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In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russian forces are systematically restricting residents' access to Western social media platforms.

A total of 123 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded as of 22:00 on March 29, with the enemy showing the highest activity in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.

In Kramatorsk, 13 people were injured, and three were killed in a Russian airstrike on March 29. Buildings, administrative structures, and cars were damaged in the city.

In the village of Pryozerne in the Kherson region, buildings of the Annunciation Convent were damaged as a result of Russian shelling on March 29.

Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 66 times, with the fiercest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kramatorsk on March 29 has increased to 12.

Soldiers of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with neighboring units, repelled a Russian mechanized assault near the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying enemy equipment and killing 20 invaders.

Two unidentified drones crashed in southern Finland. According to the country's prime minister, the drones may have been Ukrainian drones that strayed into Finnish airspace.

Finland’s premier Petteri Orpo says they are likely Ukrainian drones that went astray due to Russian jamming of signals. Helsinki says Kyiv has been carrying out drone attacks on Russian territories along the more than 1,300 km border with Finland.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that the drones were likely Ukrainian

A drone strike claimed by Ukraine triggered a fire at Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga as the regional governor on Sunday reported new damage at the major exporting hub hit for a second time in days. Ukraine has intensified retaliatory attacks on Russian infrastructure – including refineries, oil depots and ports – saying they are justified as part of the effort to cut revenues funding Russia’s offensive. “There is damage to the port of Ust-Luga. There were no casualties,” Russian regional...

Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on Kramatorsk, killing three people—including a teenager—and injuring seven others.

Russian troops also engaged the storage site of Ukraine’s Flamingo long-range missiles, it added

No drones have strayed into Finnish territory, according to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF).

Air defense forces have shot down 380 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since last night. Enemy strikes were recorded at seven locations.

Over the past 24 hours, nine settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy attack, leaving six people wounded.

The Russian special presidential envoy for foreign investment and economic cooperation responded to the post by Anna Paulina Luna about criticism from other Congress members in respect of peace talks.

In Russia, the port of Ust-Luga has sustained damage following a nighttime drone attack.

A total of 236 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline over the past 24 hours, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.

Air defense crews and mobile firing teams shot down 15 fixed-wing type unmanned aerial vehicles and 53 heavy combat quadcopters in air

Four ammunition depots and ten materials storages were also destroyed, Battlegroup spokesman Vasily Mezhevykh said

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 780 strikes on 41 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region, using missiles, guided aerial bombs, drones, airstrikes, and artillery.

Russia’s Ust-Luga port sustained fresh damage from a Ukrainian drone attack, as Kyiv steps up strikes on Russian oil export infrastructure.

Russian forces have attacked civilian infrastructure and residential areas in the city of Konotop, Sumy region.

Soldiers of the 37th Separate Marine Brigade of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a massive assault by Russian invaders in the Oleksandrivka sector.

No civilian casualties have been reported

In the Mykolaiv region, eight people have been hospitalized following an attack by Russian drones, seven of whom are children.

A 75-year-old local resident was killed in the Znob-Novhorod community of Sumy Oblast when a Russian drone exploded.

Canada and India trade ministers met at the WTO to discuss progress on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, aiming for completion by year-end.

On the afternoon of March 28, Russian forces launched 45 artillery and drone attacks on two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging industrial and civilian infrastructure and causing fires.

Soldiers from the “Reid” regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces identified and struck key logistics targets of Russian troops on one of the front's key sectors.

Russian drones have been detected in the skies over the Kyiv region—Air Defense Forces are shooting down the targets.

He will not just be demanding money and weapons, he will be requesting from them conditions to uphold his regime, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman added

The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on the Promsintez factory in Chapaevsk, Samara Region, Russian Federation, using FP-5 Flamingo missiles.

In the Znob-Novhorod community of the Shostka district in the Sumy region, a 20-year-old woman was killed, and a 6-year-old child was wounded as a result of Russian artillery fire on March 28.

"Each such strike proves that Russia has no intention of ending this war. That is why any easing of pressure on it is dangerous," Zelensky said.

St Petersburg airport has been closed due to recent attacks by Ukraine on Russian ports along the Gulf of Finland.

Air Defense Forces shot down 252 of the 273 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 27.

A group of five Russian lawmakers is in the United States at the invitation of Anna Paulina Luna

On Saturday, March 28, Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih for the second time this morning.

The Baltic states are sounding the alarm after being caught in the crossfire in the past week when several Ukrainian drones veered off course as part of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure.

Over the past 24 hours, on March 27, 181 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.

The Russians have intensified their attacks along the entire front line in order to stretch Ukrainian defenses and prevent them from concentrating on key areas of a potential offensive.

The measure is aimed at stabilizing prices and prioritizing domestic supplies

Several World Heritage sites were hit in the latest Russian attack on Lviv in western Ukraine. Ukraine has called on Russia to be completely isolated in the cultural sector.

Three drones, each capable of carrying a warhead weighing up to 3 kilograms, operated independently to target and engage the simulated vehicle

Since the start of the day, Russian forces have attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 66 times. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors. Combat is underway along six fronts.

Maria Zakharova stressed that no one who put on white coats to torture Russian soldiers will escape punishment

A 95-year-old man was killed in the Chernihiv region as a result of a Russian drone strike.

Russian forces delivered six strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, fuel and energy, transport and aerodrome infrastructure, the ministry reported

Russian officers held meetings with representatives of the host navy in the port of Chittagong

Alexander Khinshtein said there were no fatalities or injuries as a result of the Ukrainian strikes

According to Russia’s agency for international humanitarian cooperation, it is not yet clear whether the perpetrator acted alone or as part of a group

Finnish Defence Forces' Hornet jets have buzzed over southern residential areas due to Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil ports on the Gulf of Finland.

In Chernihiv over the past 24 hours, on March 26, a food processing plant and transportation infrastructure were damaged as a result of Russian drone attacks, and a railway worker was injured.

The developers said the design, with a slide and stopper, increases the reliability and safety of the munition's operation

In the Sumy region, a 54-year-old man was killed, and two others were wounded over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian strikes.

Igor Girenko said that three of the six Molotov cocktails did not explode

Air Defense Forces shot down 93 of the 102 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 26.

Ukraine risks running out of money to pay for its defense against Russia within two months as a multitude of factors converge to threaten tens of billions of euros in assistance from the country’s key donors.

Over the past day, March 26, there were 150 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops along the front line. The enemy exerted the greatest pressure on the Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole sectors.

In Kharkiv, eight people were injured as a result of a nighttime attack by Russian drones on a residential high-rise building on March 27.

This was the first meeting of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Canadian counterpart Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand since Mark Carney’s visit to India in late February-early March

Canada's and Ukraine's foreign ministers, Anita Anand and Andrii Sybiha, discussed the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine and progress toward achieving peace.

Military expert Andrey Marochko noted that the buffer zone has been expanded

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hosted a delegation of sanctioned Russian officials in Washington, D. C., Thursday, drawing mixed reactions from GOP colleagues and condemnation from Ukraine advocacy groups and the Russian opposition in exile.  Luna is putting herself forward as a facilitator of dialogue between the U. S. and Russia in pursuit of peace in Ukraine.…

The Russian deputy prime minister said this process will not be quick

He was in a facility for prisoners of war in Ukraine.

At least five people have been injured on Thursday morning after a Russian morning attack on an apartment block in Dnipro, according to regional officials. Meanwhile, six regions face power cuts following strikes.

Ukrainian defense forces have halted a major offensive by Russian invaders in the Pokrovsk area.

Russian troops are currently regrouping and preparing for larger-scale offensive actions, which may intensify with the emergence of green vegetation that allows infiltration groups to be concealed.

Alexander Khinshtein clarified that there were no casualties or injuries resulting from the Ukrainian attacks

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On the morning of Thursday, March 26, the Russian army struck the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv with a Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle, injuring one person.

Russian forces struck the city of Kryvyi Rih early on Thursday, March 26, damaging an infrastructure facility.

Andrey Marochko also said that Russian forces are advancing at other sections of the front

Targeted strikes by combat drones destroyed the structures and blocked exits from underground premises, the Russian defense ministry said

Vitaly Kiselev recalled that Russian forces have cut the Ukrainian unit in Konstantinovka in half, driving a wedge into the enemy's defenses

Ukraine's Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, held a closed meeting with representatives of 13 assault and infantry units to discuss the situation at the front and address problematic issues, including specific approaches to service terms and financial support.

Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Police data show that Poland last year saw a significant increase in organised crime by Russian-speaking gangs from former Soviet states, in particular Ukraine. The minister responsible for Poland’s security services, Tomasz Siemoniak, acknowledges that such “imported crime” is a problem, but says that the new figures show how effective the police have been in dealing with the issue. 🔴 Rosyjskojęzyczne gangi rozgościły się w Polsce. „Rzeczpospolita” analizuje raport CBŚPhttps://t.co/NZ9yu18Vkq — Rzeczpospolita (@rzeczpospolita) March 25, 2026 On Tuesday, Rzeczpospolita, a leading daily, published data from the Central Investigation Bureau of Police (CBŚP), a unit tasked with tackling organised crime. The figures show that 265 foreigners were charged last year in organised crime cases, which was 81 more than in 2024 – a rise of 44%. Among those suspects, 216 (82%) were Russian-speaking. However, suspects were rarely from Russia itself: the largest number, 111, were from Ukraine, where there is a large minority that use Russian as their first language, especially in the Russian-occupied east of the country. A further 45 were from Belarus, 23 from Armenia and 11 from Georgia. Those three countries, like Ukraine, were previously part of the Soviet Union. Click here to help us continue providing news free from paywalls and ads Rzeczpospolita reports that Russian-speaking criminal gangs largely commit crimes that are not visible to the wider public, such as smuggling goods and people and financial cybercrimes. But they are also involved in some of the so-called “hybrid actions” that Russia and Belarus have used to test Poland’s defences and sow unrest, such as the migration crisis on the Belarusian border and the use of weather balloons to smuggle cigarettes into Poland. However, the police data also show that most organised crime in Poland continues to be carried out by Polish gangs. Among the 157 crime groups dismantled by CBŚP last year, 131 were Polish while only six were Russian-speaking. A further 20 were other types of international gangs. Around 10% of suspects in organised crime cases were foreigners. For comparison, figures from Poland’s Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) show that, at the end of July 2025, foreigners made up 6.7% of workers in Poland. Among foreign workers, two thirds of them were Ukrainians. The government says that Poland is experiencing a growing wave of crime committed by immigrants and has taken tough action in response, including mass arrests and deportations. But official data show that the story is not so simple, writes @Gosia_Tomczak https://t.co/smHyp6lkyG — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) April 16, 2025 In response to Rzeczpospolita’s report, Siemoniak told Polsat News that the growing number of arrests and charges “demonstrates the effectiveness of the police” in dealing with such criminals. Siemoniak, who is the minister in charge of the security services but until last summer was also interior minister, said that the interior ministry had “held many meetings on this issue, specifically regarding this type of imported crime”. He noted that, while Poland effectively managed to deal with homegrown organised crime at the turn of the century, “entire [foreign] gangs are now moving to Poland…to fill this vacuum”. But he said that the police are well prepared to deal with this threat, and also noted that the government last year stepped up the deportation of foreign criminals. In 2025, 2,100 people were deported, twice as many as the year before. Poland has forcibly removed 2,100 foreigners from the country this year, around twice as many as in 2024. The figures come after the government introduced a tougher new migration policy last year, which has included more deportations of foreign criminals https://t.co/zOBxPLipy8 — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) December 31, 2025 ​ Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Main image credit: Prokuratura Krajowa (under CC BY-SA 4.0)

The entire modern Ukrainian elite is getting rich off of war money, Viktor Medvedchuk said

Moscow’s forces are intensifying their attacks in southern Ukraine after Kyiv made rare gains along the front.

Around 21,000 residents of Slavutych in the Kyiv region were left without centralized electricity supply following a Russian attack.

A total of 191 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline on Tuesday, March 24.

Total combat losses among Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to March 25, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,290,960 personnel, including 1,220 over the past 24 hours.

Russian role felt in Myanmar, from aircraft to waves of conscripts launching 'meat assaults' made infamous in Ukraine.

The German Federal Prosecutor's Office has detained a Romanian woman and a Ukrainian man on suspicion of espionage on behalf of a Russian intelligence service – they collected information and filmed a person supplying drones and components to Ukraine.

Russia has been carrying out drone attacks on Ukraine virtually around the clock, with more than 40 people reported injured so far, including five children.

Moscow launched nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine within 24 hours in one of its biggest-ever daytime attacks, killing at least eight people and damaging a UNESCO heritage site in Lviv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday slammed Moscow's "absolute depravity" and said Russia "has no intention of actually ending this war".

A targeted Russian attack on the central part of Lviv, which resulted in damage to a UNESCO World Heritage site, is an act of barbarism and a cultural crime.

In the Ternopil region, fires at energy facilities and an administrative building damaged in a Russian attack have been extinguished.

Following a drone strike by Russian forces on March 24, the number of injured in Lviv has increased to 17.

In Lviv, as a result of a Russian drone attack, the number of people injured has increased to 13.

Vitaly Kiselyov believes that Kiev will describe the incident as a targeting error, an operator mistake, or attribute it to a Russian drone

In Dnipro, the injury toll after this morning’s Russian attack has increased to 13, including three children.

Russian disinformation targeting the Ukrainian-Polish partnership has intensified significantly in recent times; one manifestation of this has been the appearance of the Polish Virtuti Militari Order on a Ukrainian website for collectors.

In Dnipro, a 14-story residential building was damaged as a result of a Russian strike.

Vitaly Kiselev said it is necessary to increase the number of strikes on Ukrainian troops from FPV drones