*⚡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.

*⚡Hungary hosts Rosatom head on 25th anniversary of NATO accession.*
Hungary hosted the head of Russia's state nuclear energy company Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, on March 12, the day of the 25th anniversary of Budapest's accession to NATO.

*⚡French parliament supports bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.*
The French National Assembly voted on March 12 in support of the bilateral security agreement signed by French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February.

⚡️Lithuania transfers 155-mm artillery shells to Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania announced the transfer of 155-mm artillery shells to Ukraine on March 7.

⚡️Biden: We will not walk away from Ukraine.
Congress needs to stand up to Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden said during the annual State of the Union address on March 7.

⚡️Russian attack on Kupiansk kills 2.

Russian forces struck Kupiansk with multiple rocket launchers on March 7, killing a man and a woman, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

Later in the day, the city of Chuhuiv came under fire. Two civilians - a 17-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man - were injured, acccording to the governor.

⚡️Russia shells 5 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces shelled five communities in Sumy Oblast on Jan. 6, the regional military administration reported.