- Reports suggest that the next round of negotiations between Ukraine, the USA, and Russia may take place next week.
- The analytical portal DeepState, which tracks military actions, reported on the advance of Russian troops in the Sumy region.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that there is no progress on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia and the 90 billion euro reparations loan for Ukraine.
- On the night of March 8, the Russian armed forces attacked the Sumy region, where a drone struck a train from Kyiv to Sumy, which was carrying 200 passengers. Despite damage to the locomotive, no one was injured.
- Also that night, Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia region were attacked, according to local authorities. In the Chuhuiv district of Kharkiv region, the strike hit rescuers who had arrived at a fire caused by a drone attack, resulting in three injuries.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck back at energy facilities in Belgorod, as reported by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
- In the Krasnodar region, in Armavir, a fire broke out at an oil depot due to falling debris from drones, covering an area of 700 square meters. The fire was quickly localized.
- In Kharkiv, as a result of the strike, the entrance of a five-story residential building was completely destroyed, resulting in 11 deaths, including two children, and 16 injuries.
Consequences of the missile strike on Kharkiv. Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA. - The Swedish Coast Guard reported the detention of one of the crew members of the vessel Caffa, arrested on its way to St. Petersburg on Friday. Information about the detained individual has not been disclosed.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga demanded that Hungary return funds and gold bars confiscated from Ukrainian cash-in-transit operators, describing it as "an unprecedented act of state banditry and racketeering."
