Leopard tanks are already fighting in Kherson. This is what a Russian officer told a journalist of RIA Novosti. There are Leopard tanks in the region, he said. Source
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated that Russia plans to hold early graduation from higher military educational institutions in a number of cities to replenish losses in the war against Ukraine. Source
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasises that the values for which Ukrainians are currently fighting are close even to the nations that are geographically far away. Source
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasises that only together with Ukraine NATO will be able to guarantee real protection for Europe. Source
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has said that this year’s Good Friday procession in Rome was once again overshadowed by an attempt to equate the victim and the aggressor. Source
Two men were killed in the shelling of the town of Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast by Russian troops, and a woman was wounded in the village of Podoly. Source
Chinese People's Liberation Army has carried out mock strikes on “foreign targets”. According to them, one of the targets was the aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz. Source
Satellite images from the Sentinel-2 satellite reveal a 70 km long Russian army mega trench. It was excavated in the Zaporizhia region, Ukrainian sources said. Source
Ukraine has entered into an agreement with Poland to purchase 200 Rosomak armoured personnel carriers, of which 100 will be delivered now and 100 later. Source
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
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