[Korrespondent] 23.20 A Russian UAV hit the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region. There is destruction. Wreckage of the UAV is being found in the city.
22.59 Russian war criminals attacked Lviv with a drone on Wednesday evening, March 18. Specialized services are working at the scene of the hit. This was reported by the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi on Telegram.
21:46 The Russians hit an energy facility near Novovolynsk on the evening of Wednesday, March 18. Power outages and water disruptions were recorded. This was reported by the local mayor Borys Karpus and the head of the Volyn OVA Roman Romanyuk.
20.35 Russia's largest daily losses in 2026 fell on March 17. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this on its Telegram channel.
19.57 Despite the war in the Middle East, Ukraine has all the promised aid packages. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists in Madrid on Wednesday, March 18.
19.35 Ukrainian defense forces have pushed back Russian invaders in the area of ​​the village of Berezove, Synelnyky district, Dnipropetrovsk region, over the past day. However, they were forced to retreat in the area of ​​the village of Fedorivka Druh, Bakhmut district, and the village of Kleban-Byk, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState on its Telegram channel.
19.01 On Thursday, electricity outage schedules will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The main reason for the return of the outage schedules was the consequences of Russian missile and drone attacks on energy facilities.
18.58 Trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia are currently "on pause" due to the situation in the Middle East. However, all teams are communicating daily. This was stated by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Heorhiy Tykhyi, at a briefing.
18.01 Spain has planned 1 billion euros in military aid for Ukraine in 2026. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Madrid.
17.55 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has not appeared in his so-called "beige" offices for more than 160 days, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's investigative project Sistema.
17.37 More than 130,000 applications have already been submitted to the Register of Damages, created under the auspices of the Council of Europe to record the damage caused by Russia's war against Ukraine. However, the application may be rejected if it does not meet the established criteria. This was stated by Markiyan Klyuchkovsky, executive director of the Register of Damages Caused by the Russian Federation's Aggression against Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
"The compensation process begins with the Register of Damages for Ukraine - the first component of the International Compensation Mechanism for Ukraine, created under the auspices of the Council of Europe. The Register is already operational. 16 categories have been opened. More than 130,000 applications have already been submitted, and tens of thousands of them have been checked for compliance with the criteria and included in the Register," he noted.
17.13 On March 16-17, the Ukrainian military struck two aircraft factories on the territory of the aggressor country, Russia. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Some of the Russian aircraft on the territory of the enterprises were damaged. The extent of the damage is being clarified.
16.46 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has organized 101 attacks on 12 main directions of the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the areas of Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk, where our defenders have already stopped dozens of assaults.
16.19 The Russian occupiers tried to use the sudden change in weather and fog on March 17-18 to resume assault operations in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, but suffered significant losses and were unsuccessful. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi (Magyar).
"The sharp change in weather on March 17-18 in the three most acute areas of the Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions (Dobropol, Pokrovsky and Hulyaipol sections), as well as the planned and somewhat overheated start of the spring-summer campaign by the enemy, pushed the enemy to resume assault operations under the cover of the long-awaited bad weather during March," he noted.
Magyar added that in these directions, under the cover of mist and fog, the enemy intensified the offensive simultaneously in dozens of areas with "infantry, motorcycles, armor, and even horses."
15.57 Law enforcement officers prevented new attempts to secretly sell "trophy" weapons and ammunition in various regions of Ukraine. The SBU reported this on March 18. As a result of comprehensive measures, four dealers who were trading in weapons illegally exported from frontline areas and combat zones were detained. Among the items seized from the perpetrators were Russian Kalashnikov assault rifles with silencers, an arsenal of F-1, RGD-5 and RGO combat grenades, as well as almost 2.5 thousand rounds of ammunition of various calibers.
15.38 Ukraine and Spain signed four defense agreements during President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Madrid. The Ukrainian leader's press service reported this. The agreements concern establishing cooperation in the missile industry, air defense, and drone production.
15.22 On the night of March 18, long-range SSR drones struck the base of the classified Russian center of unmanned technologies "Rubikon" in occupied Donetsk. The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in a video.
It is noted that the SSO carried out a series of Middle Strike strikes on enemy targets in the occupied Donetsk region. In particular, in Donetsk itself, long-range SSO drones hit the base of the classified Russian center of unmanned technologies "Rubikon" and the control element of this unit. The coordination center of the enemy's unmanned systems units was also hit in the occupied city.
In the occupied village of Vilne, ammunition depots, property, and equipment were hit, as well as a place for the accumulation and distribution of ammunition.
15.11 Russian troops attacked the building of the Sumy Regional Territorial Center for Recruiting and Social Support with a drone. Two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling. This was reported by the head of the MVA, Serhiy Kryvosheyenko.
Previously, people who were at a public transport stop were injured as a result of the impact.
"Among the victims is a 16-year-old child. The injured teenager was hospitalized. Another injured woman was taken to the hospital," Kryvosheyenko noted.
14.39 Ukrainian military struck a number of important targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MOU).
13.56 A court in Warsaw has ruled to extradite Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin at the request of the Ukrainian authorities. This was reported by Russian media, citing relatives of the Russian.
"A session of the court of first instance in the case of Oleksandr Butyagin was held in Warsaw. The court ruled to grant Ukraine's extradition request," the report noted.
In December 2025, Butyagin was detained in Poland at the request of Ukraine while he was traveling from the Netherlands to the Balkans to give a series of lectures.
13.44 Russian special services have organized a new information and psychological special operation (IPSO) aimed at destabilizing the situation in the Transcarpathian region and increasing tensions between Ukraine and Hungary. The SBU reported this.
12.59 A drug addict from Zhytomyr region was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Dnipro. The SBU reported this. The attackers wanted to remotely detonate the bomb using a call to a mobile phone equipped with explosives.
12.51 Russian troops attacked the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv with a drone. The UAV hit a private sector. A 54-year-old man died as a result of the attack, and two more, a 23-year-old man and a 45-year-old man, were injured. About.
The Russians also hit a civilian car with a drone in the Kharkiv region. A 65-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman were injured in the shelling in the village of Ruski Tyshky.
12.13 The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled a motorized assault by Russian troops on the settlement of Hryshyne - the first such attack in the past three months. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As noted, this time the enemy troops used 13 units of motorized vehicles to storm Hryshyn.
12.00 The share of citizens in Ukraine who believe that elections should be held only after the war is completely over and a final peace agreement is concluded has increased, according to the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
Thus, only 12% of Ukrainians support holding elections before the end of hostilities. This indicator remained at the level of 10-12% throughout 2025.
Another 13% of respondents believe that elections are possible after a ceasefire and security guarantees are received. At the same time, there are fewer of them compared to December 2025 - then 23% of respondents supported this position.
Instead, the share of those who support holding elections only after the war is completely over has increased the most. If in December 2025 59% of respondents believed this, then as of March 2026 it has already increased to 69%.
11.54 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived on a visit to the Spanish capital, Madrid. This was stated by the Ukrainian leader's spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
The Head of State visited the defense enterprise Sener Aerospace & Defence. It is planned to sign Ukrainian-Spanish defense agreements.
11.38 Russian invaders attacked the CCC building in Sumy with a strike drone. This was reported by the Telegram channel eRadar.
According to the local OVA, a 16-year-old boy who was near the scene of the attack was injured and taken to the hospital.
11.29 As a result of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the airfield in occupied Melitopol, two fuel tanks burned down. This is reported by the ASTRA TV channel. It is noted that on the night of March 17, residents of the city, local and monitoring channels reported that Melitopol, Zaporizhia region, was under attack, as a result of which fires broke out. Satellites recorded two fire sources - one of them in the area of ​​​​the local military airfield. According to sources, fuel tanks were hit there, at least two of them burned down completely. The occupation "authorities" did not comment on the attack near the airfield.
11.07 The city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region was hit by two air bombs this night. As a result, eight local residents were injured, including two children. This was reported by the head of the Kramatorsk city military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko, on Facebook.
11.01 In temporarily occupied Crimea, underground agents staged another sabotage. Partisans disabled a diesel locomotive near Simferopol, which disrupted supplies to Russian troops in the Zaporizhia direction. The ATESH movement reported this on March 18.
"Our agents destroyed a locomotive at a railway station near Simferopol. The locomotive is beyond repair," the report said.
According to ATES, the railway branch is used to supply Russian units in the Zaporizhzhia direction, where active hostilities are ongoing. It was through this junction that the next batch of ammunition, spare parts, and consumables for military equipment was to pass.
10.52 Russian Lancet drones arrived in Kyiv on March 16 under their own power, for which constructive changes were made to them. This was stated by the presidential advisor and authorized representative for sanctions policy, Vladyslav Vlasyuk, on Facebook.
"There is a lidar, a camera, and it seems that extra memory and a processor as an implementation of machine vision. 50 main components, including the traditional USA, Switzerland, China, the Netherlands, Germany, Korea and Russia," he wrote.
Vlasyuk noted that some components were manufactured in 2023 and 2024.
10.41 A Russian informant who helped the Russians organize a second attack on one of the largest thermal power plants (TPPs) in Ukraine has been detained in the Kharkiv region, the SBU reported.
10:30 AM On Wednesday morning, new power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to attacks by Russian invaders. This was reported by Ukrenergo.
At the same time, electricity consumption jumped by more than 10% due to cloudy weather in most regions of Ukraine.
10.18 A Russian military man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the shooting of a ship captain in Holya Prystan, Kherson region, in 2022.
Prosecutors proved that on November 1, 2022, in Golya Prystan, he shot a civilian tugboat Reeds with passengers on board with an automatic weapon while it was mooring. The ship's captain was wounded in the head and died on the spot.
The occupiers tried to hide the crime and spread fake news about the alleged "shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
10.16 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine's State Defense Committee published information on 50 units of foreign equipment used by Russian shipbuilding and ship repair plants in the Tools of War section of the War&Sanctions portal. The list includes CNC machine tools and machining centers, robotic production lines, and other foreign-made equipment used at key enterprises in the industry.
9.20 On the night of March 18, Russian troops struck a residential area of ​​the village of Zolochiv, Bogodukhov district, with a drone, injuring five people. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
Due to the impact, structural elements of two destroyed private residential buildings with a total area of ​​180 sq. m. were burning.
09.17 Ukrzaliznytsia warned about the delay of trains in Sumy and Chernihiv regions for safety reasons. Train No. 6449 Konotop - Nizhyn is traveling +1.5 hours, train No. 6452 Nizhyn - Konotop +1 hour 15 minutes.
09.14 Over the past 24 hours, 286 combat clashes were recorded on the front. The Russian army was most actively advancing in the Kostyantynivka, Pokrovsky and Hulyaypil directions.
08.56 Russian troops attacked railway infrastructure in the Chernihiv region. A drone hit a diesel locomotive, causing smoke and fire. The driver and his assistant were injured. They are being provided with the necessary assistance.
08.45 At night, Russian troops attacked the Odessa region with drones. As a result of the strike, a critical infrastructure facility and some equipment were damaged. Rescuers extinguished the fire that broke out. Work to eliminate the consequences of the attack is ongoing.
08.22 On the night of March 18, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 147 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and drones of other types, more than 70 of them - "Shaheeds".
The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 128 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. 15 strike UAVs were hit at 12 locations, as well as the fall of downed (fragments) at three locations.
08.01 Turkey is ready to host the next round of peace talks on Ukraine, said the country's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
The Foreign Minister confirmed Turkey's readiness to receive delegations from Russia and Ukraine during a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
Fidan stressed the risks of a protracted war for both countries and the international order. The minister also discussed energy security.
07.25 From February 24, 2022 to March 18, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,282,570 people (+1,710 per day).
02.22 After several days of fire at an oil depot in Labinsk, Russia, which is one of the largest in the Krasnodar Territory, 18 out of 20 tanks have burned down. The fire is ongoing.