It has been the 1481st day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
On 15 March, the number of attacks by the aggressor already was 49.
Shelling of border areas continues. In Sumy oblast, the following settlements were affected: Bezsalivka, Kucherivka, Ryzhivka, Masenzivka, Khodyne, Iskryskivshchyna, Stepanivka, Budky, Starykove, Kozache, Ulanove, and Mala Slobidka.
The operational situation across the directions is as follows:
- Towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk: The enemy attacked our defenders’ positions once and carried out 62 shellings of settlements and positions, two of which involved MLRS.
- Towards Southern Sloboda: There were no offensive actions by the adversary.
- Towards Kupiansk: The adversary advanced twice towards the settlements of Novoasynove and Hlushkivka.
- Towards Lyman: Ukrainian warriors repelled three attempts by the invaders to advance near the settlements of Lyman and Drobysheve.
- Towards Sloviansk: The adversary conducted one offensive action in the area of Yampil.
- Towards Kramatorsk: There were no active offensive actions by the enemy.
- Towards Kostiantynivka: The invaders carried out 10 offensive actions near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Novopavlivka, and in the area of Pleshchiivka.
- Towards Pokrovsk: Occupiers tried to push Ukrainian warriors from their positions 10 times in the vicinity of Toretske, Bilytske, Nove Shakhover, and in the areas of Myrnohrad, Rodynske, and Molodetske. One combat engagement is not yet finished.
- Towards Oleksandrivka: The enemy carried out eight offensive actions in the vicinity of Berezove, Ternove, Pershotravneve, Novomykolaivka, and Zlahoda, and towards Verbove. Additionally, Ivanivka, Havrylivka, and Prosiana sustained enemy airstrikes.
- Towards Huliaipole: There were 14 attacks in the vicinity of Huliaipole and towards Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Sviatopetrivka, and Olenokostiantynivka. The enemy launched airstrikes in the vicinity of Charivne, Huliaipilske, Kopani, and Myrne. Three combat engagements are ongoing.
- Towards Orikhiv: The enemy conducted no offensive actions but launched airstrikes on Orikhiv and Veselianka.
- Towards Kherson: There were no offensive actions by the enemy. Mykilske and Lvove sustained enemy airstrikes.
In other directions, there were no significant changes in the situation. No attempts by the enemy to advance are recorded. Ukrainian troops continue to exhaust the enemy along the entire line of combat engagement and in the rear.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
Towards Southern Sloboda, russian troops attempted to break through the defenses of Ukrainian defenders three times near Vovchanski Khutory, Fyholivka, and Vovchansk.
Towards Kupiansk, the russian army attacked three times near Kurylivka and Petropavlivka.
Russians struck Zolochiv with drones. As a result of the attack, two police officers sustained acoustic trauma (blast injury). Preliminary data indicates the occupiers used Herbera UAVs.
Around 14:00, russians attacked Kozacha Lopan with an FPV drone. A 58-year-old woman was killed as a result of the strike on the territory of a private yard.
On the morning of March 15, a russian drone struck an emergency medical vehicle in the Kupiansk district. Two medics were killed: 27-year-old anesthesiologist Dmytro Kolesnyk and 56-year-old emergency medical technician Oleh Zhuravlov. Another crew member, a 54-year-old paramedic, is currently in the hospital.
On the afternoon of March 15, russians shelled the settlement of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi with artillery. A 73-year-old woman was killed as a result of a hit near a residential building. Around 10:00, the russian army struck Oskil in Izium region. The strike hit a communal enterprise, injuring a security guard. Preliminary reports suggest the use of a Molniya-type drone.
Earlier, at approximately 06:00, the russian army attacked Klynova Novoselivka with three FPV drones, damaging a private house, outbuildings, and the power grid. No injuries were reported in that specific strike.
Over the past 24 hours, 21 settlements in Kharkiv oblast were under russian attack. These strikes resulted in two deaths and two injuries. Near Chervona Khvylia, two employees of an emergency medical care brigade were killed, and another medic was injured. In Kupiansk, a 63-year-old woman was also injured.
To attack Kharkiv oblast, the russians utilized KABs, Geran-2, Lancet, and Molniya-type UAVs, FPV drones, and unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles. Damage was recorded to private houses, outbuildings, vehicles, railway infrastructure, a civilian enterprise, a warehouse, a club, and power grids.
The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 89 people over the past day, bringing the total registered there since it opened to 22,723.
Meanwhile, the number of children attending inclusive resource centers in Kharkiv is returning to pre-war levels. According to Iryna Vyshneva, Director of Center No. 1, parents most frequently seek help for speech delays, though currently, every third child exhibits psychological consequences of the war.
Donetsk oblast
Paratroopers of the 79th Brigade in the Pokrovsk direction destroyed a battalion of the Oplot brigade—the same unit they fought against in 2014 during the defense of the Donetsk Airport.
The Defense Forces struck three concentrations of russian troops towards Pokrovsk, with hits recorded in Shakhove, Pokrovsk, and Udachne.
The russian army has redeployed part of its troops from Donbas towards Kupiansk and another part south towards Huliaipole. According to the President, the russian spring offensive has failed, but russia does not plan to stop the war and already has plans for 2026–2027, particularly regarding increasing drone production.
On March 14, russian attacks in Donetsk oblast killed two people and injured another. Police recorded 1,587 strikes along the front line and the residential sector. Nine settlements were under fire: Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Hromova Balka, Zaparo-Marivka, Novooleksandrivka, Ocheretyne, and Serhiivka.
In Donetsk oblast, 65 civilian objects were damaged, including 43 residential buildings.
- In Kostiantynivka, russians killed a civilian and damaged an apartment building.
- In Hromova Balka (Oleksandrivka community), a russian FPV drone struck a civilian car, killing one person and injuring another.
- Sloviansk was attacked with six drones of various types, damaging two apartment buildings, 19 private houses, and nine civilian cars.
- In Kramatorsk, drone strikes damaged a private house and a car; in Zaparo-Marivka, three private houses; and in Serhiivka, a non-residential building.
- In Druzhkivka, two russian FPV drones damaged an apartment building and a civilian car.
- In Novooleksandrivka, russians dropped a UMPB-5 bomb, damaging two apartment buildings, 14 private houses, two educational institutions, an administrative building, a church, a canteen, a shop, a cultural center, and two civilian cars.
Patrol police evacuated an elderly woman with limited mobility, who uses a wheelchair, from the frontline town of Mykolaivka.
Luhansk oblast
In Luhansk oblast, russian troops targeted the fortifications of Ukrainian defenders using various types of weaponry. Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers utilized mortars 13 times, tube artillery twice, and drones in four instances.
Towards Lyman, the russians attempted to advance five times. Towards Sloviansk, ten such attempts were recorded.
In the so-called “lpr,” the russians are again issuing threats regarding deadlines for real-estate operations. This time, the focus is on registering previously established property rights in the Rosreestr. This can only be done by individuals with russian citizenship, and the occupiers have set a deadline of July 1. While formally explained as a way to simplify administrative procedures and prevent violations, it is effectively a step toward the further “nationalization” of housing.
Due to regular mobile network outages, the occupiers have proposed increasing the number of payphones and providing them with internet access. This points toward further restrictions on mobile communications and the concentration of wired internet in specifically designated locations. The occupiers previously implemented this payphone scheme in territories seized back in 2022.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Sumy oblast
On 14 March, russian forces attacked Shostka community by drones. A 64-year-old driver of a city bus was injured while he was near the strike site. Passengers were not injured. Residential houses and civilian vehicles were also damaged.
On 14 March, at around 3pm. russian forces attacked Berezivka community by guided aerial bombs. Two explosions occurred near the building of a local agricultural company in the centre of the village. The blast wave damaged nearby houses and shops, and a Ukrposhta branch office was destroyed. Two women, aged 55 and 66, were injured and are currently hospitalised.
In Verkhnia Syrovatka community, russian forces attacked a suburban passenger train operating on Smorodyne–Vorozhba route by a strike UAV. The strike hit the rear locomotive, causing a fire.
There were no casualties or injuries. Ukrzaliznytsia’s monitoring team promptly evacuated the passengers, and the crew quickly detached the carriages from the locomotive.
In Velyka Pysarivka community, an 85-year-old woman was injured as a result of an enemy drone strike on 14 March, the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported.
A 69-year-old man also sought medical assistance after being injured in a UAV strike on Sumy community on 12 March.
From the morning of 14 March to the morning of 15 March, russian forces carried out more than 80 attacks on 34 settlements across 15 territorial communities of the region. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used mortars, artillery, FPV drones, UAVs and guided aerial bombs. Air raid alerts in the region lasted 19 hours and 9 minutes over the past day.
Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed:
- In Berezivka community, the post office building was destroyed, while the premises of a school, bakery, shop, administrative building, an apartment building and a private house, as well as cars and other civilian infrastructure, were damaged;
- In Hlukhiv community, a private house, a car and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged;
- In Shostka community, apartment buildings, cars and a route minibus were damaged;
- In Znob-Novhorodske community, civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged;
- In Verkhnia Syrovatka community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- In Mykolaivka rural community, a private house was damaged;
- In Sumy community, non-residential premises were damaged.
The Regional Military Administration informed that over the past day, 22 people were evacuated from border communities by local authorities in cooperation with units of the State Emergency Service, the National Police and civil society organisations.
According the State Emergency Service, on 15 March, evacuation groups of the State Emergency Service “Phoenix”, which include community rescue officers, operated in border settlements of the Sumy and Shostka regions. Using an armoured personnel carrier, rescuers evacuated an elderly woman from Znob-Novhorodske community and two more residents from Bilopillia community.
Chernihiv oblast
Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, Head of Chernihiv City Military Administration, reported that on 15 March, an enemy UAV attacked a checkpoint in Novoselivka village near Chernihiv. As of 4pm, one serviceman was killed and five were wounded. The injured soldiers are currently receiving treatment in medical facilities in Chernihiv.
Later that day, UAV debris fell on a household plot on the outskirts of Chernihiv. No damage or injuries were reported.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, said that on the morning of 15 March, russian forces struck transport infrastructure in Nizhyn region. According to preliminary information, two people were injured.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration, informed that at 00:45am on 15 March, russian UAVs attacked Stara Hutka village in Semenivka community. The strike caused fires in two private households. One residential house and property were completely destroyed. In a neighbouring house, the fire destroyed the roof and ceilings and damaged the walls across the entire structure. According to the State Emergency Service of Chernihiv region, two women born in 1940 and 1958 suffered acute stress reactions as a result of the attack.
According to Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the RMA, during the day on 14 March, a russian attack drone struck an energy facility in Chernihiv region.
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment reported that over the past day on 14 March, russian forces attacked three border communities in Chernihiv oblast: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka and Snovsk. The enemy carried out mortar shelling (7 explosions) and tube artillery strikes (6 explosions), launched a Molniia-type UAV (1 explosion), attacked by FPV drones (19 explosions) and dropped explosive devices from UAVs (2 explosions). Eleven settlements came under enemy fire.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, reported that drone and artillery attacks continued. russian forces targeted Nikopol, as well as Chervonohryhorivka, Pokrovske rural and Marhanets communities. Two private houses and infrastructure were damaged.
In Kryvyi Rih, two men aged 36 and 27 were injured in a UAV attack. The enemy also struck Karpivska community, damaging an outbuilding and transport infrastructure. In Shakhtarske, a UAV strike shattered windows in a shop and an apartment building.
Enemy forces again attacked the regional centre, Marhanets and Pokrovske rural communities by drones and artillery. In Nikopol, a 30-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman were injured. Damage was reported to two apartment buildings, ten private houses, two outbuildings, a garage, a physical health centre, three passenger cars, infrastructure, gas pipelines and power lines.
In Dnipro, a 73-year-old man was injured in a UAV attack. Three apartment buildings and vehicles were damaged.
Russian forces also dropped guided aerial bombs (KABs) on Pokrovske community, injuring a 66-year-old woman. Six private houses and two outbuildings were damaged.
Drone strikes in Piatykhatky community damaged transport infrastructure. Russian UAVs also targeted Troitska community, causing fires and damaging private houses, an outbuilding and vehicles.
Kirovohrad oblast
In Kropyvnytskyi, a march was held on the occasion of the Day of the Ukrainian Volunteer (14 March), as well as in support of missing servicemen and those held in russian captivity.
Cherkasy oblast
In Uman, relatives of prisoners of war and missing defenders held a public action. Participants came with photographs, flags and posters bearing the names of relatives whose fate has remained unknown for years.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Ivan Fedorov, Head of the Regional Military Administration, reported that today, 15 March, russian troops attacked Rozumivka in Zaporizhzhia oblast with an FPV drone. Two people were injured. A fence of a private house was also damaged as a result of the shelling.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported that yesterday, 14 March, the occupiers carried out 735 strikes on 43 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast. russian forces conducted 24 airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia, Veselianka, Tavriiske, Liubytske, Samiilivka, Novoukrainka, Zalyvne, Bilenke, Shyroke, Kopani, Verkhnia Tersa, Vozdvyzhivka, Huliaipilske, Charivne, Dolynka, Vasylivske, Tymoshivka, and Rivne. 527 UAVs of various types (mostly FPV drones) attacked Chervonodniprovka, Novooleksandrivka, Mariivka, Stepne, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Lukianivske, Pavlivka, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Bilohiria, Myrne, Charivne, Sviatopetrivka, Zelene, Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Pryluky, and Nove Zaporizhzhia. There were five MLRS strikes on Novoiakivlivka, Novoandriivka, Huliaipilske, Verkhnia Tersa, and Kosivtseve. 179 artillery strikes hit Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Lukianivske, Pavlivka, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Bilohiria, Myrne, Sviatopetrivka, Zelene, Varvarivka, and Dobropillia. 405 reports were received about damage to homes, infrastructure facilities, and vehicles. Two people were killed and 22 were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia regions.
According to the General Staff, as of 16:00 on 15 March, 14 attacks took place in the areas of Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Sviatopetrivka, and Olenokostiantynivka e towards Huliaipole. Over the past day, 14 March, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 18 russian attacks towards Huliaipole and three more towards Orikhiv.
On the night of 15 March, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck russian UAV and logistics warehouses in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia oblast. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the logistics warehouse was hit near the settlement of Osypenko, and the UAV storage warehouse was struck near Prymorsk. The scale of the damage is being clarified.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi visited units conducting combat operations towards Zaporizhzhia — in the areas of Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zelene, and Varvarivka. According to him, russians consider Zaporizhzhia direction as the main one and are concentrating significant forces and resources there. The intensity of offensive actions towards Huliaipole is higher compared to other directions.
Mykolaiv oblast
Ivan Kukhta, Head of Snihurivka City Military Administration, reported that a volunteer from Snihurivka community in Mykolaiv oblast, Oleksandr Pavlov, was awarded the Order of Merit, 3rd class. The award was presented to the defender by President Zelenskyy.
On March 15 in Mykolaiv, people once again traditionally reminded the public about prisoners of war and missing soldiers. About 250 people joined the event, holding posters and flags with the names of their relatives and friends.
Kherson oblast
According to Kherson Regional Military Administration, in the morning russian occupiers attacked a civilian car with a drone in Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. A 75-year-old man sustained shrapnel wounds to the head and arms, a concussion, a blast injury, and a closed traumatic brain injury.
People injured during russian attacks in previous days sought medical assistance at the hospital. A 38-year-old woman from Kherson, who was injured the day before during russian shelling in the city center, was diagnosed with a blast injury, a concussion, and a brain concussion. A 44-year-old Kherson resident who was injured on 13 March during russian shelling of Korabelnyi district sustained a blast injury, a concussion, and an acute stress reaction. A 62-year-old Kherson resident who was injured the previous morning during russian shelling of Dniprovskyi district was diagnosed with a blast injury and a concussion.
Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that yesterday, 14 March, the russian forces attacked Beryslav, Bilozerka, Tomyna Balka, Chervone, Borozenke, Mykilske, Antonivka, Vesele, Dniprovske, Zarichne, Zmiivka, Komyshany, Lvove, Mykolaivka, Mylove, Mykhailivka, Odradokamianka, Olhivka, Osokorivka, Prydniprovske, Rozlyv, Fedorivka, Shyroka Balka, Novodmytrivka, Blahovishchenske, Sofiivka, Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Zolota Balka, and the city of Kherson. Six apartment buildings, 21 private houses, gas pipelines, agricultural machinery, and a private car were damaged. As a result of russian aggression, one person was killed and 17 others were injured, including three children.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
A tournament was held in Manevychy, during which participants had the opportunity to compete in darts, chess, and checkers. Veterans of the russian-Ukrainian war and their families took part in the event.
Zakarpattia oblast
An integration forum Ways And Financing Of The Restoration Of Territorial Communities: Strategy 2026 was held in Uzhhorod region. Representatives of the government, business, experts and international partners discussed access to state and international financial instruments, preparation of high-quality projects and effective models of cooperation. Special attention was paid to technological modernization of infrastructure.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
The RMA held a meeting with families of fallen soldiers. They discussed issues that concern the relatives of the servicemen.
Lviv oblast
A memorial plaque to the Defender of the Fatherland Mykola Holovchansky was unveiled in the Popelivskyi School of Drohobych region. The event was attended by the Hero’s relatives and friends, representatives of local authorities, clergy, and schools. The defender was killed on 7 March 2025 while performing a combat mission near the settlement of nikolsky, sudzhansky region, kursk oblast.
Rivne oblast
The RMA held a meeting with Colonel Ruslan Hryshchuk, Deputy Head of Odessa Military Academy. Rivne oblast has close cooperation with this educational institution. They discussed further cooperation.
Ternopil oblast
Ternopil community sent 4 electronic warfare systems to the 105th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
Khmelnytskyi City Council reported that the community donated property to one of the community’s military units.
Chernivtsi oblast
The RMA reported that the III degree For Courage Order (posthumously) was awarded to soldier Semegen Andrii.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
EU countries have called for a ban on entry into the Schengen area for people who participated in hostilities as part of the russian army. Corresponding letter to Kosty, European Council President and von der Leyen, European Commission President.
Over 4.3m Ukrainians are currently receiving temporary protection in EU countries. The largest number of them are in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. This is evidenced by data from the EU statistical service Eurostat.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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