Experts from the European Union have arrived in Ukraine to assess the condition of the "Druzhba" oil pipeline.

Ukrainian defence forces are holding a number of settlements in the Donetsk region and have repelled Russian troops near Berezove.

On 19 March, a police officer was killed in Sloviansk whilst on duty — a man opened fire on the patrol during a document check. The attacker fled the scene, and a special operation is underway to apprehend him.

In the Sumy district, law enforcement officers have documented new attacks by Russian drones on civilian targets, resulting in casualties among the civilian population.

As of the morning of 19 March, due to hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure, some consumers in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Sumy regions remain temporarily without electricity.

The Trump administration is holding talks with Kyiv and Moscow to achieve a lasting peace. The Pentagon stresses the need for strong security guarantees for Ukraine.

Russian occupiers launched 133 UAVs of various types at Ukraine.

In the Primorsky, Kyivsky, and Khadzhibey districts of Odesa, damage to residential buildings has been reported following a Russian attack on the evening of 18 March. There are casualties, and emergency services and relief centres are currently operating.

The Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in Lviv Oblast was damaged following a Russian drone attack on the evening of 18 March in Lviv.

In 2024, Dmytro Buznytskyi, Deputy Head of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), privatised an official apartment from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in central Kyiv in 2024 for UAH 9.47.