

This is because even Georgian Dream hardcore can’t approve a mother-of-4 to be in jail over ridiculous charges.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 7:19 AM

@amnesty.org on Elene Khoshtaria’s unlawful sentence.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne…

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM

From Amnesty International:

Reacting to the sentencing of opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria to one year and six months’ imprisonment for writing a slogan on an election poster, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said:

“For a symbolic act of protest – writing barely visible graffiti on a street poster – Elene Khoshtaria will spend a year and a half in prison. This is yet another example of the criminal justice system being instrumentalized to punish dissent. Criminal sanctions for non-violent minor offences committed while peacefully expressing dissent are likely to be a disproportionate restriction of freedom of expression. In these cases, prison sentences should be avoided.

“In Elene Khoshtaria’s case, the severity of the punishment appears related not to material damage, but to her political opinions and the symbolic damage she has inflicted on the ruling party. The authorities must immediately release her, review her sentence, in particularly by quashing the prison term, and end all politically motivated trials without delay.”

A very telling incident happened today during a service at the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi.

Irakli Khomasuridze is a veteran hardcore anti-opposition activist.
Today, just as the GD President, PM, and Speaker of the Parliament were all bowing to venerate locum tenens Shio Mujiri and the cross, 1/

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Khomasuridze publicly exclaimed:

“Forgive me, holy father, but the authorities must be held accountable already for everything! They must be held accountable!” 2/

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Khomasuridze’s deeply conservative values always made him vulnerable to the Georgian Dream propaganda. He also lost an eye during one of the clashes during the UNM era.

#GeorgiaProtests 3/3.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM

According to Irakli Khomasuradze, after his public confrontation with the Georgian Dream, the police took him to a cemetery near Krtsanisi woods and left him there.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM

A second very telling story unfolded in Georgia today:

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM

The EU:

Euronews reports that the European Commission has postponed the presentation of the long-awaited proposal for a permanent ban on imports of Russian oil amid rising prices caused by the war in the Middle East.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20…

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 6:46 AM

Another reason cited for the delay is disagreements between the EU and Hungary and Slovakia regarding the Druzhba pipeline.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 6:46 AM

Hungary:

Hungary’s Peter Magyar, main rival to Viktor Orban, speaks exclusively to DW News

DW News Mar 21, 2025 HUNGARY

youtu.be/e7U82MzYZgA?…

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— wastrying.bsky.social (@wastrying.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Here’s the full video:

European Commission has frozen a €16B plan for Hungary, reportedly over Viktor Orbán blocking EU funds for Ukraine.

www.rmf24.pl/fakty/swiat/…

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— Mina Hanse (@mina-hanse.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM

Machine translated into English from RMF24:

As RMF FM correspondent in Brussels Katarzyna Szymańska-Borginon unofficially learned, it is known that the Hungarian plan (for just €16 billion) has been put in the “EU freezer”. 

This confirms the information of our journalist, who was the first in February she announced that Budapest would wait for the money.

Officially, the European Commission assures that “the assessment is ongoing and the Commission will approve the plan for Hungary when it is ready.”

However, unofficially it is known that the case crashes over Hungary blocking a 90 billion EU loan to Ukraine. 

“It is difficult for the European Commission to agree to billions of euros for Viktor Orban when he violates the principle of ‘loyal cooperation’ and blocks money for a country that is fighting Russia” – explains an EU diplomat to RMF FM. 

Signs that the EC is already considering waiting with Hungary’s SAFE to the parliamentary elections in Hungary (the opposition Tisza party has a good chance of winning) the RMF FM journalist heard at the beginning of last month.

However, the final straw was the attitude of Orban, who confirmed his veto on the loan to Ukraine at Thursday’s EU summit. According to the findings of the RMF FM journalist, Hungary is very keen on money from SAFE, as it is demanding over a billion euros more than the allocation granted to it by the European Commission.

The EU’s SAFE programme provides €150 billion in support in the form of, among other things, low-interest loans, primarily for the purchase of military equipment, especially manufactured in Europe.

More at the link.

The US:

KELLOGG: Putin is the aggressor. We have to apply pressure on him. Zelenskyy is a hard-ass. Ukrainians have done the astounding: they’ve stopped the Russian war machine dead cold. Putin needs to realize he isn’t winning and won’t win. He should just declare victory and go home.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 10:20 AM

If you were wondering why LTG (ret) Kellogg was quickly sidelined by Trump in favor of Witkoff, this is why.

Marc Short on Witkoff/Kushner: Having two real estate developers in charge of foreign policy in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran is concerning. There is a reason you want people to be Senate-confirmed: so they can be questioned by Congress about the deals they are making.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 1:22 PM

Trump’s temporary lifting of #sanctions is not that important: Russia physically cannot ramp up deliveries. What matters far more is that the surge in global prices alone is enough to resolve most of the Kremlin’s recent budget headaches.
ridl.io/when-oil-out…

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— Anton Barbashin (@abarbashin.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM

From Riddle:

One of the longest-running, most stubborn and irreconcilable debates among Russian economists in recent years has centered on the impact of sanctions imposed on Russia, its companies and its citizens by a wide array of countries and organizations. Some argue that the restrictions have only strengthened Russian sovereignty and made the economy more self-sufficient. Others have spent years insisting that the country is on the brink of collapse, which is always «just about to happen.» The overwhelming majority of participants in this dispute acknowledge the negative effects of sanctions but remain deeply skeptical that the problems they create will ever force the Kremlin to change its political course.

In recent months, however, a situation emerged that at first glance seemed to offer hope of a new twist in the sanctions saga. In October 2025 the United States unexpectedly ramped up pressure on Russia by imposing extraterritorial sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil while simultaneously leaning hard on buyers of Russian crude—above all India. The effect was immediate: Russian oil exports began to contract slowly (down 1.2% in January 2026 from December 2025), while the Urals discount to Brent widened rapidly, reaching $ 27−30 per barrel by mid-February. Oil and gas budget revenues almost halved, deficit forecasts shattered records, and it began to look as if the Kremlin would have to make painful choices. Indeed, some decisions were taken after the February 26 meeting: the ruble went into free fall against major currencies, and the specter of sequestering unprotected budget items loomed on the horizon. And then, right at the most interesting point in the story, «Iran happened.»

War in the Persian Gulf has always been seen by the oil market as the ultimate risk factor, but this time the consequences exceeded even the most pessimistic forecasts. When prices surged above $ 100 per barrel and barely budged despite the massive release of 400 million barrels from strategic reserves, the White House took an unexpected step: first it allowed India a 30-day window to buy Russian oil already on tankers awaiting discharge, then issued a license to sell crude that had been loaded by April 12. Against this backdrop, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand and even South Korea suddenly discovered an irresistible urge to buy Russian oil—especially since certain grades of Arabian crude were trading above $ 150 per barrel.

The central question now is whether the sanctions regime will be restored once (and if) the Gulf war ends, or whether this first relaxation marks the beginning of the end of the sanctions war. It is impossible to answer that today. But several important observations can already be made.

First, the original Western sanctions strategy on Russian energy (primarily oil) was aimed less at cutting export volumes than at reducing the revenues Moscow derives from them. When the United States and later the EU imposed oil embargoes, they assumed Russian companies would suffer heavy losses reorienting flows eastward—which, indeed, happened. The so-called price cap, followed by sanctions on the «shadow fleet,» intensified that pressure. The whole edifice remained relatively stable as long as the total volume of Russian oil was simply redistributed among different buyers (with Western countries effectively gifting their competitors a relatively cheap resource—a value-based choice on their part). But when huge volumes of Middle Eastern supply suddenly disappeared from the market, it became clear that the world could not do without Russian oil. The temporary lifting of sanctions is not that important: Russia physically cannot ramp up deliveries significantly for reasons unrelated to external restrictions. What matters far more is that the surge in global prices alone is enough to resolve most of the Kremlin’s recent budget headaches.

Western countries no longer need to quarrel over who is prepared to ease sanctions and who is not (even their complete removal is unlikely to cause prices to collapse right now). What they must understand is something else: genuine pressure on Russia is possible only when there is a sustained surplus of energy supply over demand. It is worth remembering that just a couple of months ago respected organizations such as the IEA and JPMorgan were forecasting Brent at $ 50−52—or even $ 30—per barrel in 2027.

On localized markets, sanctions policy works with devastating efficiency: it has, for example, virtually destroyed the forestry industry in northwestern Russia and slashed Gazprom’s exports many times over. But where the market is truly global, sanctions inevitably play a secondary role (recall the record export figures for Russian fertilizers in recent years). This creates a window of opportunity to rethink the entire sanctions strategy and shift it toward the model once applied to the Soviet Union: allow exports of raw materials while tightly restricting the flow of high-tech goods and technologies into the country.

The latter approach requires imposing strict producer liability for the end-use of their products. In recent years Russian missiles have been found to contain components from at least 49 Western companies. The most that has been done is to send them polite letters asking them voluntarily to stop supplying unreliable counterparties. By contrast, in the early 1980s Toshiba’s delivery of equipment to the USSR in violation of CoCom rules led to arrests, the resignation of almost the entire company leadership, and a complete ban on its exports to the United States. Today, despite far graver consequences from sanctions violations, no financial, administrative or criminal measures have been taken against a single executive of any Western firm. Yet precisely such tough measures could ensure far more effective enforcement of the sanctions regime.

Much more at the link.

Back to Ukraine.

FERGUSON: Black Sea Straits were a critical factor after Russian invasion of Ukraine. If Russians had succeeded in controlling Black Sea and preventing Ukrainian trade, the war could have been over. But Ukrainians won the battle of the Black Sea — and there’s a lesson to learn.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM

I personally cannot stand Ferguson. I think he’s a two bit ideologue trying to cosplay as a serious historian, but in this case he is correct.

Video of a russian Shahed drone being destroyed with small arms from aboard a Yak-52 aircraft in the skies over Ukraine.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM

After Starlink was disabled, Russian commanders began sending their soldiers to install antennas and Wi-Fi repeaters on poles and trees. However, Ukrainian drone operators are finding them there as well.
t.me/blackraven93ua

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM

I find it exceedingly interesting just how much turning Starlink off for the Russians has negatively effected their performance on the battlefield. Part of what makes it interesting is that the Russian military’s use of Starlink was always supposed to be against Starlink’s terms of service and the use by the Russians was supposed to be happening illicitly. If find it interesting that Starlink never used the geolocation data for the terminals that Russia was using in order to turn those off until the problem became too much of a PR headache for Musk to ignore. Just another reason for Musk to be criminally investigated, all of his assets frozen, his companies nationalized, broken up, and then sold for parts with the profits going into the Treasury Department’s general fund, his test tube army of sex selected freaky boys put into child protective services, and fraudulently obtained citizenship revoked followed by his deportation.

Kharkiv:

A woman who was severely wounded in today’s russian drone strike on Kharkiv has died in the hospital‼️

Fucking bastards!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM

The aftermath of today’s Russian strike on Kharkiv. The footage shows burned-out cars. Remains of Russian UAVs that terrorized the city can also be seen.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Four years ago, I saw Kharkiv’s Taras for the last time. He stands there even now, covered in sandbags as if he were sleeping.

​I miss him. I had no idea how much this statue inspired me until I could no longer see it.

​I hope he survives this. I hope I will see our Taras uncovered once again.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 11:58 AM

Kherson Oblast:

🔥Airstrike on a Russian underground command bunker in Kherson region.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM

Russia:

🛢️A new in depth Dallas Analytics report details how Rosneft is restructuring refinery protection in response to sustained drone strikes.

The report highlights how refinery protection is becoming increasingly complex as drone threats evolve.

Full article: dallas-analytics.com/inside-rosne…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM

Leningrad Oblast, Russia:

Last night, Ukrainian drones struck the Novatek-Ust-Luga facility in Leningrad Oblast of russia 🔥

This is one of Russia’s key Baltic Sea ports, through which they export crude oil and petroleum products, including via vessels belonging to the shadow fleet.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:32 AM

The Russian port of Ust-Luga engulfed in flames after a Ukrainian drone attack, one of Russia’s largest Baltic ports handling over 100 million tons of cargo annually.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM

In Russia’s Leningrad region, an oil terminal has been burning for six hours after being hit by drones of the SBU’s “Alpha” Special Operations Center.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:59 AM

The operation was carried out by SBU special forces in cooperation with the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service on the Day of the Security Service of Ukraine.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:59 AM

Russian Ust-Luga port in Leningrad region right now, allegedly 🤯
Holy shit!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 11:24 AM

At least 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline, and the seizure of tankers. – Reuters

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM

Russian Ust-Luga oil port. The scale of the fire can make hell jealous 🔥🔥🔥

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM

Reuters) – Russia’s Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga suspended crude oil and oil products loadings on Wednesday after massive Ukrainian drone attacks.

Primorsk handles up to ~75 million tons of oil annually, while Ust-Luga handles over 100 million tons of cargo

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM

Overnight, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Russian combat icebreaker Purga in Leningrad region, the General Staff reported.

These vessels combine the functions of an icebreaker and a warship, and are used in particular by the FSB’s Border Service.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM

View on the under construction Project 23550 ice-class patrol ship Purga before and after today’s Ukrainian strikes on the port of Vyborg.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM

More like an ice broken than an ice breaker.

In the morning, strategic facilities in the Leningrad region were attacked with aerial bombs dropped from A-22 light aircraft. It is the first time since World War II that aerial bombs have fallen on the Leningrad region.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM

It is reported that this is the same aircraft that was carrying a FAB-250 bomb. The bomb may have been dropped earlier, as upon impact with the building of JSC “Agricola”, located about 30 meters opposite an FSB building, the aircraft only shattered windows and caused a fire on the roof.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM

Belgorod Oblast, Russia:

Operators of Lasar’s Group carried out a successful special operation in the Belgorod region, destroying 6 Russian tanks and 2 trucks.
t.me/lasars_group…

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 12:55 PM

That’s enough for tonight.

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Nightmares, blindness, and healing with dogs: How Ukrainian defenders restore their lives after war trauma

Wed, March 18, 2026 – 10:21

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/analytics/nightmares-blindness-and-healing-with-dogs-1773820709.html

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— PKs Powerfromspace1 (@powerfromspace1.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy) March 19, 2026 at 2:31 AM

From RBC Ukraine:

When a soldier cannot sleep at night because of post-traumatic stress disorder, has lost sight, or, after injury, can no longer do what was once possible, medical protocols are sometimes not enough. That is when emotional recovery becomes essential, and soldiers undergo it at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine rehabilitation center in Pushcha Vodytsia, Kyiv.

How Ukrainian soldiers learn to live again, what pushed serviceman Serhii to finally seek treatment, how a psychologist with visual impairment helps patients through a peer-to-peer approach, and why sometimes dogs that people can play with work better than medicine — in a report by RBC-Ukraine.

In addition to the main approaches, various additional methods are also used here for rehabilitation, as many as possible that can help soldiers improve their condition. Here, they can sing and walk around the territory with the dogs. Blind patients even planted trees. Later, they came back after some time, returned to their trees, and checked how they had grown.

More at the link.

Open thread!

There Is Information from Our Intelligence that the Russians Are Preparing a Massive Strike – Address by the President

23 March 2026 – 21:00

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

A brief summary of the day. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine delivered a report on the situation around Iran. There is growing evidence that the Russians continue to provide the Iranian regime with intelligence support. This is clearly destructive activity, and it must be stopped, as it only leads to further destabilization. All decent states are interested in guaranteeing security and preventing a larger crisis. Markets are already reacting negatively, and this is significantly complicating the fuel situation in many countries. Thus, by helping the Iranian regime stay afloat and strike more accurately, the Russians are effectively prolonging the war. There must be a response. Of course, we will respond firmly to the fact that Belarus continues to provide its services to Russia in its terror against Ukraine. There have already been cases where special equipment was installed on the territory of Belarus to support “shahed” attacks against Kyiv and our northern regions along the Belarusian border. Unfortunately, this did strengthen Russian strikes at the time. But we took action and destroyed the relevant antennas. Now, our intelligence indicates that Russia intends to continue using the territory of Belarus, as well as the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, to build ground-based control stations for long-range UAVs. There will be responses, and they will be tangible.

There was a report today from the Security Service of Ukraine – Major General Khmara. First and foremost, on our long-range activity targeting Russia’s oil revenues. I am grateful to our warriors for their precision. Russia’s war must not receive additional resources from the geopolitical situation and such crisis-driven oil prices. As always, the Security Service of Ukraine also continues to deliver strong results on the frontline in eliminating the occupiers. Work against enemy agent networks is ongoing as well. In particular, today’s report covered the neutralization of such Russian influence networks operating through religious communities. There was also a report from Major General Oleksandr Poklad. In particular, we managed to prevent crimes on the territory of our state – the Russians were preparing assassination attempts. There were corresponding detentions. We cannot disclose details publicly at this time, but I am grateful to the Security Service of Ukraine for protecting our people.

We spoke with Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov. We identified key priorities for the near term that require decisions. We will continue working to scale up Russian losses – this requires a sufficient number of drones of all types, as well as more systematic approaches to personnel management in the army, so that frontline positions are stronger.

One more point.

Today, I had a detailed discussion with Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and Naftogaz CEO Sergii Koretskyi regarding the fuel situation in Ukraine. Government officials, Naftogaz, and all institutions must work very closely with participants in the fuel market to ensure uninterrupted supply and to provide society with a clearer understanding of the available state support mechanisms. I am also grateful to Ukraine’s neighbors whose reliable cooperation is helping us get through this difficult period. Joint action and coordination always make a difference. Thank you!

And please pay attention to air raid alerts today. There is information from our intelligence that the Russians may be preparing a massive strike. The necessary orders have already been given to our air defense forces. Please take care of yourselves and of Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

Day 481 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM

Vato was determined to have his 6th birthday at #GeorgiaProtests Day 481. 🎂 🇬🇪🇪🇺

📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM

Lithuania:

An unidentified drone has crashed on Lithuanian territory. It was not detected by radar and is believed to have come from Belarus.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM

NATO:

A high-level NATO delegation visited Ukraine for the first time during the full-scale war to discuss Ukrainian assistance training NATO troops.

After Ukrainian forces soundly defeated NATO in land and sea exercises last year, the need to learn from Ukrainian experience is clear.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 3:07 AM

Poland:

🇵🇱🇭🇺 Nawrocki before meeting with Orban:

“We do not agree with everything. For Poland, Putin and Russia are an existential threat. Poles love Hungarians, but hate Putin, who is a war criminal and nothing more.”

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM

Estonia:

🇪🇪🇺🇦 Today, Estonia officially signed the document confirming our accession to the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, – Estonian MFA

With this step, we move closer to establishing the special tribunal…

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM

🤡 In Russia, a new plan is “Estonia in 3 days”: propaganda channels are filled with threats to seize the city of Narva in Estonia, or rather, to “deliver a preemptive strike” — and then, as per the script, they get a map with 4 directions from which an attack on Russia was being prepared.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM

Finland:

‼️As the US struggles to justify loosened sanctions on Russia and Iran, Finnish President Stubb says it is doing “enormous damage to Ukraine.”

He also warned it is unclear when, or if, the US will restore those sanctions.

We are grateful for our EU allies who stand with us.💙💛

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 4:21 AM

The US:

HODGES: If we get our act together and return to the goal of defeating Russia, it would isolate Iran more, signal to China that the West is still united and capable, and deter any move against Taiwan. But that requires strong, clear leadership from the US and from Europe.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:19 AM

HODGES: We are still launching Patriots against Shaheds. And Trump couldn’t even be poised enough to say, “You know, maybe Zelenskyy does have some cards, and let’s accept his offer to help,” instead of saying, “No, we have the best drones already.” That’s not helpful.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM

Russia is bombing Ukrainian infrastructure to break our people’s resolve and force us to demand a surrender from our government. In reality, it has the opposite effect.

​What would be the purpose of bombing Iranian infrastructure? Their people were just protesting against

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 12:41 PM

the government and was killed by the thousands.An attack would only unite them against the US.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 12:41 PM

BROWDER: Lifting sanctions on Russia and Iran makes no sense. I’m a financial specialist — I’ve never seen anything so senseless. Two evil regimes, Russia and Iran, are now getting more money for their oil. Something must be going on behind the scenes. Somebody’s benefiting.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM

Back to Ukraine.

🇲🇩🇺🇦❗️Due to recent attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine, the Isaccea-Vulcanesti power transmission line is currently out of service.

Moldova’s instantaneous consumption is about 620 MW, 320 MW its own generation, 120 MW is in Transnistria, and about 300 MW is imported from Ukraine.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM

ℹ️ The Isaccea-Vulcanesti power line is the main channel for importing electricity from Romania to Moldova.

At the end of January, the shutdown of the Isaccea-Vulcanesti power line led to a partial blackout in Moldova.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM

Reaction of Ukrainian operators of the P1-SUN anti-Shahed drone to the interception of a Russian jet-powered Shahed kamikaze drone

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Another successful use of the Ukrainian Bulava loitering munitions to destroy Russian Kasta radar system.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM

Ukraine’s General Staff reports strikes on multiple Russian air defense assets:

🛡️ Air defense systems:
• TOR air defense system – Kurakhivka (Donetsk region)
• 2S6 Tunguska – Bryansk region, Russia

📡 Radar system:
• Nebo-U radar station – near Suponyevo, Bryansk region

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:40 AM

🔥🚨Ukraine’s USF report a series of strikes on:

• A Tor-M1 in Donetsk region
• A Nebo-U radar in Russia’s Bryansk region
• A Shahed UAV storage hub in Donetsk
• A telecom backbone server facility in Donetsk
• A chemical munitions workshop in Avdiivka
• Fuel depots and a fuel train in Luhansk region

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:56 AM

“Over 4 days, the Russians carried out 619 assaults and lost over 6 thousand soldiers.” – Sirsky.

▪️The intensity of the Russian troops’ offensive actions significantly increased between March 17 and 20, but the enemy did not achieve its goals;

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM

▪️The occupiers are putting the most pressure on the Pokrovsk and Alexandrovsk directions – there were 163 and 96 attacks recorded there;
▪️Over four days of intense fighting, the enemy lost over 6090 soldiers killed and wounded. The total losses for the week reached about 8710 people.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM

Kyiv:

Air alert in Kyiv – most of east already red. Shahed attack drones incoming, Russian strategic bombers in the air. It’s been just over a week since the last big fascist Russian Blitz, so we are due a massive attack.

Luck in battle to our air defenders.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM

Bracing for another night in a shelter. russian Tu-95ms are already in the air. Drones are incoming. Reports of another massive attack ahead. Millions will struggle to make it through the night again.

Nothing about this is normal. Then why has it been normalized?

— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM

Bucha, Kyiv Oblast:

‼️Terrorist attack in Bucha district, Kyiv region: an explosion occurred ~5 am, and a second blast followed after police arrived at the scene. Two police officers were injured.

Russian-organized terrorist attacks inside Ukraine are becoming more frequent.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM

Police identified a 21-year-old local.
He says he was recruited through an online game, then threatened, told his mother was being watched and would be harmed if he didn’t plant explosives.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM

Cases like this show how actively Russian networks are operating across the country: recruiting locals through pressure, threats, and manipulation.

Their targets are not random: military in the rear, police, medics, and emergency responders who arrive to help.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM

This is a deliberate strategy – to spread fear, destabilize the country, and hit those who protect and save lives.

— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM

Zaporizhzhia:

Russian drone struck an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia ‼️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM

👀 At least 15 apartments were damaged by an explosion in a five-story building in Sevastopol.

Eight balconies were completely destroyed. The impact blew out walls in several buildings. The epicenter of the explosion was presumably on the upper floors.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM

Sumy Oblast:

🙏 In Sumy region, a man and a child were injured as a result of a Russian strike today.

Also in Trostyanets community, a grain warehouse was hit by enemy fire. While extinguishing the fire, the occupiers struck again, and the rescuers, fortunately, managed to retreat to a safe place.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM

Russian occupied Luhansk Oblast:

Sunrise in occupied Luhansk 👀

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 11:24 PM

The Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade is eliminating Russian forces in the Novooleksandrivka direction.
t.me/brigada92_war

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM

Donetsk Oblast:

In Donetsk region, a Russian strike on the village of Maidan killed one person and injured four others, including a child‼️

Rescuers, working under constant threat of renewed drone attacks, deployed the robotic “Snake Firefighter” system to battle the blaze.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 11:19 AM

Despite repeated interruptions to take cover, emergency crews managed to extinguish all fires.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 11:19 AM

Kharkiv:

Russian drones over Kharkiv right now ❗️There was an explosion a few minutes ago ‼️

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:52 PM

Kharkiv Oblast:

Ukrainian border guards-UAV operators from the “Hart” brigade are destroying Russian assault groups in the Kharkiv region. The fighters eliminated 66 occupiers and wounded another 51.
t.me/hart_brigade

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM

Leningrad Oblast, Russia:

🚨🔥 Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones struck the Russia’s largest oil export port on the Baltic Sea, port of Primorsk, in the Leningrad region overnight. Almost 1000km from the frontline.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM

Tonight, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the “Transneft – Port Primorsk” oil terminal in Russia’s Leningrad region. It is a key export hub on the Baltic Sea, through which a significant share of Russia’s oil supplies to foreign markets passes, including via the so-called “shadow fleet.”

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:29 AM

In 2025 alone, more than 46.6 million tons of oil were handled through it.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:29 AM

Satellite imagery of the Primorsk port shows several storage tanks on fire.

​Primorsk Port is Russia’s largest oil-loading terminal on the Baltic Sea. Located in the Leningrad Region, it specializes in the export of crude oil and petroleum products.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM

Primorsk and Ust-Luga oil export terminals offline as drone sanctions turn oil infrastructure into heat and smoke.

No matter what the price of oil is, Russia can’t make money from their oil if they can’t export it. 😎

Expect a lot more drone sanctions in the coming weeks.🔥

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 9:40 AM

Update from Leningrad region 👀💥

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM

The seaport in Primorsk, Leningrad Region, is one of russia’s largest oil export terminals on the Baltic.

Good drones visited it tonight 🔥

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM

First satellite image of a Russian port of Primorsk following an overnight drone strikes

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:28 AM

A massive fire in russian Prymorsk after Ukrainian drone attack 🔥

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:45 AM

More footage of the massive fire at russia’s Primorsk oil-loading port
🔥🔥🔥

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

The Saratov oil refinery halted operations after a drone attack on March 21, sources report.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Rostov Oblast, Russia:

In Russia’s Rostov region, in the village of Krym, a warehouse storing fuel and lubricants is on fire. Eyewitnesses are posting footage online. It shows thick black smoke spreading hundreds of meters from the site of the blaze. The cause has not yet been disclosed by Russian authorities.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 6:31 AM

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— Nate Mook (@natemook.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM

Open thread!

There Are Signals that Further Exchanges May Be Possible, and This Would Be Good News and Confirmation that Diplomacy Is Working – Address by the President

22 March 2026 – 20:35

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

Today, I received a report from our negotiating team following the second day of their meetings in America with envoys of the President of the United States. Actually, it’s two days of meetings: yesterday afternoon and evening, and today as well. It is clear that the attention of the American side at this time is primarily focused on the situation around Iran and in that region, but this war of Russia against Ukraine must also be brought to an end. This is understood the same way by everyone in the world, and I am very grateful to American society for its clear support for a normal, dignified peace for Ukraine. It is important to ensure that the aggressor is not rewarded for this war. And it is important that none of us is forced to return to war in a few months or years, which means that security guarantees for Ukraine and for all of Europe must be sufficient for peace – for a reliable peace. I expect that after our negotiating team returns to Ukraine, we will discuss in detail all aspects of the meetings, which for now cannot be safely discussed over the phone. There are signals that further exchanges may be possible, and this would indeed be very good news and confirmation that diplomacy is working. We hope this will happen.

Overall, the situation remains quite clear: Putin does not want to end the war. But the key thing is what the world wants. We must all do everything possible together – and we will continue to do everything possible – to end the war.

There was also a report today from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and Chief of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov. Detailed updates on all sectors of the front. In some areas, the Russians have significantly stepped up their activity in recent days – taking advantage of the weather – and there have been more assaults. But this also means higher Russian losses. Over this week alone, there have already been over eight thousand occupiers killed or seriously wounded. They also carried out mechanized assaults. Our drones are performing well, and the positions of our army are strong. I thank every one of our soldiers, sergeants, and officers – every brigade – for the results for Ukraine.

And I would like to separately recognize all our defenders of the sky – this is our daily, constant priority. Especially this week, our gratitude goes to the warriors of the 96th Kyiv Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, all our electronic warfare units, the crews of army aviation helicopters, and, of course, our F-16 and Mirage pilots, as well as every interceptor drone crew – and in particular, the crews of the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Regiment and the 302nd Kharkiv Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. Thank you, warriors! Thank you for the fact that Ukraine’s experience in defending the skies is one of the strongest in the world, and that it will certainly keep Ukraine among the leading contributors to security even after this war – among those the world will need to ensure security. Only with Ukraine is real stability possible here in Europe – real protection. And, as we can see, in other parts of the world as well, which clearly need our experience and our support in protecting lives. We are already working with the Gulf countries, and in fact, every day at the team level, we are in contact with these countries to ensure that our experience and our support grow into long-term cooperation and respect for Ukraine and our warriors. There are already concrete results from our units in defense – we are providing our expertise and our real support. Other countries of the world should now also make their contribution to stabilization. And we know from our intelligence how much it irritates Russia that Ukrainians are needed by the world, and that Ukrainians can help bring about stabilization. We all need joint decisions and joint work so that there is more security for everyone. I thank everyone who contributes to coordination and shared results. This is exactly what is most unacceptable for those like Russia – when countries of the world are not left alone, and when peoples are not left alone with the occupier. Thank you to everyone who stands with us, who stands with Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

A beautiful photo from today’s procession of Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia’s funeral.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM

1/ Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II was laid to rest on March 22 in Tbilisi, at Sioni Cathedral.

In the days leading up to his burial, thousands gathered at the Holy Trinity Cathedral to bid him farewell, many standing in quiet lines to pay their respects.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

2/ The funeral service was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I taking part.

Afterwards, Ilia II was carried in a solemn procession through the city to Sioni Cathedral, where he was laid to rest.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

3/ Ilia II passed away on March 17 at the age of 93, after leading the Georgian Orthodox Church for 49 years.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

4/ Ecumenical patriarch of constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

5/ The funeral ceremony was attended by the ambassadors of the EU and other countries to Georgia.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

JUST IN: Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I officiated the funeral service of Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia. Locum tenens Shio Mujiri and Georgian clergy co-officiated.

1/

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM

There had been lots of contradictory information about the stance of the Georgian Church vis-à-vis Bartholomew I’s participation, and what was favorable in the process in an effort to deter the influence of the Russian Church.

2/

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Overall, it seems like the ceremony went well, even better than critics expected. Russians did not take part in any part of the ceremony either, apart from attendance, of course.

3/

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Bartholomew I was welcomed at the airport with red carpet.

The liturgy itself was led by Georgians only, in the Georgian language.

4/4.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:11 AM

So extremely depressing…

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM

‪Not to mentioned that Ivanishvili had previously (before taking over Georgia) deeply criticized the Patriarch, ridiculed people venerating him, and stated he was an atheist. ‬

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM

Some friends text me it’s tens of thousands, not hundreds.

Nevertheless.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM

I honestly just feel my ancestors spinning in their graves.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 9:42 AM

On Russians attending the Patriarch’s funeral.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM

Awkward!

The fact that the Georgian Dream tries to monopolize the entire mourning populace and legitimize themselves through proximity with the Church actually just means how starved they are of popular legitimacy.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM

NATO:

NATO commanders led by Adm Pierre Vandier visited Ukraine, Palisa says. They discussed Ukrainian troops playing the Red Team at future NATO drills and the next steps for JATEC, the NATO-Ukraine joint center.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:06 AM

Also NATO:

NATO Secretary Mark Rutte won’t even condemn Trump calling his organization “cowards”

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 22, 2026 at 10:50 AM

BRENNAN: Doesn’t this benefit Putin?

MARK RUTTE: I know the president and his team — Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Marco Rubio — they are constantly working to put maximum pressure on the Russians to come to a deal

BRENNAN: This isn’t maximum pressure

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM

NATO Secretary Mark Rutte on Fox News Sunday praises Trump’s war against Iran: “It is necessary and I commend the president’s leadership on this”

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM

Rutte, on behalf of NATO, is also trying to keep Trump and his Team Clown Shoes chilled out. You can see, however, the differences in how he goes about trying to deal with Trump versus how President Zelenskyy does.

The Czech Republic:

Archer, a Ukrainian thermal imager company, had its facility in Czechia set on fire overnight. Czech media say a warehouse burned and the fire spread to an admin building. The Earthquake Faction claimed the attack, saying they thought they were hitting weapons production for Israel.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM

Hungary:

BROWDER: Even if Ukraine repairs the Druzhba pipeline, I’m not sure Orbán would release the €90 billion. He’s taking orders from Putin and acting as a ‘little Putin’ inside the EU—it’s hard to predict his next move. But, one way or another, Europe will get the funds to Ukraine.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM

EU cuts Hungary out of sensitive talks over leaking-to-Russia fears, they are limiting the flow of confidential material to Hungary and leaders are meeting in smaller groups. – POLITICO

Who is surprised? Nobody.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM

The US:

HOST: Russia claims it’s not helping Iran by providing targeting information and drone technology to attack U.S. military assets. Are you buying this?

TAYLOR: No. Kremlin lies. They said they weren’t in Crimea. They said they were not going to invade Ukraine in 2022. They lie.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM

Back to Ukraine.

Here are some of tonight’s outgoing Ukrainian fires:

😼😼😼 DroneBomber

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM

🇺🇦😳Ukrainian Ground drone – carrier of FPV drones!

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM

A turreted UGV rolled up to a Russian dugout, opened fire and destroyed the position, Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade says. The vehicle then pulled back to its designated area.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM

National Guard’s Rubezh brigade says Svoboda battalion used ground robots to evacuate two wounded soldiers 4 km behind Russian lines. The mission took 10 hours and the robot came under an air attack, but both were saved.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM

Ukrainian forces shot down Russia’s new rare “Klin” drone, RBC-Ukraine reports. The UAV has a range up to 120 km and a warhead up to 5 kg. Expert “Flesh” says it uses a new-tech battery and can lock onto targets on its own.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Ukraine’s General Staff confirms a Buk-M1 was hit in Russia’s Bryansk region. It also reports strikes on a Buk-M2 area in occupied Zaporizhzhia plus Russian logistics, command posts, a UAV control point and troop concentrations in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Belgorod.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM

Ka-52 was downed by a fiber-optic FPV drone after about 1.5 months of tracking its routes, says “Predators of Heights” battalion commander Maksym Bohachuk. He says they had dozens of tries, missed one chopper by 2 meters, then caught the next one head-on.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM

Zaporizhzhia Oblast:

Russians struck Zaporizhzhia region with guided aerial bombs. Private homes and non-residential buildings were destroyed, and a fire broke out. A 53‑year‑old man was killed, local authorities reported‼️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 9:04 AM

DroneBomber reports that in occupied Yakymivka, Zaporizhzhia region, locals say Ukrainian drones hit a substation.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM

Donetsk Oblast:

🚨🔥Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces report destroying a Buk-M3 launcher and a Buk-M2 loader vehicle in Russia’s Bryansk region using Bulava loitering munition. Also, most likely, a decoy of the S-400 “Triumf” radar was hit by FP-1/FP-2 guided strike drone in Donetsk region.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:32 AM

/2. The Ukrainian loitering munition Bulava is also showing strong results this month, alongside FP-2, with usage reaching its highest intensity so far.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM

/3. In addition to today’s strikes on a Buk-M3 and a Buk-M2 loader, just the documented losses from Bulava strikes this month include a Buk-M1, Strela-10, Tor-M1 and a ZU-23 gun truck as a bonus, with the actual number likely higher.

— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM

/4. And beyond air defense targets, Bulava has also been used extensively against a wide range of other targets in March.

— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM

Lviv:

🚆🇺🇦👀 Passengers of the Lozova – Lviv train lit a fire during a forced stop due to an alarm

The stop has been going on for about 2 hours.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM

Donestsk Oblast:

😎💥 New groups of strike UAVs continue to break into Donetsk, and enemy air defense is actively operating.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

🤬 Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk region, two dead

In Nikopol, an FPV drone hit a car. While extinguishing the fire, rescuers found the bodies of two dead, the State Emergency Service reported.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM

Russia:

Rossiya Airlines flight SDM6858 from Mineralnye Vody to St. Petersburg squawked 7700, then vanished from trackers as drone danger and air defenses were reported nearby, Supernova+ reports. Update says it landed at Pulkovo.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM

Leningrad Oblast, Russia:

Despite a full mobile internet shutdown in Russia’s Leningrad region, Ukrainian drones still made it there. Locals are sharing photos of drones being shot down.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM

🔥👀 Leningrad region, consequences of the work of the Russian air defense.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM

👀💥Leningrad region, air defense continues to operate!

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM

Smolensk Oblast, Russia:

Smolensk 💥

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM

Kursk Oblast, Russia:

✈️💣 Russian bomber dropped a bomb near a highway in the Kursk region, – ASTRA.

14 Russian FAB bombs have fallen on Russia and occupied Ukrainian regions in 2026.

In 2025, Russia dropped 143 bombs on its own and occupied territories.

In 2024, 165 Russian FAB bombs fell on these territories.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

Russia is still trying to contain the fire at the Saratov oil refinery for a second day, Militarnyi reports. NASA satellites continue to register high temperatures near the tank area.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 6:42 AM

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The Key Issue Is to Understand How Ready Russia Is to Move Toward a Real End to the War, and Whether It Is Ready to Do So Honestly and With Dignity – Address by the President

21 March 2026 – 20:47

I wish you good health!

A brief update on today. First, this morning, I had a discussion with Prime Minister Svyrydenko and Minister of Energy Shmyhal on the situation after the Russian strikes. In the Chernihiv region, there were significant outages, and part of the region is currently without electricity. Repair work is ongoing. There was also a repeat strike. Nevertheless, all the necessary services for restoration have been deployed. I want to thank everyone who is working to help people and bring the lights back on. In Zaporizhzhia, repair work is also ongoing after a strike on an energy facility. Power supply is expected to be restored. There were strikes in the Sumy region, as well as in the Dnipro region. Strikes also hit our Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. Wherever needed, units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, repair and emergency crews, and municipal services are operating. Everyone is working.

Second, our team is currently in the United States, and a meeting already took place today. Representing the American side were Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. It is important for all of us in the world that diplomacy continues and that we are working to end this war – Russia’s war against Ukraine. No one wants this war. The teams will continue discussions tomorrow. The key issue is to understand how ready Russia is to move toward a real end to the war, and whether it is ready to do so honestly and with dignity. Especially now, when the geopolitical tensions have only increased due to the situation around Iran. A more detailed report from our team will follow.

And the third point is worth mentioning. In recent days, France, in my view, has taken another strong step: a shadow fleet tanker used by Russia to transport oil has been detained. This tanker is already under sanctions by Ukraine, and sanctions by the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States – and yet the Russians continue to use it. It systematically transports not only Russian but also Iranian oil. These are real accomplices – Russia and the Iranian regime – even in such matters as the shadow fleet, they effectively share everything. And when stopping one such evil – the Iranian regime – we must remember that the other evil must also face appropriate pressure. As long as the war continues, as long as the strikes continue, pressure on the aggressor must continue as well. We are working with European countries so that their legislation allows not only stopping such vessels, but also blocking them and confiscating the oil. This must be done. I thank France and all our other partners in Europe who are acting decisively. Thank you very much.

And today, Olena and I were at St. Michael’s Cathedral, where the farewell for Patriarch Filaret is ongoing. He was a profoundly significant person for Ukraine – truly a historic figure. His energy and character changed so much. We remember. We honor his contribution to Ukraine’s spiritual independence and to the creation of an autocephalous church. Blessed memory to him.

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

Day 479 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM

It’s mourning period in Georgia, Patriarch Ilia II will be buried tomorrow, and Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze officially heads the commission organizing the Patriarch’s funeral.

Yet, he finds time to attend CPAC in Hungary, reportedly in an effort to reach out to JD Vance.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM

The PRC:

China is conducting a relentless economic expansion into the russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, a journalistic investigation revealed.

Forcing Ukraine to cede lands directly play in China’s hands.
english.nv.ua/nation/china…

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM

From The New Voice of Ukraine:

China is conducting an invisible but relentless economic expansion into the Russian-occupied oblasts of eastern and southern Ukraine, economic researchers recently told NV.

An unusual delegation arrived at the Bilorichenska mine in occupied Luhansk Oblast in December 2025. Representatives of a Chinese mining equipment manufacturer went underground, inspected the active ninth longwall, and studied the mining conditions in detail. The purpose of the visit was to coordinate technical requirements for equipment for the new twelfth longwall.

Local occupation authorities proudly reported all of this, although they did not name the Chinese factory. However, they assured that the mine modernization project is valued at over 1.1 billion rubles ($13.2 million) and is supported by Russian state institutions — the VEB foreign economic bank and Promsvyazbank.

Chinese visitors to occupied parts of Ukraine are not an isolated phenomenon. Analysts from the Ukrainian Eastern Human Rights Group, together with the Institute for Strategic and Security Studies, confirmed this after monitoring the economy of the Russian-captured lands from 2022 to 2025, studying open data, and conducting an anonymous survey of local entrepreneurs.

Analysts identified at least 17 Chinese companies operating in the occupied territories of Ukraine and documented over 10 visits and other contacts with local “authorities” by delegations from China — ranging from businessmen to members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

The Chinese presence spans seven key sectors in the region: mining, metallurgy, construction, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, and education. According to researchers, over 80% of imports to occupied Luhansk Oblast consist of Chinese goods, and the yuan has become the second base currency there — it is sold in 79 banking locations.

Overall, about 90% of Russian-Chinese settlements are now made in yuan and rubles, and the volume of bilateral trade between Russia and China reached a record $220 billion in 2024.

Vira Yastrebova, director of the Eastern Human Rights Group and co-author of the study, explained that this involves forming a new architecture of external support for the occupation regime.

“China operates in a format of ‘de facto integration without de jure recognition.’ Beijing formally does not recognize the annexation of Ukrainian territories, but Chinese companies are entering them en masse through Russian intermediary firms,” Yastrebova said.

The penetration of Chinese technologies into critical infrastructure is particularly dangerous.

“Mobile communications in the occupied South are built on Huawei server equipment. Donbas mines operate on Chinese conveyors and heading machines,” the human rights activist added.

“This creates a technological dependence that will be very difficult to dismantle even after de-occupation.”

The Chinese presence is most systematically evident in the mining industry of occupied Donetsk Oblast. Chinese company SANY Heavy Industry delivered heading machines for four local coal mines belonging to the Impex-Don structure in August 2024: the Lutuhin and Progress mines in Torez, Zorya in Snizhne, and Komsomolets Donbasu in Kirovske. Following this, the management of Impex-Don announced its intention to purchase Chinese equipment for all its mines.

Two other Chinese representatives — Amma Construction Machinery and Zhongxin Heavy Industrial Machinery — now provide crushing and screening equipment for Donetsk quarries. A new Chinese-made crushing and screening plant was launched at the Karanskyi quarry in the Telmanove district in eastern Donetsk Oblast in June 2024. A Russian intermediary company carried out the installation.

Chinese technologies are entering other industries as well. The Donetsk refrigeration equipment plant Donfrost replaced two Hungarian production lines from the early 1990s with a new Chinese one in 2024. According to the deputy director, 82% of the components are manufactured locally, but compressors and electronic components are purchased from China.

A large group of businessmen from the “DPR,” “LPR,” [so called Donetsk and Luhansk People Republics – ed.] and occupied areas of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson oblasts, led by Russia’s Promsvyazbank, visited an international import exhibition in Shanghai and ZPMC factory — the world’s largest manufacturer of port equipment — in November last year. A month earlier, at the Russian Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, a DPR delegation signed an agreement with China’s Beijing Andora Technology for the supply of energy equipment with the prospect of localizing production.

The telecommunications infrastructure of the occupied regions also relies entirely on Chinese equipment. The local operator Miranda-Media operates about 6,000 Huawei base stations in the occupied parts of four oblasts and purchases server equipment from the same Chinese manufacturer for its core network, according to researchers.

Yastrebova considers all this to be evidence of the systemic nature of the technological reorientation.

“Western and Ukrainian companies have left the region, creating an absolute monopoly for Chinese manufacturers. Chinese equipment is systematically integrated into critical infrastructure — from mines to factories,” she explained.

“Sanction risks are offset by super-profits due to the lack of competitors.”

Not surprisingly, the financial system of the occupied areas of Ukraine is also reorienting toward the yuan. The average daily volume of transactions in the Chinese currency there is an estimated 12.3 million yuan. Promsvyazbank offers yuan deposits with an interest rate of up to 3.5% annually.

At the same time, about 80% of payments through major Chinese banks are rejected due to sanction risks. This has forced local businesses to switch to shadow schemes — cryptocurrency settlements and payments through China’s Alipay and WeChat. The intermediaries’ commission for bypassing sanctions is 8-15% of the goods’ value.

Goods from China enter the occupied region through complex logistics chains. A typical route: manufacturing clusters in southern China — the Manzhouli-Zabaikalsk border crossing — Rostov-on-Don — the occupied territories. Some cargo passes through Kazakhstan, where it is re-registered as local to conceal its origin.

A cultural presence is also forming. A Chinese language study center operates in Luhansk, teaching calligraphy and holding tea ceremonies.

Yuliia Zavhorodnia, an expert at the Institute for Strategic and Security Studies, points to the long-term consequences of these processes.

“Educational and cultural mechanisms form an environment of long-term ties that functions parallel to economic contacts and creates a basis for expanding influence,” she explained.

The occupation authorities are also building relations with Iran. For instance, an animal feed manufacturer from the Russian-captured south of Zaporizhzhya Oblast received the right to export to Iran in February 2025 — the certification took a year and included documentary and laboratory control. The so-called Trading House Donske Vuhillia (Don Coal), which leases 10 mines in Luhansk Oblast, announced its intention to supply coal to the country of the ayatollahs [Iran-ed.]. Recently, in December 2025, Zarei Ali, director of the Iranian company RI-Group, announced his intention to invest in the “new Russian regions.”

Much more at the link.

This makes Trump’s and his Team Clown Shoes’ strategy, for lack of a better term, to cut a deal with Russia so that the US and Russia can then isolate China even more ridiculous.

France:

France boards another shadow fleet tanker as Europe keeps up pressure on Russian oil exports.

With 4 ships seized in March by Belgium, Sweden, and France, Europe continues to deprive Russia of war income despite the loosening of US sanctions.

Thank you for standing with us💙💛

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 3:06 AM

NATO:

RUTTE: We need to do more on drone and anti-drone technology. We’re working closely with Ukrainians, who are gaining massive experience in this area from the war against Russia. In Poland, we have a joint Jtech center where we work with Ukrainians to capture all the lessons.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM

Finland:

HOST: America is lifting oil sanctions on Russia, putting money into Moscow’s coffers that will end up on the battlefield in Ukraine.

STUBB: Yeah. That’s a spillover from the Iran war: oil prices rise, hitting the US too. So they’re lifting sanctions, which I disagree with.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM

We should put more pressure on Russia’s economy.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM

The US:

BROWDER: Net-net, in the short term, on a dollars-and-cents basis, Putin is licking his lips. The U.S. lifting sanctions on Russian oil is a gigantic gift. Just this month, he’ll pocket an extra $10 billion. That’s real money he can use to keep his illegal war in Ukraine going.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM

SEN. ANGUS KING: We’re shooting down $35,000 drones with $2.7 million missiles. The math simply doesn’t add up.

HOST: Why were we so unprepared?

SEN. ANGUS KING: Great question. We should’ve learned from Ukraine — the war there has been drone-dominated for 3 years.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM

REP. DON BACON: I am appalled by this administration’s approach toward Europe. Denigrating our allies has been terrible. The weakness shown to Putin has caused grave damage, and the passive-aggressive communications toward Zelenskyy have been embarrassing — and they’ve hurt us.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM

🇺🇸🇺🇦👀

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM

Witkoff can flap his gums all he wants, there isn’t going to be any deal.

🇺🇸🇭🇺 Trump declared his “full support” for Orban ahead of the Hungarian election, calling him a strong leader and supporting the country’s tough migration policy, — Politico.

He emphasized U.S.-Hungary cooperation on energy and “the revival of the West.” Vance will visit Budapest in April…

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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM

Slovakia:

🇸🇰🇺🇦 Fico criticized Zelensky and said that his country could support blocking financial aid to Ukraine, as Hungary already does.

Fico also accused Ukraine of problems with oil supplies and said that recovery depends on Kyiv’s decisions. He spoke sharply against Ukrainian president and EU policies.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM

The Czech Republic:

🇨🇿 Currently in the Czech Republic a large demonstration is taking place in Prague under Slogan “Let’s not let our future be stolen”

Czechs, please describe the situation more specifically in the comments 👀

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM

❗️Support for President Peter Pavel in his conflict with the government of Babis and the coalition. Sharp cuts in defense spending. Attempts to put pressure on public broadcasting. Appointment of controversial figures and more!

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM

Turkiye:

A US-made Sierra Nevada Corporation AEGIR-W naval drone washed up on Turkey’s coast. The 10-meter vessel can reach 25 knots with a 900 km range. Turkish media suggest Ukraine was testing it against Russia.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 11:37 AM

Back to Ukraine.

After years defending against Russia, Ukraine has become the teacher for allies rather than the student:

🔹Military training will now occur only in Ukraine since allies lack modern combat experience
🔹Ukrainian improvements to US air defence tactics are being offered to allies

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:27 AM

What this does is bring EU, NATO, and other allied military personnel into Ukraine for training. Which in a rational world would serve as a deterrent to Putin’s genocidal targeting. Given Putin is only rational within his own context, he’ll just continue doing what he’s doing, eventually one of these foreign military personnel will get wounded or killed, and that will change the complexion of the war again.

❗️According to the BBC, Ukrainian drone operators have already successfully shot down several Iranian drones in one of the countries of the Persian Gulf region. www.bbc.com/ukrainian/ar…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM

The Ukrainians may have downed another Russian rotary wing:

Various Russian sources associated with the military aviation report the loss of another aircraft.

Preliminary, one crew member died, one survived. From the context, it may be about another Ka-52, though this is not certain.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM

From The BBC: (machine translated from Ukrainian)

The Ukrainian defense-industrial complex has become a top topic in the world media. The fact is that the war with Iran showed all the danger of “shahed” drones and the importance of protection against them. And it is Ukraine that has a solution to this problem.

The first Iranian Shaheds-136s began flying in the Ukrainian sky in the fall of 2022. Subsequently, their production was localized in the Russian Federation under the name “Geran-2”.

Currently, according to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia can manufacture about 5-6 thousand of these UAVs per month.

These drones have caused many disasters in Ukraine, attacking not only military facilities or defense enterprises, but also civilian trains and residential buildings.

Kyiv began to look for a solution. The leaders of the countries of the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, who are suffering from the blows of the “shaheds”, are trying to do the same right now.

Mobile fire groups, Cheetah-type self-propelled guns, – anti-aircraft missile systems, all this at a certain stage either does not give the desired effectiveness against UAVs or becomes too expensive a means to shoot down a relatively cheap drone. It is believed that its price, depending on the modification, can vary in the range from 30 to 100 thousand dollars.

The most profitable, simple and effective solution turned out to be the downing of special anti-aircraft drones (they are also called interceptors), which were invented and started mass production by Ukrainian companies last year.

All of them have a price of about 1-2 thousand dollars, depending on the configuration.

More at the link.

Remember, the US is currently using million dollar PAC-3 interceptors in the Middle East of which only a small amount can be made every month.

🔥 Sybiha: Ukraine will intensify strikes on facilities in Russia

Foreign Minister said that Ukraine will increase attacks on military targets deep inside Russia, calling it “its own sanctions” against the aggressor.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM

According to him, the strikes are becoming larger and more effective, and their intensity will only increase until the Russian Federation stops the war

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM

Ukrainian drone operators’ first reactions as the Ka-52 goes down right after the hit.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM

Zaporizhzhia Oblast:

In Zaporizhzhia, as a result of a russian attack, a married couple was killed, and their daughters, aged 11 and 15, were injured, state emergency services reported‼️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

In Dnipro region, as a result of russian attacks, two people were killed and five others were injured‼️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM

Russian occupied Crimea:

Overnight Crimea came under a drone attack, with explosions and air defenses active. Reports say one target was a power plant in Simferopol. Locals there called it the most intense attack of the war.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM

Odesa:

🤩🇺🇦 While the whole world is still asleep—Odesa is already dancing.
Morning. The sea. A shore full of people in motion.
That’s why it’s impossible not to love this city!
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #dance

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM

Huliaipole, Zaporzhzhia Oblast:

🔥 Operation “G-Day”: 412 Nemesis Brigade Burns Over 130 Vehicles Near Hulyaipole

In just one month (in January and February), soldiers of Asgard Battalion burned over 130 vehicles, almost four dozen motorcycles and ATVs, and eliminated three hundred occupiers.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 11:04 AM

The Lyman-Borova axis:

Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps says it stopped Russia’s biggest mechanized push on the Lyman-Borova axis on March 19. Russia hit 7 directions with 500+ troops, 28 armored vehicles and 100+ bikes and buggies. The corps reports 405 Russian casualties.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM

Moscow, Russia:

BROWDER: Putin has recently decided to cut off the internet in Moscow because he thinks that’s how Khamenei was located, targeted, and killed. He fears that Ukrainians or others could use it to track him down and kill him. He rarely visits Kremlin. Putin is a scared little man.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM

Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia:

“Who put that building there?”

The first of two Ukrainian drone strikes on a building under construction in Ufa, fascist Russia, on the morning of March 21. Strikes, possibly on an oil refinery in the city’s industrial zone, were also reported.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:27 AM

A second drone, pictured from an adjacent high rise, exactly on course to strike the same building.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

Ukraine’s General Staff says Defense Forces struck the Saratov oil refinery overnight on March 21. A secondary processing unit and an RVS-10000 storage tank were damaged.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 8:05 AM

Militarnyi reports Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Saratov oil refinery overnight on March 21, damaging a secondary processing unit and an RVS-10000 tank. NASA FIRMS also detected a fire at the plant’s workshop 8 area.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 8:59 AM

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Georgia:

Despite the bad weather, the flow of people has not stopped at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, where a memorial service for Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is being held.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM

More on how the Georgian Dream propaganda only considers the Russian Church to be legitimate and authoritative, deeming even the Patriarch of Constantinople a heretic:

“Hope you don’t/can’t arrive [to Ilia II’s funeral], you are a Patriarch of War. You are an enemy of 🇬🇪!”

And a COVID shot picture.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM

Which likely explains this confusion:

Yet others now state that Bartholomew I will join in the funeral service for Ilia II and that the very notion that he could lead the whole liturgy is erroneous.

I’m sufficiently confused and misled by contradictory trusted sources, so I’ll just quit the case.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:47 AM

1/ Judge Ekaterina Bebia of the Zugdidi Court has sentenced Shalva Esartia, who was detained for disobeying the police, to pretrial detention as a preventive measure.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

2/ The prosecutor’s office charged him with Article 353 tertia of the Criminal Code, according to which a person convicted of Article 173, Part 3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, who repeatedly violates the same article, is punishable by up to 1 year in prison.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

3/ Activists have shared a video of Shalva Esartia’s detention on social media on March 17. It shows police officers forcibly putting Esartia in a patrol car.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

4/ The civil organization “Civil Solidarity Fund”, which operates in Zugdidi, is disseminating information about the circumstances surrounding the March 17 detention.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

5/ According to the organization, on March 17, Shalva Esartia was stopped for the fabricated reason of not giving way to a pedestrian while driving.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

6/ Immediately after the stop, Shalva Esartia categorically denied the fact of the violation of the law, since, according to his position, he did not violate the rules and did not create an obstacle to the movement of pedestrians.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

7/ Shalva Esartia was arrested for the third time under Article 173 – disobedience to a police officer. The first time – in January 2025, the second time – in December 2025, and the last time – in March 2026.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

8/ The first time he was fined 3,000 GEL, the second time he was sentenced to 7 days in prison, and after the third arrest, he was already charged under criminal law.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

9/ The article in the Criminal Code, according to which disobedience or insult to the police is punishable by up to one year in prison for the third time, was submitted to the Parliament by the GD on October 13, 2025 as a draft and approved in an expedited manner within 2 days.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM

The EU:

The credit to Ukraine is still blocked because one leader doesn’t keep his word, but we’ll deliver this support one way or another, European Commission President von der Leyen says.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:54 AM

The fact that the EU has failed to use frozen russian assets for Ukraine — while also failing to mobilize other funding — will be one of Europe’s greatest strategic mistakes.

Orban wants the EU to look like a joke and he so far succeeds, unfortunately. 1/2

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM

With war in the Middle East, America’s unpredictability, the risk of escalation in other theaters, and russia intensifying attacks on European soil, one would expect basic self-preservation instincts to exist. 2/2

— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM

France:

French Navy seized shadow fleet vessel Dayna in the Mediterranean this morning, Macron says.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 8:23 AM

Germany:

Bundestag, Katharina Dröge to Merz: “The Taurus is important right now. You promised it to the people of Ukraine when you were in the opposition. Act now, while you are in government.”

Couldn’t agree more! 👏

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:21 AM

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Merz on Trump: He’s not exactly on very good terms with me at the moment.

❗️ Merz on MAGA: The MAGA movement is not our movement. What they are doing with culture and media, how they deal with each other, is not our understanding of democracy.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Hungary:

Hungarian Special Services forcibly injected a detained Oschadbank employee with a suspected “truth serum.” 🤬

One of the men, a former SBU officer, was forcibly given an unknown substance – likely a relaxant designed to make him talkative under interrogation.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM

The injection nearly proved fatal: as a diabetic, he suffered a hypertensive crisis and lost consciousness. Medical aid was withheld until he fainted.

Subsequent blood tests confirmed traces of the drug in his system.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM

🇭🇺🤔 Putin’s former interpretor has been appointed as an OSCE observer in the Hungarian elections, – Reuters.

Hungarian human rights activists have raised concerns about the participation of Daria Boyarska in the observer mission for the parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee called on the OSCE to remove her “to ensure trust and confidentiality.”

VSquare journalist noted that Boyarska’s relatives work in structures linked to the Kremlin, which could pose risks of influence.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Boyarska is currently an adviser to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. She previously worked in the Russian Foreign Ministry and served as an interpreter at meetings between Putin and Trump. Poland added her to its sanctions list in 2022.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Belarus:

Lukashenko claims Melania Trump asked him to pass Putin a list of Ukrainian children “lost in Russia” and help return them. He says he agreed to bring it up but won’t “pressure” Putin because he doesn’t know if the kids are really there.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM

The US:

Hegseth: „Our ungrateful allies in Europe should be saying one thing to President Trump: thank you.“

Everyone is ungrateful to Pete and Donald.

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— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM

Hard to believe, but in March 2022 Pete Hegseth criticized the Biden administration for not “equipping and supplying Ukraine with what it needs” fast enough to “bog down and push back” Putin, who “wants the Soviet Union back, Ukraine back, and Kyiv back.”

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM

Consistency, hobgoblins, little minds.

The US has further eased sanctions on Russia, allowing them to sell gasoline and diesel as well as recently-allowed crude oil.

And they may also lift sanctions on Iran as well so it can sell already-shipped oil.

Odd choice. Won’t that money go into weapons targeting US forces??

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM

🇺🇸🤔 U.S. Interior Secretary Burgum:

From the time that we’ve spent working with those folks in Eastern Europe, the closer they are to Russia, the more aligned they are with President Trump, and the more aligned they are on energy policy.

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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Putin envoy Dmitriev denies Politico report that Russia offered the US a deal to stop supporting Iran if Washington stops supporting Ukraine.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM

Remember: don’t believe it until the Kremlin denies it.

Back to Ukraine.

Zelensky says Ukraine offered the US a drone deal a year ago, covering interceptors plus naval and long-range drones, along with training and know-how. He says he’s ready to sign when Trump is, and the topic will be on the agenda at the US meeting.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM

Zelensky also wrote the next Ukraine-US meeting should nail down dates for trilateral talks with Russia, even with the Middle East war messing up the schedule. He also wrote that easing US sanctions on Russian energy means more money for Moscow’s war.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM

🇺🇦 Yaroslava Mahuchikh is the world indoor high jump champion!
She finished the competition with a jump of 2.01 m.
❗️ Also today, another Ukrainian athlete, Yulia Levchenko, won the silver medal at the World Championships for the first time in her career.
Congratulations! 🥳👏🏻
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:46 AM

Russians are posting footage they claim shows likely a Swedish Saab 340 AEW&C long-range radar and control aircraft flying over Ukraine.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM

One Russian war blogger called it a “demilitarization” level-up, saying Ukraine now has long-range radar aircraft too, Saab 340.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM

Zelensky says Ukraine plans ten export hubs for Ukrainian weapons in Europe. He says drone co-production is already running with Germany, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM

Russian casualties spiked over three days, hitting over 1,500 daily: 1,710 on March 17-18, 1,520 on March 18-19, and 1,610 on March 19-20. Their spring offensive looks set to break records for losses, not territory. The 50,000 monthly kill mark may come soon.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:03 AM

🇺🇦 The 147th Artillery Brigade has begun testing exoskeletons for weight redistribution.

Current estimates suggest that exoskeletons reduce physical strain by 30%. The exoskeletons support speeds of up to 20 kilometers per hour and have a range of up to 17.5 kilometers.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM

The Pokrovsk front:

Ukrainian forces successfully shot down russian Ka-52 attack helicopter near Pokrovsk with an FPV drone❗️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 7:59 AM

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 with an FPV drone in the Pokrovsk direction.

The pilot and navigator slightly suffered.
By that, I mean they were eliminated.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM

🚁🔥 Donetsk region. An enemy Ka-52 burns on the ground after a forced landing, following an encounter with an FPV drone from the 59th Brigade.
#StandWithUkraine #UkraineWar #Ukraine

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:55 AM

Moment a Russian Ka-52 is shot down by an FPV drone today from another angle.

The pair of Ka-52s were firing unguided rockets in a pop-up attack from low altitude right near the front line.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:29 AM

To put it mildly, a very questionable use of such a platform, exposing a helicopter designed to carry sophisticated and expensive systems to extreme risk while essentially using it as an inaccurate flying MLRS – something even an older Mi-8 could do just as effectively.

— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:29 AM

Zelensky awarded the Order of Courage, 2nd class, to the troops who downed a Russian Ka-52 with an FPV drone.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM

Odesa Oblast:

Russian forces damaged two civilian vessels in Odesa Oblast during an overnight attack, injuring two people, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.

The ships, flagged by Palau and Barbados, were moored and loaded with grain. A grain silo and equipment were also damaged, causing fires that were put out.

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— hromadske (@hromadske.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 7:05 AM

Shandrygovolove, Donetsk Oblast:

🇺🇦 Soldiers of 66th Motorized Rifle Brigade publish footage of repelling Russian assault

Russians has pulled in additional resources to increase the pressure they have already been exerting on this section for a long time.

📍 Location — Shandrygovolove

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM

Russian occupied Crimea:

🔥 Attack on Tavriya Thermal Power Plant in Crimea

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM

Sevastopol after a Ukrainian Navy drone strike on the Granit plant, Exilenova+ reports. The facility was used to repair and service Russian S-300 and S-400 systems, Buk and Tor air defenses, and radar equipment.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

Ukrainian forces continue to clear the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian occupation forces. There are only a few pockets remaining until this Ukrainian region has been completely liberated.

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— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Lyman, Donetsk Oblast:

Ukrainian “Phoenix” border unit pilots crushed a Russian assault near Lyman, destroying dozens of vehicles and wiping out Russian assault groups and infantry.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 6:44 AM

Russian occupied Luhansk Oblast:

The Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant in occupied Luhansk region was attacked overnight.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:38 AM

The Ukrainian drone strike on the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant damaged factory infrastructure and at least two workshops, with a fire breaking out in one of them, Exilenova+ reports. The plant produces artillery shell casings for Russia’s military.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:38 AM

Kharkiv:

A Russian strike on Kharkiv knocked out power to the Neutron Source nuclear facility on March 12, IAEA says. It ran on generators until grid power was restored the next day. The facility is used for research and medical isotope production.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 4:51 AM

Russia:

🚨Russia is laying the legal basis to invade more EU countries.

As propaganda about separatism in Estonia ramps up, a new law would let Putin deploy troops to “protect Russian citizens” if arrested or prosecuted by foreign courts.

Expect to see more threatening statements soon.

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 3:02 AM

🤡“We don’t sit, we don’t sit on your Internet, we don’t need phones.”

Russian federal channels started playing songs “how cool it is to live without the internet.”

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM

Moscow, Russia:

Moscow Mayor Sobyanin claims 21 drones heading for Moscow were shot down.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM

Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia:

Russian air defense shot down a civilian light aircraft in the Moscow region near Kolomna after mistaking it for a Ukrainian UAV.

The aircraft lost control after being hit and crashed near the Oka River, killing both people on board.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM

Novgorod Oblast, Russia:

Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed damage to a Russian A-50 radar aircraft after the March 17 strike on the 123rd aircraft repair plant in Staraya Russa, Novgorod region. The plane was there for maintenance and possibly an upgrade.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 9:56 AM

Krasnodar Krai, Russia:

The 500/220 kV Taman electrical substation in Russia’s Krasnodar region was hit overnight, Shturmovyk reports. The station is key for supplying power to occupied Crimea.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 5:45 AM

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Open thread!

The Ukrainian Team – the Political Members of the Negotiating Group – Is Already on the Way, and We Expect a Meeting This Saturday – Address by the President

19 March 2026 – 20:01

 wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

Today, I am already back in Kyiv after intensive visits to the United Kingdom and Spain. We have new defense agreements, which concern both weapons production and support for our entire society. We also presented to our partners the capabilities we have, so that our joint defense and joint actions can become stronger. We will continue this work. And it is evident that the need to coordinate efforts and to pool capabilities is now greater than ever.

The whole world is now watching the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region – the constant strikes by the Iranian regime against its neighbors are significantly destabilizing markets and critically important energy supply routes. Many around the world are now speaking about the protection of energy facilities, about the unacceptability of energy terror against people and entire countries, and about security at sea – freedom of navigation and safe trade routes. All of this is truly a global interest. And when you listen to these numerous statements from different countries, in many ways they are essentially repeating what Ukraine was saying back in 2022 and 2023 about Russia’s aggressive actions. About the naval blockade of our ports, and about Russia’s attempts to deprive us of access to global trade. For years, Russia has been doing to our energy sector exactly what the Iranian regime is now doing to infrastructure in its region. There can be no other motive behind such deliberate aggression against energy infrastructure – like Russia’s strikes against our power plants, against our gas production, and like the current strikes by the Iranian regime against everyone around it – no other motive than to make nations suffer. And that is why it is so important that global cooperation, at least now, can deliver real security responses – responses for everyone, including Europe. The strikes by remnants of the Iranian regime against Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, and other countries are, in fact, strikes against global stability and against European energy security. Ukraine is ready to contribute to joint security initiatives to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible. Ukraine has long been proposing the creation of realistic and effective tools to put those who block maritime trade routes, who destroy – simply destroy – normal navigation, and who destroy energy infrastructure in their place. Ukraine has come through this winter – through Russian strikes. The Middle East and the Gulf region have, in fact, faced the same kind of evil. It is no coincidence that Russia and the Iranian regime are helping each other. They must be stopped, and it is the responsibility of every leader to ensure real stability and guarantee security. Together, we are undoubtedly stronger.

This week, Rustem Umerov was in the key capitals of the Gulf region and has already reported on the results today. For now, by phone. Tomorrow, there will be a more substantive report online. There is an understanding of what new security agreements can be reached with countries in the region. There are concrete areas in which they can support us, Ukraine, support our defense – above all, air defense – and there are areas in which we can support them, and are already doing so. Ukrainian expert groups for protection against “shaheds” are already in the relevant countries, and there are daily reports on the progress of their missions.

It is also important that we have received signals from the U.S. side indicating readiness to continue working within the existing negotiation formats to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. There has been a pause in the talks, and it is time to resume them. We are doing everything to ensure that the negotiations are genuinely substantive. The Ukrainian team – the political members of the negotiating group – is already on the way, and we expect a meeting this Saturday in the United States. Today, we spoke in detail about the negotiations with Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov, and Davyd Arakhamiia. Sergiy Kyslytsya will also take part in the meetings. Our priority is to do everything possible to create the conditions for a dignified peace. I thank everyone who is helping with this.

A few more points.

I took part in a meeting of the European Council. The key points are entirely clear and fair. Europe has already made a decision on guarantees of financial stability – this is a €90 billion package for Ukraine for two years. And we expect this European decision will be implemented. Ukraine is in communication on this with representatives of the European Union. This is also important for our preparation for the next winter.

Today, I received a report from Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal – both on the situation in the energy system and on the measures we need to take. Resilience plans for all our Ukrainian regions have been approved. Everyone understands what needs to be done. Responsibility – at the government level, at the level of regions and communities – is very high.

Today, we also spoke with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko about financial support, in particular for preparations for the winter. But this all depends not only on Ukrainians. We quite rightly expect that Europe will stand with us and find a way to implement what has already been agreed.

I thank every leader who stands with us on these issues, because this is about protecting the lives of our people and preserving normal life. Thank you!

Glory to Ukraine!

As he mentioned in his address, President Zelenskyy addressed the participants in today’s Councle of Europe meeting.

Russia Must Clearly See and Truly Feel that Ukraine Will Be in Europe – and that This Cannot Be Stopped – Address by the President to Participants of the European Council Meeting

19 March 2026 – 16:52

Thank you so much, António, Ursula, dear leaders, dear friends, 

Thank you for your attention to Ukraine and for your support – it is vital for us. And because this support exists, others in Europe can also feel that they will not be left alone in a critical moment.

This is the core of European unity. European nations stand together so no one is left alone, and so everyone knows there is someone to rely on. This is how Ukraine has always seen Europe. And Ukrainians are among the strongest believers in the European idea and its most dedicated defenders – for years. Russia’s war against us is also a war against the idea of Europe – shown through Ukraine. Each of you knows this.

And that is why we in Ukraine hope that Europe will find a way out of the difficult, very difficult situation we all face now, especially when it comes to the destabilization of European support for Ukraine.

An important part of our defense against Russian aggression is what we have built over the years – all of us together – Ukrainians and all Europeans, our friends around the world. We have made sure that – during this war – Russia doesn’t feel stronger. The aggressor must weaken – and this is the key to ending the war. This means that the aggressor must weaken on the battlefield, and Russia’s heavy losses on the frontline, around 30-35 thousand soldiers each month, ensure that. Russia must also lose economically – and this is what sanctions are for. And there is also the moral side – it is important that support for us stays strong, steady, and long-term, for years, and that the aggressor feels its future is uncertain – the aggressor, not us. I thank each of you, and Europe as a whole, that this has worked – and it must continue to work.

We are doing everything we can to make diplomacy effective and end the war. And you have all seen this. Working with the team of the President of the United States, I involve Europe as much as possible and keep you informed. Europe’s involvement is the cornerstone of our approach, and peace in Ukraine is peace in Europe. It is our common goal. And in the past few days, we have received signals from the American side that talks may resume soon. But with what mindset will the Russian side come to the talks this time?

It depends on all of us together to make sure the Russians do not come to these talks feeling that their position has grown much stronger. And it is not only because of the situation around Iran, which is pushing global oil prices higher.

First, Russians see active use of air defense missiles in the Middle East and the Gulf region, and they may think Ukraine will face a shortage of such missiles.

Second, the EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia is stalled. It could have continued the pressure on Russia to move toward real peace.

Third, the United States has eased some sanctions on Russia, and this brings significant money into Putin’s war budget.

Next, for the third month now, the most important financial security guarantee for Ukraine from Europe is not working – the 90-billion-euro support package for this year and the next. This is critical for us. It is a resource to protect lives.

And the fifth point, even today, we do not know for sure whether this support will be unblocked.

Dear leaders, united Europe,

We need to take and implement decisions. Strong and steady support matters. Pressure on Russia matters. And it is important to stay focused – even while watching Iran – that war is ongoing on European soil.

We count on you to unblock the 90-billion-euro package of financial security guarantees for this year and the next. This package was supposed to work in spring, but it was blocked. Ukraine, for its part, is doing what is needed – including on the oil pipeline, as we discussed with António and Ursula – to make this possible. Our team from the energy companies – Naftogaz and UkrTransNafta – is working productively to deliver on what we discussed. But the decision is yours – whether you want Russian oil to be imported by Europe, knowing that it helps the aggressor.

Ukrainians went through a hard winter because of Russian strikes. Many people had electricity for only a few hours a day, and in some cities, there was no heating for days. And this happened during one of the coldest winters in years. But we got through it. We overcame this challenge. And we held energy Ramstein meetings, and all participants were fully informed about the situation and our needs. We need to act quickly – to protect our energy system and rebuild what was destroyed by Russia. Time matters. This work must start now. And so funding is needed now – at least 5 billion for energy resilience for the next winter as a part of the 90-billion package. The same applies to defense and recovery after Russian strikes. We need to rebuild homes, keep logistics running, and support people’s daily lives. This cannot be delayed to some unclear “later.” And at the same time, European arms producers are waiting – waiting for us to pay for contracts – European aircraft for Ukraine, European air defense, European equipment. This is about your jobs and your technological growth. So this 90-billion package will actually work for Europe because in today’s Europe, no one stands alone – we are all closely connected. And if something is blocked for us, it will lead to consequences for everyone – maybe not always obvious, but definitely felt.

I thank everyone in Europe who supports continued pressure on Russia for this war. The 20th sanctions package will help bring peace closer and show Russia that it is not gaining the upper hand. And thank you to everyone who is ready to continue pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet tankers and who continues to protect Europe from all forms of Russian disinformation. Our team is ready to work with you as effectively as possible, including on entry bans to the EU for all Russians involved in this war – those who kill should not be allowed into Europe.

We value your support in protecting us from Russian strikes – especially when it comes to air defense and drone production. And we should continue using every opportunity to find missiles for Patriot systems. That’s why the PURL program is helpful. I thank everyone who contributes to it. And we know – not everyone likes the idea of using part of the 90 billion to buy Patriot missiles through PURL if there are no other options. But if there really are no other options, this is necessary to defend against Russian ballistic attacks – it’s about saving lives.

And one more point.

Despite all the difficulties, Ukraine continues to work to make it possible to close all clusters this year. Ukraine is already technically ready, and we have received from you the necessary benchmarks for all clusters – this is important, thank you. In line with key EU principles, reforms, and the rule of law, we will ensure that everything on our side is done to open the clusters and continuation of accession negotiation in 2026. And we are determined to do this, to do so. It is also a key factor in the overall mindset around ending the war – our mindset, the mindset of our partners, and, of course, of the aggressor.

Russia must clearly see and truly feel that Ukraine will be in Europe – and that this cannot be stopped. That is why we are carrying out internal reforms and working externally to secure a clear date for EU membership. If there is a clear date, it will mean that Russia will not be able to block our accession in any way. You see how different things get blocked, and how difficult it is for a united Europe to implement even decisions that have already been made. This must not be the case with opening the clusters for Ukraine or with our accession – this is a matter of trust, security, and the future, of course.

Please, let us all continue to move forward together and do everything so that our positions are felt as strong, and the positions of those who want to break us and break Europe – are felt as weak.

Thank you so much.

Georgia:

Day 477 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM

It’s 02:00 AM and crowds are still gathered at Tbilisi’s Trinity Cathedral to attend the wake of Patriarch Ilia II.

He will be buried at the Sioni Cathedral on Sunday, like all his 20th-century predecessors.

📷 @publikage.bsky.social

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM

Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople will attend the funeral of Ilia II of Georgia, but he was not offered to lead the liturgy.

Due to the Russia-Constantinople schism of 2018, Bartholomew’s leading of the liturgy would result in virtual impossibility of the Russian delegation to attend it. 1/

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM

Thus, it was apparently opted in favour of Russian presence.

Some also suggest that Bartholomew naturally including the Ukrainian Church in the prayers would pose further problems. 2/2.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM

I am appalled by the fact that, apparently, Zura Makharadze had the honour of carrying Patriarch Ilia II’s coffin (pallbearing).

Never mind the fact that Makharadze, one of the leading figures of openly pro-Russian, violent hooligan group Alt-Info,

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📷 Mindia Gabadze / Publika

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 6:45 AM

is under US Magnitsky sanctions for physical attacks against journalists and LGBT people, which resulted in the death of a TV cameraman in July 2021. That’s not even the main issue here.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 6:45 AM

The issue is that Makharadze represents the worst, the most un-Christian form of conservatism and churchgoing. Even in the eyes of allies, Makharadze would be a ravaging hooligan.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 6:45 AM

I do not believe that there would be no person affiliated with the Church with more Christian honour and dignity to pallbear for the Patriarch. I refuse to believe that.

This is such an outright tragedy, and for the Georgian Church first and foremost.

4/4.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 6:45 AM

If Makharadze is one of the pall bearers, it is possible, though I don’t know how probable, that his hooligans will be in attendance. These hooligans, whether in Georgia or the former Balkan states, or other parts of Europe, like Russia’s little green men and the Black Sea Cossacks are significant irregular threats wherever and whenever they show up in significant numbers. I would not be surprised if there is an attempt to turn the funeral into a violent attack on everyday Georgians.

Reporters Without Borders @rsf.org issues a study on China’s creeping influence on Georgia’s information space.

rsf.org/en/china-s-c…

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM

“Deconstructing Democracy: Back to Basics or Reinvention?” panel at the Belgrade Security Conference 2025.

I think I forgot to post the YouTube link back in November. My friend reminded me about it today and I decided to share.

m.youtube.com/watch?si=Kpu…

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM

What caused the crisis of democracy and how can it be fixed?

How can democracies defend themselves without becoming illiberal?

Is democratic order still possible, or must it evolve?

SPEAKERS:
Adriana Zaharijević, Principal Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM

Marika Mikiashvili, Foreign Secretary of Georgian party Droa

Soli Özel, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Institut Montaigne

Stephen B. Heintz, President and CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Moderator: Goran Buldioski, Senior Fellow, Hertie School, University of Governance in Berlin

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM

Here’s the full video:

Belgium:

🇧🇪 PM De Wever: “Belgium strongly supports the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, especially measures on oil and gas. We must continue: 100% support for Ukraine and 100% pressure on Russia — while also pursuing negotiations.”

I don’t understand this man. One day he says outrageous things,

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM

and the next he seems completely sane. 🤷‍♀️

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM

🇺🇦🇧🇪 Belgian John Cockerill has delivered a modernized Leopard 1 tank to Ukraine with a new Cockerill 3105 turret installed, – Militarnyi

Cockerill 3105 turret equipped with modern optical systems that allow detecting targets at a distance of up to 18 km during the day and up to 15 km at night.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM

The turret is equipped with a 105mm high-pressure gun that uses the same shells as the Leopard 1 tanks, and also has the ability to fire the Ukrainian Falarik anti-tank missile.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM

My birthday is coming up. Just saying…

Germany:

Merz roasting AfD in Bundestag: “Ladies and gentlemen, the reality of life for people in Ukraine is different from what you experience at your cocktail receptions at the Russian embassy here in Berlin or during luxurious trips to Moscow.”

(Applause)

Watch Alice Weidel’s face.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM

🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 Merz calls on EU to immediately provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan and end Budapest’s blockade.

He said Europe cannot allow individual countries to block decisions affecting the security of the entire continent.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM

During his speech, Merz stressed that the financial assistance has already been agreed at the EU level and must be provided without delay.

He stressed that delay creates risks for Ukraine, which needs resources for defense and maintaining economic stability

— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM

Finnland:

Q: Why doesn’t Europe tell Trump: “If you want assistance in the Gulf, here’s what we want you to do on Ukraine”?

​STUBB: Good idea. I might pick you up on that. (Laughter)

​STUBB: No, I think, it’s actually a really good idea. (Laughter)

Q: I’m available for advice!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM

STUBB: Can my team take your phone number, please? (Laughter) I’ll think about it. I’ll talk about it with my colleagues.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM

Prime Minister Stubb has a good sense of humor and a light touch. That said:

Slovakia:

🇸🇰🇺🇦 Talked about Ukraine all day: Fico complained about Zelensky and blocked oil.

The Prime Minister of Slovakia accused Zelensky of a “unilateral decision” to stop transit and called it “illegal interference in the election campaign in Hungary.”

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Hungary:

Orbán arrived at the European summit and once again stated that he will not unblock the loan for Ukraine. According to Politico, EU leaders failed to convince Orbán to lift his veto on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine, and Slovakia joined the blockade.

www.politico.eu/article/make…

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM

What a bizarre moment in time to accuse Zelensky of an oil blockade when *checks notes* the entire Middle East is on literal fire

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:33 AM

US VP Vance is planning to visit Orban to boost his support in next month’s elections.

Russia is also actively supporting Orban. Seems they are both on the same side more often lately, on many topics.

But we still won’t surrender Donbas, even though you both demand it.🇺🇦

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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 3:08 AM

Today, Orbán observed Zelensky’s address to EU leaders from a safe distance.
What a weirdo.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM

Back to Ukraine.

🇺🇦 Reuters: Ukraine, forced to boost gas imports after Russia damaged its gas production infrastructure, has begun storing gas in its underground facilities in preparation for the ‌next heating season.

Since last autumn, Russia has been attacking the Ukrainian power grid nearly daily…

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM

Ukraine now imports an average of 25-26 million cubic meters of gas daily, mostly from Hungary and Poland.

Ukraine has also started building up gas reserves regularly, pumping about 130 gigawatt-hours a day into storage.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM

As of March 17, Ukraine’s underground storage facilities, some of the largest in Europe, were already almost 16% full.

Ministry of Energy intend to start the 2026-2027 heating season with gas reserves of at least 13 billion cubic meters – approximately the same as in the previous season.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM

🇺🇦 SBU detained a member of the Unmanned Systems Forces on suspicion of spying for Russia and Belarus. The suspect allegedly shared information about the movement, number, and specifications of drones with the adversaries.

Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/security-ser…

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM

From The Ukrainian Review:

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a member of the Unmanned Systems Forces on suspicion of spying for Russia and Belarus. The suspect allegedly shared information about the movement, number, and specifications of drones with the adversaries.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported this.

Investigators say the military member first worked as a UAV operator. He reportedly shared information with Russian and Belarusian intelligence about the positions and numbers of drones along the northeastern border.

Later, they promoted him to operate ground robotic complexes (GRCs) that evacuate the wounded and deliver ammunition. There, he allegedly passed on information about unit locations and technical characteristics of the GRCs.

After completing these tasks, he planned to escape to Russia across the front line, where contacts awaited him. Law enforcement detained him in the Kharkiv region.

The authorities charged him under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – treason during martial law. This article carries a life sentence.

More at the link.

🇺🇦👀 Nova Poshta has announced a new expansion plan: 🇨🇦Canada and 🇨🇳China by the end of the year, and 16 more 🇪🇺European countries by 2028, — Forbes.

In 2029, Nova expects to expand its presence to the Middle East.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM

Hrushivka, Kharkiv Oblast:

A 57‑year‑old paramedic and a 31‑year‑old driver suffered concussions after a russian FPV drone exploded near an ambulance in Hrushivka, Kharkiv region ‼️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM

Avdiivka, Chernihiv Oblast:

Russians attacked lyceum in Avdiivka, Chernihiv region with 3 drones‼️School building was damaged and buses destroyed.

According to Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Administration, students had been attending classes in person until recently, when the school switched to a mixed

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM

format due to frequent air raids.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM

Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast:

💔 Kostiantynivka is yet another town in Donbas that the russians are wiping off the map. “Liberating” it from life itself.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Tumana and Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region through the eyes of Ukrainian defenders of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM

The evacuation of local residents and the delivery of humanitarian aid are now almost impossible, as Russian forces are firing on all access roads to the city.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Sevastopol, Russian occupied Crimea:

Ukraine’s Navy, together with Special Operations Forces and UAV units, struck Russian military targets in Sevastopol, with FP-2 guided strike drones.

• A “Granit” facility, part of Almaz-Antey, where air defense systems are repaired and maintained
• Personnel positions in the Striletska Bay Area

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 7:33 AM

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck a facility in occupied Sevastopol that services the air defense systems of russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM

Odesa:

🔥🇺🇦 Russian “Shaheds” have struck residential buildings in our Odesa!
Two high-rise buildings, a residential building in the historic center, and buildings in the private sector have been damaged.
Three casualties have been reported so far 🙏
#RussiaTerrorist #StandWithUkraine

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM

💥🇺🇦 The morning after the nighttime attack. Dozens of buildings have been damaged in Odesa, and emergency response teams are on the scene.
Efforts to deal with the aftermath of the nighttime drone attack in our city are ongoing.
#RussiaTerrorist #StandWithUkraine

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM

More footage of the aftermath of the attack on Odesa. Many buildings and a university dormitory in the city have been damaged.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM

The Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk Oblast:

💥 Pokrovsk direction. In two days, the forces of the 3rd operational brigade “Spartan” eliminated a company of Russian invaders.

In 48 hours, the enemy suffered significant losses:
– 120 soldiers destroyed;
– 6 wounded.

The Russians also lost equipment:
– 7 ATVs;
– 4 motorcycles;
– 3 cars.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM

Lyman, Donetsk Oblast:

❗️Ukraine Context: Today, the Russian spring-summer offensive has actually begun near Lyman.

2 tanks, 5 armored personnel carriers, 7 infantry fighting vehicles and over 40 buggies and quadricycles were destroyed. Hundreds of 200s and 300s.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM

Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast:

☠️ In the Slovyansk direction, the Russians made another unsuccessful attempt to break through our defenses using MT-LBs with a barbecue, four motorcycles, and several small groups of infantry.

Russians advanced from temporarily occupied Siversk and tried to bypass defensive positions from flanks.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM

The Apachi BBps together with its adjuncts reacted instantly: they destroyed the enemy equipment along with the occupiers.

Work is underway to identify and destroy the remnants of the enemy infantry, which moved in small groups of 2–3 people.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM

Kyiv:

In Kyiv, SES divers recovered missile debris from the river.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:47 AM

Moscow, Russia:

💥 Meanwhile, a branch of Rosselkhozbank was blown up in Moscow

Witnesses claim that shortly before the explosion, an unknown man ran out of the branch.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Peskov also complained that if the “Kyiv regime” attacks the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines, Russians will not be able to supply gas to Turkey and the EU. He went even further, saying that such actions could lead to destabilization in the world.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 9:09 AM

I think the destablization ship has sailed. Though not through the Strait of Hormuz.

That’s enough for tonight.

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😉🇺🇦 Without being told to, this cat simply jumped onto his shoulder and declared himself the morale leader. The soldier winks—as if to say, “Don’t worry, everything’s under control; the command is four-legged, but reliable.”
#StandWithUkraine #UkraineWar #Ukraine #cat #caturday #catsofbluesky

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM

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