[Korrespondent] 01.57 On the evening of March 27 and the night of Saturday, the 28th, the Russian army launched an attack on Ukraine using Shahed strike drones. An air alert has been declared in several regions of the country. Explosions were heard in the Zaporizhia region. Monitoring sources warn that dozens of drones are heading towards Odessa.
01.01 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said that it is time to give new impetus to the peace talks and try to involve Beijing in the process. He has just received an invitation to visit China, and the date is currently being agreed. Ukraine would welcome any efforts by Beijing aimed at ending the war and finding ways to influence Russia, the Foreign Minister told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers' summit in France.
23.57 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the possibility of holding trilateral peace talks with the participation of Ukraine, the United States and Russia, aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. According to him, the specific date of a new round of such meetings has not yet been determined due to difficulties in determining the venue for them. According to him, Ukraine is ready to hold negotiations anywhere, but "preferably in a trilateral format". At the same time, the American side can meet only in the United States, while Russia - anywhere except America.
22.55 There were 162 combat clashes on the front. The largest number of attacks was in the Konstantinivka and Pokrovka directions, where the Russians lost more than 100 occupiers. The General Staff reported this on the evening of March 27. It is noted that the enemy carried out 44 air strikes - dropped 159 guided bombs. In addition, it used 3,835 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,658 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.
22.43 In Kryvyi Rih, Russians attacked industrial and energy infrastructure with drones, there were hits. This was reported by the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, on March 27.
"The enemy attacked industrial and energy infrastructure. There are also hits in the residential sector. We have launched an emergency rescue operation," he noted.
20.52 The US did not call the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the entire Donbas a condition for security guarantees. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before his departure from France, reports European Truth. The Secretary of State was asked about the statement of the Ukrainian President that the US is offering Kyiv its security guarantees in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the unoccupied part of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Rubio said that Zelensky's words were untrue and that he was "regretful" to hear these statements.
"That's not true, I saw him say that, and it's unfortunate that he said that because he knows that's not true and that he was told something completely different," Rubio said.
According to him, the US told Zelensky the "obvious" - that security guarantees cannot come into effect until the fighting ends.
20.16 Russian troops attacked three districts of the region almost 50 times with drones and artillery. Five people, including a child, were injured. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha.
"In the Nikopol region, he struck Nikopol, Marhanetska, Chervonogryhorivska and Pokrovska communities... The wounded 58-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition. An 11-year-old girl, a 50-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man will be treated on an outpatient basis," he noted.
According to him, a hairdresser, a store, a gas station, cars, apartment buildings, and private houses were damaged in the area.
18.40 The Russian authorities do not yet need to resume the recruitment of citizens for the war against Ukraine as part of mobilization, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
18.09 In Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling. This was reported by the head of the Kostyantynivka MVA, Serhiy Gorbunov. It is noted that the occupiers shelled Kostyantynivka using cannon artillery. One of the shells hit directly into the courtyard of a private house. The explosion caused significant damage to the facade of the building. According to preliminary information, two local residents who were at home at the time of the attack were injured.
17.59 The British government has announced the urgent allocation of an additional 100 million pounds sterling ($133 million) to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. This was reported on the British government website.
17.55 Norway has changed the rules for accepting displaced persons from Ukraine, according to which newly arrived men aged 18 to 60 will no longer receive temporary collective protection.
Newly arrived Ukrainian men must now apply for asylum under the usual rules, rather than on the basis of collective protection. The changes will come into effect soon.
The new restrictions will not apply to men who are officially exempt from military service or are clearly unfit for military service, or to those evacuated under the medical evacuation program. Exceptions are also made for men who are the sole caregivers of children who arrived with them or are already in Norway.
In addition, the changes will not apply to Ukrainians who have already received temporary collective protection in the country.
17.50 The FSB agent, whom the SBU exposed in May 2025 while preparing strikes on the western region of Ukraine, received 15 years in prison. The SBU reported this on March 27. According to the investigation, the main task of the attacker was to identify and transfer to the Russians the locations of operational airfields with the "schedules" of flights of combat aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Using intelligence data, the enemy hoped to attack the airfield with ballistics at the time when Ukrainian military aircraft were there. The agent was detained at his place of residence in the Zhytomyr region.
17.27 Russian troops have advanced near the villages of Hryshyne, Pokrovsky District, and Sofiivka, Kramatorsk District, Donetsk Oblast, according to the OSINT project DeepState.
It is noted that there is no talk of the Russians taking full control of these villages. Both settlements are shown on the project maps as partially occupied, partially in the penetration zone.
The occupation area in the two corresponding directions, according to DeepState maps, increased by a total of only 1.08 sq. km per day, and the penetration zone by another 0.73 sq. km. At the same time, DeepState shows a slight decrease in the penetration zone in the area of ​​the city of Rodynske towards Hryshynye in favor of the Defense Forces.
16.44 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupation army has carried out 66 attacks. Two-thirds of them are concentrated in two directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary as of 16:00.
16.43 Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed a law exempting from criminal liability Polish citizens who joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine to protect its freedom and independence from April 2014 until the new provisions come into force. PAP reports this.
16.04 Ukraine may be left without funds to finance the armed forces and the military-industrial complex for two months. Kyiv has money to cover expenses only until June. Bloomberg reports this, citing estimates from Ukrainian and foreign officials.
The European Union loan of 90 billion euros was "suspended" due to Hungary's veto, the payment of an IMF loan of 8.1 billion dollars was stopped due to problems with the approval of the necessary reforms in the Verkhovna Rada, and European countries began to limit payments for the program to purchase American weapons for Ukraine.
15.59 The foreign ministers of the EU member states and the head of European diplomacy, Kaia Kallas, will hold a meeting in Kyiv on March 31. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andriy Sybiga, on the social network X.
The EU's support for Ukraine, increased pressure on Russia, and efforts to achieve peace and ensure long-term stability in Europe will be discussed.
15.56 In the Slavyansk direction, paratroopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine accepted six servicemen of the Russian army into the exchange fund. A video with the prisoners was published on the website of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15.47 A serviceman from one of the units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine was exposed in the Lviv region. According to the investigation, the border guard offered the men unhindered departure to Poland through one of the checkpoints in the region. The cost of such services was $30,000.
Law enforcement officers detained him immediately after receiving part of the agreed amount of money.
A border guard has been charged with illegally smuggling people across the state border of Ukraine. He faces up to nine years in prison.
15.34 Russian troops struck the village of Kushugum in Zaporizhia district with a drone. Two women were injured in the attack. This was reported by the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
"Two women were wounded - the enemy hit them near a public transport stop in the Zaporizhia district," the report says.
Fedorov clarified that the Russians attacked Kushugum with a drone. The explosion occurred near a public transport stop.
15.23 Russian troops attacked Chernihiv region on the afternoon of March 27. A 95-year-old man died as a result of Russian UAV strikes on one of the settlements in Koryukiv region.
14.59 Russian leader Vladimir Putin's approval ratings have plummeted amid mass internet shutdowns and the blocking of Telegram, according to data from the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research (VTSVGD), released on Friday.
14.44 Ukrainian defender Artem underwent surgery to prepare for the installation of bionic hand prostheses. This was reported on the social network X by the Czech initiative Gift for Putin, which raised money for the hero's surgery.
14.39 Special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a base of operators of unmanned sea boats in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the Vostochny training ground at the TOT of the Zaporizhia region, and a number of other enemy facilities.
Four military targets were hit at once in the village of Velyka Novosilka in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region and its surroundings. The drones hit a logistics hub of one of the Russian units, a personnel concentration point, a command post, and a logistics point.
In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the SSR practiced at the base of unmanned maritime craft operators (UMCs). Several Ukrainian drones successfully reached the target.
Near the village of Novopetrivka in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhia region, the SSO inflicted fire damage on the combined-arms Russian training ground Vostochny. The territory of the Russian military training center housed personnel, equipment, and property.
14.29 In non-frontline regions of Ukraine, 245 critical infrastructure facilities will be protected as part of preparations for next winter. For this, the government has allocated UAH 9.2 billion for the implementation of Regional Resilience Plans, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reported on Telegram.
14.02 Ukrainian military inflicted critical damage to one of the largest refineries in Russia – the Kirishi Plant (KINEF) in the Leningrad Region. The details were reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13.34 An agent of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) who was coordinating air attacks by Russian forces on the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsky direction was detained in the Donetsk region. The SBU reported this.
13.16 Ukrainian drones attacked the Smolensk region on Thursday evening, March 26. This was announced by the local governor Vasyl Anokhin on Telegram.
A Russian official claims that air defense forces and aviation shot down six drones, after which units of operational services were sent to the places where the debris fell. Early in the morning, the official clarified that there were seven UAVs during the night, and also traditionally added that supposedly "there were no casualties or damage."
The Ukrainian Armed Forces drone raid took place on the same day that, according to Anokhin and local media, the region was visited by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, who inspected the implementation of a state defense order.
12.57 Of the 45 Ukrainian men who were deported from the United States in November 2025, 24 were immediately sent to territorial recruitment and social support centers and drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. CNN reports.
After the deportation, the Ukrainians were transported to Poland, and then across the Ukrainian border under the supervision of the relevant services. Among those who were met at home was Volodymyr Dudnyk, who was sent to a military training center almost immediately after crossing the border.
"When I was on the plane to Ukraine, I understood what awaited me. But I hoped that maybe they would allow me to return home. Everything happened even faster than I thought. I didn't get home, I hadn't seen my parents yet," he said.
Dudnik spent 51 days in a boot camp, followed by several weeks of training as a drone operator. He is now fighting on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, using the call sign "America."
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine told CNN that of the 45 men, 24 were declared wanted and handed over to police officers, who then took them to the CCC. The "wanted" status applies to those who have not updated their data or violated mobilization rules.
CNN, citing data from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, notes that about 2 million people are currently wanted for evading mobilization.
12.25 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the first time in history, awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to a woman in the ranks of the National Guard - former journalist and servicewoman Oleksandra "Vyrva" Davydenko.
The defender is performing combat missions in the Donetsk region, where she repeatedly engaged in battle with the Russians when they tried to break through Ukrainian positions. In particular, the columnist held the defense in conditions of tactical encirclement in one of the most difficult sections of the front - the area of ​​the disputed Bakhmut district.
"In January, in the Pokrovsky direction, I personally eliminated four enemy infantrymen and wounded two more, repelling the Russian offensive. The enemy retreated, but carried out artillery and mortar shelling of Ukrainian positions. Despite the wounding of Oleksandr Davydenko, I evacuated my injured comrade from the battlefield," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
11.47 Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed a document on defense cooperation, which lays the foundation for further contracts, technological cooperation, and investments. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
11.31 The Ukrainian army has liberated 470 sq. km of territory in the south of the country since the start of counter-insurgency operations this year. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky.
11.20 The report about Russia supplying military equipment to Iran confirms Ukraine's words about cooperation between Moscow and Tehran to destroy security in Europe and the Middle East. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga on the social network X.
11.12 Over the past day, Russian troops have struck Kharkiv and 16 settlements in the region, with 25 civilians injured as a result of the shelling.
In Kharkiv, two people were injured, another 16 had an acute stress reaction; in the village of Oskil, a 90-year-old and 67-year-old women and a 19-year-old man were injured; in the village of Pidvysoke, Borivska hromada, a 57-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were injured; in the village of Vyshneve, Blyznyukivska hromada, a 32-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.
The strikes were carried out by drones of various types, guided by aerial bombs, and a missile strike was also carried out.
10.54 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting in the city of Jeddah with Ukrainian military experts who have been working in Saudi Arabia for more than a week. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.
In a short time, Ukrainian experts managed to significantly share their experience, the president noted.
10.33 On Friday morning, two regions of Ukraine experienced new power outages due to repeated attacks by Russian invaders. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow.
10.24 Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas visited the positions of mobile fire groups that protect Ukrainian skies every day.
"We showed how our solutions work in combat conditions and how technologies improve the effectiveness of air defense. Ukraine is building a multi-level system of "small" air defense - with a combination of different types of means. This gives results and forms a unique experience that no country in the world has today," Fedorov noted.
The Lithuanian minister was shown the work of autonomous anti-aircraft turrets with artificial intelligence, which hit missiles and strike drones, as well as interceptor drones as a key element of echeloned air defense.
According to Fedorov, in February, interceptor drones shot down a record number - 10,000+ enemy aircraft-type UAVs, including Shahed and Gerber. The Lithuanian delegation saw with their own eyes how mobile fire groups destroy air targets in real time.
"Our task is to identify 100% of air threats in real time and intercept at least 95% of missiles and drones. This is about the systemic protection of people and critical infrastructure," the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine emphasized.
09.43 Russians attacked an industrial enterprise in Poltava district. As a result of the strike, 5,040 consumers were left without gas supply.
9.28 Successful Ukrainian counterattacks in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipil directions are forcing the Russian Federation to change its plans and transfer forces from the Donetsk region to southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has achieved significant tactical successes in the south since the end of January 2026. This is evidenced by a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
8.59 Russian troops attacked Ukraine at night with a hundred attack drones. Most of the enemy targets were eliminated by air defense forces. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.
"On the night of March 27, the enemy attacked with 102 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type and drones of other types from the directions: Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the Russian Federation, Guards TOT of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, about 60 of them are Shaheds," the Air Force noted.
8.34 Over the past 24 hours, 150 combat clashes with the invaders took place on the front. The largest number of battles was in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian army carried out 42 attacks. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.23 Russia lost another 1,000 of its soldiers in the war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours. This is according to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published in the morning summary on Facebook.
04.56 In the city of Cherepovets, in the Vologda region of the Russian Federation, the governor announced an attack by a UAV. Social media reports state that the attack occurred at the Apatite JSC chemical plant, which produces saltpeter, which is used to make explosives. The Severstal steel plant may also have been attacked.
02.50 The Russian oil terminals of Ust-Luga and Primorsk have been simultaneously attacked again. Multiple explosions and detonations can be heard in the area around the ports, and the glow from fires can be seen dozens of kilometers away.
01.12 Russians hit a high-rise building in the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv with a missile at night. There are injuries.