Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that his country is ready to block the EU loan to Ukraine in the amount of €90 billion, as Hungary did.

Next week, Ukrainian interceptor experts will be in the Middle East, and they are going there with their capabilities.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that in the south, the Defence Forces managed to regain control of the territory between 400 and 435 km, thus thwarting the enemy's plans for a spring offensive in this direction.

On the night of 7 to 8 March, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a series of strikes on enemy military targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and on the territory of the Russian Federation.

On the night of 8 March, Russian troops attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from the Rostov and Voronezh regions of Russia), as well as 117 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of strike UAVs, about 70 of which were Shaheds.

A fire broke out at an oil depot in the city of Armavir in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation as a result of a drone attack.

Russian occupation forces are advancing in the Sumy region.

US President Donald Trump said that mutual hatred between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin makes reaching a peace agreement "very difficult."

In three years, Ukraine has not received any of the 30 F-16 fighter jets promised by Belgium. Brussels has stated that the delivery date for the aircraft had not been precisely confirmed.

After a strong start on the first day of competition at the 2026 Paralympics, Ukraine won three more medals.