Volodymyr Zelenskyy supplied on Thursday to supply Ukraine’s experience in coping with freedom of navigation within the Black Sea to these international locations contemplating methods to hold the strait of Hormuz open amid the battle within the Center East. The Ukraine president, talking in his nightly video tackle, mentioned the international minister, Andrii Sybiha, had taken half in a digital assembly dedicated to reopening the strait of Hormuz, attended by about 40 international locations. “Ukraine has related experience regarding sea waterways, and the defence and reopening of maritime visitors,” he mentioned. “If [our] companions are able to act, we are going to think about how we will strengthen them, how we will apply our experience, data and technological potential.”
Russia’s military recorded no territorial positive aspects on the frontline in Ukraine in March, for the primary time in two and half years, AFP evaluation of knowledge from the Institute for the Examine of Battle (ISW) confirmed. The Russian military’s advances have been slowing since late 2025 on account of Kyiv’s localised breakthroughs within the south-east, and dropping floor in March and February on the southern part of the frontline, between the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk areas, the evaluation confirmed. Throughout the complete frontline, Ukrainian forces managed to recapture 9 sq km in March.
North Korea’s chief, Kim Jong-un, gave “subject steerage” on the Memorial Museum of Fight Feats on the Abroad Navy Operations, which is below development , state media KCNA mentioned. The museum in Pyongyang can be a spot to commemorate the fallen troopers despatched to assist the Russian military within the struggle in Ukraine. The development of the museum is sort of full and Kim mentioned the opening ceremony could be held in mid-April, marking the primary anniversary of the deployment of the North Korean troopers.
Six Ukrainian youngsters can be returned from Russia to their households in Ukraine, the White Home mentioned on Thursday, citing efforts by Melania Trump to expedite their return. A seventh Ukrainian little one may also be returned to their household later this month, the primary girl’s workplace mentioned in an announcement. Ukraine says nearly 20,000 youngsters have been illegally despatched to Russia and Belarus, the place they’re generally topic to army coaching and compelled to battle towards their very own nation’s troops.
Russian strikes throughout Ukraine on Thursday killed at the very least two folks and wounded dozens, officers mentioned, as Moscow stepped up its assaults amid stalled peace talks. Within the south-eastern Kherson area, Russia attacked “with artillery, mortars and UAVs”, the regional prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on social media. A 42-year-old man was killed when a drone hit a civilian automotive, and 16 others – together with a teenage boy and three law enforcement officials – had been wounded in air assaults and artillery shelling, it added. Within the Chernihiv area, north of the capital Kyiv, Russia attacked with a ballistic missile, the pinnacle of Chernihiv’s army administration, Dmytro Bryzhynsky, mentioned on Telegram.
Russian forces maintained a daylong barrage of drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, on Thursday, injuring at the very least two folks, native officers mentioned. Kharkiv’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, posted stories on Telegram all through the day and properly into the night, noting strikes in 4 metropolis districts. One metropolis official mentioned there had been at the very least 20 drone strikes. He mentioned some had triggered fires and two folks had been injured in a night assault, together with an eight-year-old woman.
Russian forces carried out 129 assaults on Ukrainian gasoline and heating amenities throughout the current 151-day heating season, the state oil and gasoline agency Naftogaz mentioned on Thursday. “The Russians hit pipelines, gasoline manufacturing, underground storage amenities, heating techniques – all the pieces that Ukrainians rely upon for warmth and gasoline,” it mentioned in an announcement.
