An explosion in Cherkasy on Saturday evening left one person dead, with police currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.

Four of seven members of the women’s football delegation who originally sought to stay in Australia have now chosen to return home.

The US president says he hopes China, France, Japan and South Korea will also send ships to defend the key oil shipping route.

The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 19, including several children.

Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the Sumy region on March 14, injuring three civilians, according to the Sumy Regional Military Administration.

The Japanese government is considering introducing Ukraine-made attack drones to bolster its defense capabilities, banking on the Eastern European country’s combat experience against Russian military aggression.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss cooperation on countering Iranian-made drones.

In Zaporizhzhia, the number of injured following a Russian airstrike has risen to 18, including two teenagers.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has called for EU member states to be mandated by its member states to negotiate with Russia, noting that so far, Moscow has not been persuaded to abandon the war in Ukraine.

In the Kyiv region, the number of fatalities from the massive Russian attack on March 14 has risen to five people.