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[Korrespondent] 23.34 Moldovan President Maia Sandu expressed concern about the threat to the country's water supply due to pollution of the Dniester River after Russia's attack on the Novodniestrovska hydroelectric power station. In her statement, she noted that the Russian strike led to oil entering the Dniester waters, which poses serious risks to the water supply of the Moldovan population. According to the president, the country has declared an environmental alert and is already taking the necessary measures to protect its citizens, emphasizing that the responsibility for these consequences lies entirely with Russia.
22.00 Moldova has declared an environmental alert in the Dniester River basin for 15 days, starting on March 16. The reason is Russia's attack on the hydroelectric power plant in Novodniestrovsk, which resulted in an oil slick moving downstream.
20.50 In Sumy region, some suburban trains will temporarily not run for restoration work after Russian attacks. In particular, on March 16, the following trains will not run: No. 7008 Trostyanets - Smorodine - Lyubotyn, No. 6261/6262 Lyubotyn - Lebedynska, No. 6267 Lebedynska - Sumy, No. 6019 Sumy - Vorozhba, No. 7011 Lyubotyn - Sumy. And on March 17, the train No. 6012/6011 Vorozhba - Trostyanets - Smorodine will not run.
19:30 A woman was killed and three people were injured in the Kharkiv region as a result of Russian shelling on Sunday, March 15.
18.00 Russians attacked five districts of Dnipropetrovsk region 20 times over Sunday with drones, artillery and aerial bombs, injuring four people. In particular, a 73-year-old man was injured in Dnipro, doctors assess his condition as moderate.
16.50 The Russians are trying to establish full control over the village of Hryshyne, in the Donetsk region, but Ukrainian defenders are preventing the invaders from achieving this goal. This is reported by the Group of Forces East.
16.00 Russia is strengthening its troop grouping in southern Ukraine, transferring marine units for assault operations, said the spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshyn, during a telethon. The assault is expected in the south in April.
Among the possible areas where the enemy may become active, the Defense Forces name: Hulyaipil direction, Oleksandriv direction, or Orikhiv direction.
15.23 The number of people killed in the Russian attack on Zaporizhia on the afternoon of March 14 has increased to two people. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Medics fought for the life of the 17-year-old boy, but he died from his injuries. Another 21 people were injured to varying degrees, including two children. Emergency and rescue operations at the scene of the impact have been completed.
14.56 Over the past week, the Russians have struck the territory of Ukraine with 1,770 strike drones, over 1,530 KABs, and 86 missiles. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 15.
14.31 Ukraine has imposed sanctions against Russian Paralympians who participated in the war. The corresponding decree was signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is noted that 10 Russian Paralympians have been subjected to sanctions. Athletes are spreading Russian propaganda and using sports events as a platform to whitewash Russian crimes and occupation.
14.25 In Chernihiv region, as a result of the explosion of a Russian drone near a checkpoint, servicemen were injured, one person died. This was reported by the head of the Chernihiv MVA Dmitry Bryzhinsky on March 15. It is noted that the UAV hit a checkpoint near the village of Novoselivka, Kyseliv community. Two servicemen were injured. A policeman was also injured. The detonation of unidentified explosives dropped from the UAV is ongoing at the scene, and the relevant services are working.
13.50 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the priority task for Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is to close the sky, which involves creating its own air defense system. He stated this during a conversation with journalists on March 14, Ukrinform reports.
13.20 On the night of March 15, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
These were a logistics warehouse near the village of Osypenko and a drone storage facility in the Primorsk region. It is noted that the defense forces struck areas of concentration of Russian troops near Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, Shakhovo, Udachnoye and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as in the Petrivka area in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region.
12.54 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees implementing the NSDC decision on sanctions against Russian and Iranian companies involved in servicing the Russian military-industrial complex. The presidential press service reported this on March 15. The sanctions apply to 130 individuals and 48 legal entities in the military-industrial complex.
12.30 In the temporarily occupied Crimea, on the night of March 15, the Defense Forces hit the launcher of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, the Protyvnik and Parol radar stations of the Russians in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that as part of reducing the air defense capabilities of the Russian aggressor, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the 59N6-E Protyvnik and 73E6 Parol radar stations in the Libknekhtivka area in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea. In addition, a launcher from the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system was hit near Dalne (TOT AR Crimea).
12.06 Special Operations Forces fighters cleared a house occupied by Russian invaders near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. The 144th Special Operations Forces Center reported this in a video.
"During special operations in the winter of 2025 near Pokrovskaya, the "Jägermeister" group of the 144th SSO center successfully cleared a house occupied by the enemy," the report says.
11.40 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that he had visited certain areas of the Zaporizhia direction, where the enemy is concentrating a significant number of forces and means for an offensive.
"I spent another day away, working in units conducting combat operations in the Zaporizhia direction, in the areas of Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Shcherbaky, Hulyaipol, Zelenye, Varvarivka. The enemy is concentrating a significant amount of forces and resources in this direction, considering it the main one. The intensity of offensive operations in the Hulyaipol area is much higher compared to other directions," Syrsky noted.
10.11 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed with French President Emmanuel Macron to receive a new SAMP/T anti-aircraft system capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. He announced this during a conversation with journalists, Ukrinform reports.
9.58 There were 144 combat clashes on the front last day. The enemy exerted the most pressure in the Kostyantynivka direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on March 15. Ukrainian missile forces, artillery and aviation struck three areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the invaders and two more important objects in a day.
9.36 In Kherson, a minibus caught fire after being hit by a Russian drone, injuring a civilian. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region on March 15. According to the State Emergency Service, rescuers, despite the risk of repeated attacks, extinguished the fire. Rescuers also extinguished a fire in a five-story residential building that was on fire due to enemy artillery fire at night. Apartments on the third floor and balconies on different floors were on fire there. There were no injuries.
8.47 Air defense forces neutralized 90 of the 97 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on March 15.
9.18 In the Kharkiv region, near the village of Chervona Khvylia, two emergency medical workers were killed and another was injured due to enemy shelling. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"Near the village of Chervona Khvylia in the Velyko Burlutsk community, a 27-year-old and a 56-year-old men were killed, and a 54-year-old man was injured - all emergency medical personnel," he noted.
7.52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine killed and wounded 740 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on March 15. The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 15.03.26 were approximately 1,279,170 people.
7.23 Russian troops have advanced in the Donetsk region. This is stated in a report by the DeepState project. It is noted that the occupiers have advanced near the village of Horikhove in the Pokrovsky district.
03.50 In Belgorod, Russia, power outages began after a missile attack, leaving parts of the city without electricity, water, and heat. Local authorities report serious damage to energy infrastructure.
00.06 Explosions occurred at an ammunition depot in the occupied Dovzhansk, Luhansk region. Local residents observed bright fireworks from a secondary detonation. Details are currently unknown, but videos circulating online indicate that the occupiers were left without a significant amount of ammunition.
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[Korrespondent] DeepState analysts recorded the advance of the enemy army in the Luhansk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhia regions.
The Russian army has advanced in three directions over the past 24 hours, reports the Ukrainian analytical monitoring resource DeepState.
According to his data, the enemy is having success in the Kupyansk direction near the settlement of Pishchane, Kharkiv region.
In addition, analysts recorded the advance of Russian troops near the village of Makiivka, Luhansk region, in the Lyman direction, and near the village of Zahirne, Zaporizhia region, in the Hulyaipil direction.
Earlier, the General Staff named the hottest direction of the front. As reported by the command, yesterday alone the Russian army carried out one missile and 105 air strikes, using 68 missiles and 282 guided bombs.
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[NewsFront] 21:56 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 113 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
73 UAVs over the Bryansk region,
18 UAVs over the Moscow region,
14 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Seven UAVs over the Kaluga region,
Six UAVs over the Smolensk region,
Five UAVs over the Kursk region,
One UAV over the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the Tver region,
One UAV over the Yaroslavl region,
One UAV over the Black Sea.
19:42 Drone operators of the Center group struck armored vehicles, dugouts and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone crews from the Zapad group burned down an enemy UAV control point in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group destroyed UAVs and communication antennas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
17:37 Reconnaissance drone operators from the Rubicon Center and Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft crews are jointly conducting combat operations to destroy enemy UAV control centers.
Rubicon specialists transmit target coordinates, and the Aerospace Forces crews carry out strikes at times of greatest concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
15:44 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 125 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
51 UAVs over the Bryansk region,
38 UAVs over the Moscow region, including
28 UAVs flying to Moscow,
19 UAVs over the Kaluga region,
Five UAVs over the Belgorod region,
Five UAVs over the Tula region,
Three UAVs over the Smolensk region,
Two UAVs over the Vladimir region,
One UAV over the Kursk region,
One UAV over the Tver region.
15:23 Assault units of the Novorossiysk paratroopers are getting ready for street fighting. Zaporizhzhia region.
Instructors work with paratroopers on actions in squads, as well as in pairs of two and three, both in offensive combat and when holding captured positions.
13:10 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation.
>The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Zapselye, Volnaya Sloboda, and Bereza in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized, assault, and artillery brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pechenegi, Mitrofanovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Manuilovka, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, and Olshany in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 250 service members, an armored combat vehicle, a Tunguska anti-aircraft missile and gun system, 10 vehicles, and a Bogdana 155mm self-propelled artillery unit. A counter-battery radar station and nine supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Borovaya, Osinovo, Palamarevka, Grushevka, and Berezovka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 200 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 24 cars, and three artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones.
The US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar and the Israeli-made RADA radar, as well as four ammunition depots, were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of four mechanized, an airmobile, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Piskunovka, Kaleniki, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 200 troops, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. A US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, an electronic reconnaissance station, an ammunition depot, two fuel depots, and six supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, the Azov special forces brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Maryivka, Dobropillya, Toretskoye, Novooleksandrivka, Belitskoye, Grishino, and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole, Novopidgorodne, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 295 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, 11 armored combat vehicles, 18 cars and four artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, six assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Podgavrilovka, Pisantsy, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lyubitske, Lesnoye, Kopani, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 310 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and two artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka, Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 11 vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and three fuel and supply depots were destroyed.
11:53 In a forested area north of Malaya Rybitsa (Krasnopolsky district, Sumy region), Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery established a position from which they fired indiscriminately at the Russian Armed Forces position. Operators of the GV Sever UAV engaged the target, firing several FPV strikes destroyed enemy 152mm howitzer D-20.
09:55 Specialists from the Rubicon Center methodically and comprehensively attack enemy. Targets include: manpower, vehicles and armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery pieces, temporary deployment points, communication system elements, ground-based robotic systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
08:55 In the period from 21:00 on March 14 to 07:00 on March 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 170 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Smolensk, Tula, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republics of Adygea, Crimea, the Black Sea and the Moscow region, including 20 UAVs flying to Moscow.
07:31 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the Upper Tersa area
Expansion of the control zone around Rozhdestvensky
Advance in the direction of Gulyai-Pole
07:01 Crews of Giatsint-B howitzers of the Center group of forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Finally! Some good news from the Middle East!
[Regnum] Russians are not at risk of shortages of goods typically imported from the Middle East. Alexander Anfinogenov, an economist and FMCG market expert, told Regnum News Agency on March 15.
According to the expert, the conflict in the Middle East should not affect the food market in Russia.
"There are no shortages of any products, and none are expected for now, because products from the Middle East are not dominant in our market. The fact that we've been importing, say, fruits and vegetables, certainly won't change the balance of power. There's no point in expecting any major changes. Given what's happening in Iran and neighboring countries, we certainly have no reason to worry," Anfinogenov noted.
The expert added that goods imported from Middle Eastern countries can also be supplied to other countries.
"Everyone makes Dubai chocolate now. Incidentally, cocoa doesn't grow in the Middle East. Pistachios, it should be noted, grow in a large number of countries. Dates, and coconuts, for example, are supplied by Indonesia and Vietnam. In short, there are many southern countries that are quite capable of replacing [the Middle East]. And then, dates and other pistachios aren't staples here. They're not potatoes, beets, or bread. They're exotic. But even for such exotic products, there's no risk of shortages," Anfinogenov emphasized.
The expert recalled that several years ago, Russia considered importing large quantities of food products from Iran. However, this idea was later abandoned.
"When the sanctions began, we attempted to organize food supplies from Iran. But parallel imports proved to be very successful, and virtually the entire food matrix that people in Russia were accustomed to consuming was restored. So, we didn't get around to Iranian products," the expert noted.
Slavyansk has important meaning to Russians as it is where the civil war started in Ukraine.
[Regnum] Russian troops are just a few kilometers away from Slovyansk in the northern DPR, but the city's liberation is not expected anytime soon. This was announced on March 15 by Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic.
"This doesn't mean that the issue will be resolved tomorrow," Pushilin said in an interview with TASS.
He explained that the advance of Russian troops is hampered by difficult, rugged terrain.
On February 15, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, announced that Russian troops were advancing on all fronts in the special operation zone. He noted that during the first two weeks of February, in harsh winter conditions, Russian forces had taken control of 12 settlements. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of seven more settlements in the DPR, as well as several settlements in other regions.
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