Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:17 Volunteer Oleksandr Ivakhnenko was killed during the Russian strike on Kherson on March 19. This was reported by volunteer Anastasia Ukolova. It is noted that Oleksandr was hit by Russian troops when he was helping to close windows after previous flights. According to volunteer Andrey Vatazhko, Ivakhnenko was delivering hot meals to people, helping to evacuate residents from the red zone and eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks, Obshchestvennoye reports.
18.27 Russia has struck again at the railway infrastructure of the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to preliminary information, Russian war criminals have struck with a ballistic missile. Four railway workers were wounded.
18:11 US President Donald Trump has completed telephone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said he is pleased with the results achieved. He wrote about this on his own social network Truth Social .
18.01 In Ivano-Frankivsk, a teenager who committed a terrorist attack on March 11 was declared a suspect. This was reported by the press service of the SBU Directorate in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
According to their information, the minor is in hospital.
17:52 Ukrainian military received a new means to intercept Russian Shahed-type attack drones. This was reported by the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces.
17.38 Russian war criminals launched a missile strike on the Kamensky district of Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak on his Telegram channel.
17.29 As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, a girl who lived under occupation for more than ten years has returned to Ukraine. This was reported by the Communications Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office, Daria Zarivna.
17:02 Since the beginning of the current day, 64 combat clashes have occurred on the front, almost half of them in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00.
16:58 A complete ceasefire in Ukraine can be achieved within a few weeks. This was stated by US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in an interview with Bloomberg.
16:37 Russian occupiers are trying to group and consolidate in the area of ​​the villages of Novenkoye and Zhuravka in Sumy region in order to encircle the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which are carrying out an operation in Kursk region, or to cut off their logistics routes. This was stated by the spokesman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Andriy Demchenko on television. According to him, the length of the border within the Sumy region on the border with Russia is almost 530 km. Demchenko noted that the Russian Federation is using small assault groups that are trying to enter Ukrainian territory.
16.25 197 Ukrainian servicemen have returned from Russian captivity. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. He thanked everyone involved in this exchange, and especially the United Arab Emirates.
16.06 The soon-to-be-resigned German government has agreed to provide an additional 3 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine in 2025, Reuters reports , citing a document from the German Finance Ministry.
15.59 A priest of the UOC MP in the Khmelnytsky region was exposed in illegal activity in April last year. The Slavuta City District Court found the man guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to four years in prison.
15.45 The area of ​​the fire at the oil depot in Krasnodar Krai has almost doubled. This was reported by the regional operational headquarters, as reported by Russian telegram channels. It is noted that the fire has engulfed a tank from which an oil leak was previously detected. Firefighters are extinguishing three objects on the territory: one of the tanks, shut-off valves, as well as burning oil products within the embankment around the tank.
15.26 The Russian authorities, as part of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have committed crimes against humanity in the form of enforced disappearances, widespread and systematic. This is stated in the latest report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
13:59 If Russia does not strike Ukrainian targets, then Ukraine definitely will not do so. The United States should be the subject of control over the ceasefire regime. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Helsinki.
13:44 Finnish President Alexander Stubb spoke out categorically against depriving Ukraine of territorial integrity, as once happened to his country. He stated this during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Helsinki on Wednesday, March 19.
13:32 Territorial issues will be on the table of the upcoming peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Helsinki. Ukraine will not recognize the temporarily occupied territories as Russian. This is a "red line," the president assured.
13:29 On March 19, Russian troops once again fired artillery at Kherson. As a result of the enemy strikes, one person was killed and one was wounded. This was reported by the press service of the Kherson OVA on Wednesday, March 19.
13:28 The Security Service of Ukraine has collected evidence on another Russian propagandist justifying Russia's military aggression. We are talking about former actor Boris Korchevnikov, who once became famous thanks to the series Cadets, and now heads the pro-government TV channel First Public Orthodox TV Channel SPAS. The SBU reported this on its Telegram channel.
13:14 Ukraine is establishing a civil defense coalition, which will be led by Finland. It will help with the construction of shelters and the involvement of partners. This was announced by Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Wednesday, March 19.
12:59 The Ministry of Defense reported on the new Raybird UAS (ACS-3), which overcomes electronic warfare and air defense systems and conducts reconnaissance from a height of 5.5 km. It can stay in the sky for up to 28 hours, covering up to 2,500 km. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry on Wednesday, March 19.
The reconnaissance aircraft, which can stay in the sky for up to 28 hours and cover a distance of up to 2,500 km, has the ability to bypass enemy air defense systems and areas of active electronic warfare in order to conduct high-quality visual reconnaissance from a height of up to 5.5 km.
As noted, the "highlight" of one of the latest versions of the complex was the integration of a laser guidance system for corrected ammunition, operating with an accuracy of up to a meter. This is the only drone in its class that has such a system. And its effectiveness has already been proven in real combat. Laser target designation operates at a sufficiently large distance from the target to accurately destroy it and save the carrier aircraft of the system.
12:48 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday, March 19. The Ukrainian leader said this at a press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Helsinki.
12:27 Russian military forces allegedly "shot down" seven of their own attack drones after receiving orders from Vladimir Putin to stop attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported .
11:58 Russian occupiers have recently tightened checks at checkpoints near Armyansk, on the administrative border with temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the Yellow Ribbon resistance movement on its Telegram channel.
11:13 In the city of Kremenchuk, a man wounded a serviceman of the TCC with a traumatic weapon. This was reported by the National Police Department in Poltava Oblast. Patrol officers detained the man. Doctors provided assistance to the wounded serviceman.
10:56 Russians carried out five strikes on a rescue operation on the territory of a hospital in the Krasnopolskaya community of the Sumy region, which was attacked by drones.
In addition, the shelter in which 22 patients were trapped, including seven with limited mobility, was partially destroyed. Rescuers managed to quickly free everyone and move them to a safe place. There were no civilian casualties; a total of 60 people were evacuated.
10:20 The Security Service counterintelligence thwarted an attempt by Russian special services to commit a terrorist attack against law enforcement officers in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
A Russian agent who tried to blow up a police squad that was supposed to arrive in response to a fake call has been detained. The man was detained red-handed when he planted explosives in an abandoned building and called 102 to report that he had allegedly found a person there with no signs of life.
09:55 In Crimea, GUR reconnaissance soldiers hit expensive air defense systems of the Russian invaders, a sea tug, and a Mi-8 helicopter.
In particular, the following radars were hit: 48Ya6-K1 Podlet (2 units), 1L125 Niobium-SV (2 units), 39N6 Kasta 2E2 (3 units), 9S19 Imbir, Nebo-SV, S-300VM, Nebo-M, 59N6-S Protivnik-S.
The S-300SV launcher, ST-68 radar and 39N6 Kasta 2E2 radar command posts, and three Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems were hit.
The reconnaissance aircraft also struck the Project S4236 transport and tugboat Fyodor Uryupin and the Mi-8 helicopter.
09:38 In the early morning of March 19, Russians used drones to strike the railway power system in Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia.
There are de-energized sections, but train traffic continues on schedule. During the aftermath, the enemy struck again. There were no casualties. An order was given to send a fire train to extinguish the fire at the facility.
09:20 On the night of March 19, Russian troops attacked the Kiev region with drones. As a result of falling debris in the Bucha district, 20 two-story houses, 15 private houses and 19 cars were damaged, two people were injured.
In the Boryspil district, a house was damaged. Several grass fires were recorded - in the Obukhiv, Boryspil, Fastiv and Bucha districts. All fires were extinguished by rescuers.
08:50 On the night of March 19, the Russians attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles and 145 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drone imitators of various types.
Air defense forces shot down 72 UAVs, and another 56 enemy drone imitators were lost without negative consequences.
The Russian attack affected the Sumy, Odessa, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
08:32 At night, Russian troops attacked Kyiv with 45 drones. Of these, 19 were destroyed by air defense crews, the rest were lost or left the airspace. The alarm in the capital lasted for about six hours.
08:10 Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 16 areas of personnel concentration, two guns and a warehouse of weapons and military equipment of the Russian invaders. 140 combat clashes were recorded on the front.
07:45 Negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine will continue in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 23. This was announced by US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
07:20 As of March 19, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory were approximately 898,070 people (+1,060 per day).