👀 Hungarian Minister János Lázár said that the money confiscated from Oschadbank will remain in Hungary until Ukraine restores the operation of the Druzhba pipeline.
“What we did was not accidental, and we will not return the money to them,” - the minister said.
Source: Telex
📷: Lázár János
After Ukrainian strikes, Russia no longer has missile carriers in Sea of Azov.
“Last year, they [ships] entered the area twice for a long time, but after the strikes by the Defense Forces, they quickly left,” - Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Naval Forces.
📷: Suspilne Odesa
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have launched 1,621 strikes on Donetsk Oblast, destroying 7 civilian objects.
“The police recorded 1,621 hits on the Oblast... 7 civilian objects were destroyed, including 3 residential buildings,” the report said.
Source: The Donetsk Oblast police
❤️🖤 Ukraine’s history is often told through suffering, but another thread runs through it: ethics of loving what can be taken away.
Ukrainian thinkers and artists created and loved their culture even when it cost them freedom or life.
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The SIPRI recorded a 9.2% increase in global deliveries of major weapons systems in 2021–2025, while Russian arms exports abroad declined over the past five years.
Nearly three-quarters (74%) of Russia's arms exports in 2021–2025 went to three countries: India (48%), China (13%), Belarus (13%).
Recent updates as of 10.03 👇
On March 9, the birthday of Taras Shevchenko, the civic resistance movement Yellow Ribbon held an action in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Activists quoted well-known lines from Shevchenko’s first poetry collection, Kobzar.
📷: Tg / Yellow Ribbon
According to Ukraine’s 66th Mechanized Brigade, Russia’s logistics in this sector continue to deteriorate.
In 2025, due to the lack of evacuation for wounded troops, over 55% of injured Russian soldiers died. This winter, that number has risen above 65%.
Source: X / Army Media
Russian soldiers are starving on the battlefield and asking Ukrainians to take them prisoner.
On the Lyman front, Ukrainian soldiers intercepted a message from Russian troops begging to surrender:
“Ready to surrender. No strength left. Haven’t eaten for three weeks. Need food and communication.”
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Overview of changes in the coverage of Ukraine in the media of Gulf countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain), a comparison of the last two days with the previous week,
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Today is the birthday of Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), a great Ukrainian poet and artist, and a symbol of the struggle for Ukrainian independence.
For Ukrainians, #Shevchenko is not just a poet — he is a visionary whose words are still relevant today.
This is Shevchenko’s self-portrait, 1843
The United States made the request for help on Thursday (March 5), and the Ukrainian team left the next day, Zelenskyy said. It was expected to arrive in the Middle East soon.
According to Zelenskyy, he had also seen intelligence showing that drones now swarming out of Iran had Russian components.
Ukraine has sent interceptor drones and a team of drone experts to protect the US military bases in Jordan, Ukraine`s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The New York Times.
On the night of March 7, Russia launched a missile strike on a residential building in Kharkiv.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that 4 people are considered missing, 10 people were killed in the attack, including 2 children, and at least 16 people were injured, including 3 children.
📷: SES
Recent updates as of 09.03 👇
Robots Changing the Battlefield
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In the full podcast episode, we also discussed the following topics:
▪️The prospects for peace talks
▪️What to expect from Russia in the coming years
▪️Key challenges of Ukrainian military technological progress
The results after one year:
▪️1000+ drone crews operating on the front line
▪️Drone units responsible for nearly every fourth Russian soldier eliminated
▪️In January-February 2026 — every third Russian casualty
▪️Around 30,000 Russian troops neutralised during the winter alone
Source: X / Army Media
One Year of Ukraine’s "Drone Line"
Launched in March 2025, the "Drone Line" initiative has become one of the most ambitious programs to scale combat drone operations in modern warfare.
The results after one year:
▪️1000+ drone crews operating on the front line
▪️Drone units responsible for nearly every fourth Russian soldier eliminated
▪️In January-February 2026 — every third Russian casualty
▪️Around 30,000 Russian troops neutralised during the winter alone
Source: X / Army Media
Russian forces abducted 19 Ukrainians from the village of Sopych in Sumy Oblast, according to Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.
He noted that such actions are a violation of international humanitarian law.
In December 2025, Russia illegally took about 50 Ukrainians from the village of Hrabovske.
On March 6, 300 Ukrainian defenders were returned home from Russian captivity, as well as two Ukrainian civilians.
Most of them had been in captivity for more than a year, some since 2022.
📷: X / Volodymyr Zelenskyy
On March 6, in #Budapest, Hungarian authorities took seven Ukrainian citizens hostage, as reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha.
More than 92,000 Russian occupiers have been eliminated over the past three months, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
He also said that a new record was set in destroying enemy unmanned aerial vehicles — 15,438 drones were shot down over the front lines and Ukrainian cities.
Iran and war: a Ukrainian perspective
In this episode, we explore how the US-Israeli war against Iran is perceived in Ukraine and its potential consequences for both Ukraine and Russia.
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Recent updates as of 06.03👇
The wild boar Vasya visits Ukrainian soldiers so they can scratch his back. :)
📽️: dvornichenkoandrii
Another 200 Ukrainian defenders have returned home, - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“I am grateful to all our warriors on the front line who help secure additions to Ukraine’s exchange pool. Bringing our people home is the result of the strength of Ukrainian defenders,” - Zelenskyy emphasized. 🇺🇦
Around 250,000 Ukrainians are currently in the Middle East. So far, none of them have been reported injured as a result of the shelling, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
In cooperation, some Ukrainian citizens have already been relocated to safer areas.
📷: social media
🔥 A sanctioned tanker flying the Russian flag is on fire in the Mediterranean Sea.
The tanker was attacked by a drone. One of Reuters’ sources suggested that Ukraine might be behind the strike. However, the agency emphasized that there is no evidence to support this claim.
Source: Hromadske
