UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said some 25 allied leaders agreed on Saturday to keep tightening restrictions on Russia’s economy in an effort to draw President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table to secure a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine.
As of 19:00, law enforcers have established that 65 apartments in a Chernihiv apartment block, 12 private houses, and 19 cars were damaged due to the Russian UAV attack.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met with the head of the Federal Chancellor’s Office, Federal Minister for Special Assignments Wolfgang Schmidt, who is on a visit to Ukraine, to discuss a way to a just and lasting peace.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that military officials will meet in the UK next week to develop concrete plans for supporting a future peace agreement.
Since the beginning of the day, 81 combat engagements have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues in six sectors of the front, with the most intense battles taking place in the Toretsk and Novopavlivka directions.
All of Ukraine's partners expect that negotiations with the American side will be successful. As a result, Ukraine hopes to receive security guarantees from its allies.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has approved the composition of the delegation for interaction with Ukraine's international partners to ensure the negotiation process for achieving a just peace.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian forces are attempting to encircle Ukrainian troops on Ukrainian territory in Kursk direction, but Ukrainian command is aware of these plans.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová discussed expanding funding for the Czech Initiative to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
President Volodymyr Zelensky received reports from Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on the frontline situation and from Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on new support packages from international partners.
The White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, has stopped funding Yale University's Humanitarian Research Laboratory, which helped locate Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is looking into the possibility of introducing new entry restrictions for citizens of 43 countries, including Russia and Belarus.
Ukrainian Defense Ministers Rustem Umerov and his counterpart Guido Crosetto of Italy discussed Ukraine's priority defense needs during a meeting in Rome.
In the early hours of Saturday, March 15, a total of 21 Russian drones were spotted in the airspace around Kyiv, where air defense forces shot down 13 of them.
On the night of March 15, a series of Russian drone attacks, airstrikes, and rocket salvos targeted Kharkiv region, leaving at least four civilians affected.