Camera on a reconnaissance drone captured the moment when the Russian Lancet loitering munition rammed into the American M109 self-propelled howitzer in Ukraine Source
Russia & Ukraine
There are two Russian Kalibr cruise missile carriers in the Black Sea as of the morning of 19 March. Source
Pictures appeared on Telegram showing a Finnish SISU XA-180 APC delivered to Ukraine. On the front cover of the vehicle and on the side the letter Z can be seen Source
Alexander Bastrykin, Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, has tasked the Russian Prosecutor General with giving a legal assessment of the German Justice Minister’s statements regarding dictator Vladimir Putin’s arrest. Source
In the Vuhledar region, Russian aviation is reported to be actively using FAB-500M62 bombs with a planning and correction [IPC] module, several sources reported Source
In the coming months, NATO will intensify its efforts to concentrate weapons along the eastern border of the alliance and to allocate tens of thousands of soldiers who can go to help allies at a moment’s notice. Source
Russia officially announced the deployment of an iconic flamethrower weapon to the front line in Ukraine. It is about the TOS-1A Solntsepek flamethrower system. Source
TETIANA DENYSENKO – SUNDAY, 19 MARCH 2023 Source
A US M1224 MaxxPro MRAP has survived a direct hit by a Russian tank. That's according to a Telegram account that shared the video of the MRAP after the battle. Source
Russian hackers and special services are adding malicious code to the hacked software hosted on torrents, as Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection warns Ukrainians. Source
A Czech volunteer who is helping in the east of Ukraine with the treatment of soldiers on the contact line as part of Project Phoenix has been seriously wounded in Donbas. Source
Serhii Cherevatyi, the spokesperson for the eastern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has stated that Russian occupiers are tactically unable to complete the operation to capture Bakhmut and suffer heavy losses during the fighting. Source
Jean-Claude Juncker, former President of the European Commission, has warned against unrealistic expectations regarding Ukraine’s quick accession to the European Union. Source
Ukraine is beginning to experience a problem with new Russian tactics. 10 S-35s dropped 11 guided bombs over Sumy region, avoiding range of air defense systems. Source
Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, answered the question why he did not launch a full-scale war in Ukraine during the occupation of Donbas in 2014. Source
An unidentified drone has fallen in Tula Oblast, Russia, about 250 kilometres from Moscow, Russian media reported. Source
Major Kirilyuk of the UAF has been shot down. This happened in the last 24 hours. The news was officially confirmed. Russia claims Shahed 136 downed the Su-27. Source
Doctors are fighting for the life of a Kharkiv resident who sustained severe injuries during hostilities in Bakhmut. The man suffered five gunshot wounds and had over 200 pieces of shrapnel stuck in his arms and legs. Source
Russian forces have attacked the town of Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast, striking a residential building and injuring a woman. Source
The KGB of Belarus announced that they had “eliminated” a foreign citizen in the city of Grodno who entered the country allegedly with the aim of carrying out a terrorist attack. Source