⚡️Russia attacks 8 communities in Sumy Oblast.

The communities of Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Yunakivka, Khotin, Shalyhyne, Seredyna-Buda, Esman, and Velyka Pysarivka came under fire. No casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure were reported.

⚡️Russian authorities confirm detainment of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna.

Roshchyna disappeared on Aug. 3, 2023 while reporting in Russian-occupied territory. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed her detainment in a letter dated April 2024.

⚡️Zelensky to visit Belgium, sign bilateral security agreement.

Belgium will become the 11th country to sign such an accord with Ukraine, following Spain, the U.K., Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Canada,the Netherlands, Finland, and Latvia.

*⚡️*⚡️Ukraine’s Navy says it destroyed Russian sea minesweeper Kovrovets overnight.**
The report refutes Moscow’s earlier claims of having repelled all strikes on occupied Crimea overnight.

*⚡️Air Force: All 37 Russian attack drones targeting Ukraine overnight shot down.*
Russian forces targeted eight regions across Ukraine overnight, Kyiv, Odesa, and Vinnytsia oblasts, according to the Air Force’s report.

*⚡️Moscow claims it repelled Kyiv’s ‘attempts’ to strike occupied Crimea, bordering Russian regions.*
Moscow claims that it had shot down 9 U.S.-provided long-range ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles over Crimea, as locals report explosions.

*⚡Moldova expels Russian diplomat after Russian election held in Transnistria.*
Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi announced on March 19 that a Russian diplomat had been expelled from the country after Russian presidential elections were held in Transnistria, a region internationally recognized as part of Moldova.

⚡️Gunvor: Russia has lost 600,000 barrels of daily oil-refining capacity due to drone attacks.

Ukraine's recent drone attacks have knocked out about 600,000 barrels of Russia's daily oil-refining capacity, as estimated by Torbjorn Tornqvist, the director of the international energy commodities trading company Gunvor Group, Bloomberg reported on March 18.

*⚡️ UPDATE: Russia claims 4 injured in rocket attack on Belgorod Oblast.*

Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed that four people were injured in the Russian village of Razumnoye following an alleged rocket attack on the region earlier on March 19.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces shot down nine projectiles over the region. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claims, which cannot be independently verified.

*⚡️ US House Democrats start gathering signatures to* force vote on Ukraine aid.

U.S. House of Representatives Democrats began collecting signatures on March 12 to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a Ukraine aid bill via a discharge petition, Reuters reported.