Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19.33 Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery. Nikopol and Sinelnykovsky districts were hit. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.
A 73-year-old man was killed as a result of enemy shelling in Nikopol region. Another woman, 68, was wounded and will undergo outpatient treatment.
19.15 An explosion occurred near one of the shopping malls in Rivne. Two people were injured, the National Police reported . The regional department of the SBU classifies the explosion in Rivne as an attempted terrorist attack and has already opened a corresponding criminal case.
19.01 Russian troops carried out an airstrike on a residential building in the village of Krasnopolye in Sumy Oblast. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed. This was reported by the prosecutor's office of Sumy Oblast.
18:23 Defense forces have most likely entered the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation and have established themselves at the outskirts of the village of Demidovka. This is reported by Russian TG channels.
Russian troops are forced to retreat due to heavy fire from Ukrainian forces. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold in a populated area in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, Russian war correspondents write.
Demidovka is a large Russian village a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
18.04 Law enforcement officers detained three more pro-Russian Internet agitators operating in the Kiev region. The perpetrators justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation and war crimes of the Russians. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.
17.25 Up to one hundred thousand tons of oil products are stored at the attacked oil depot in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. Firefighters have been trying to extinguish the fire for the second day. This was reported by the publication ASTRA, citing its sources.
16:55 Russia must show a real desire to end the war it has unleashed against Ukraine. This was stated in the conclusion of the EU summit on Thursday, March 20, in Brussels.
16.23 On March 20, Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk twice with an interval of 20 minutes. The industrial zone and densely populated area of ​​the city came under enemy fire, several educational institutions and apartment buildings were damaged. This was reported by the press service of the Kramatorsk City Council on Thursday, March 20.
15:58 Ukrainian soldiers have partially retreated in the Kursk region in recent days, but are not "surrounded" by Russian troops. Information from the CIA refutes loud statements by US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports, citing sources among officials.
14.57 On the night of March 19, Russian troops launched massive strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the Sumy region. The St. Nicholas Monastery in Miropolye and two hospitals – in Krasnopolye and Sumy – came under fire. This was reported by the press service of the Sumy diocese of the UOC MP on Thursday, March 20.
14.39 Republican US House of Representatives member Brian Fitzpatrick, together with other congressmen, introduced a bipartisan resolution that the United States does not recognize the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories as part of the Russian Federation. The politician published the resolution on his official website.
13:59 In Kropyvnytskyi, the elimination of the consequences of the Russian drone attack on the night of March 20 continues. This was reported by the head of the Kirovohrad OVA Andriy Raikovich on Thursday, March 20.
13:39 A resident of Chernihiv has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for collaborating with Russian special services. He transmitted information about Ukrainian military personnel and committed sabotage on the railway, trying to damage the infrastructure. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office on Thursday, March 20.
12:59 The majority of Ukrainians – 78% – do not agree to the complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces from the four regions temporarily occupied by Russia, as Russian leader Vladimir Putin is striving for. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.
12:59 The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv extended the arrest of Colonel Ilya Lapin until May 17, 2025, without the right to post bail. A video from the hearing was published by Lapin's daughter Oleksandra Paduchak on Thursday, March 20.
12:22 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Norway on a visit. This was reported by the Norwegian government. For security reasons, details of the head of state's stay in Norway are not being disclosed.
12:19 During a visit to Kiev, European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis stated that the Ukrainian defense industry will be able to participate in military projects of the European Union on an equal footing with the military-industrial complex of EU member states.
11:46 Russia once again demonstrated its attitude to the initiative to establish peace in Ukraine by attacking the Kirovohrad region and other regions on Thursday night. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Telegram.
11:35 Almost every sixth Ukrainian - 16% - has among their friends or acquaintances those who were or are in civilian captivity in the temporarily occupied territories or in the Russian Federation. At the same time, 83% do not have such friends or acquaintances. Most often, such friends or acquaintances are internally displaced persons (25%). This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted by the Rating group.
11:25 As a result of a drone attack on the Russian strategic aviation airbase in the city of Engels, a certain number of Kh-101 cruise missiles were destroyed. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko.
Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko claims that the explosions could have damaged strategic bombers - three Tu-95MS and two Tu-160.
10:40 Russian special services tried to recruit a sixth-grader from Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast. The boy was sent a video recording that demonstrated ways to earn money and a link to a Telegram channel for registration. The schoolboy told an inspector of the Education Security Service about this.
10:33 The head of the underground center of Shariy's party was deprived of freedom for six years for disseminating fakes of the Kremlin propaganda. This was reported by the SBU department in the Nikolaev region on its Telegram channel.
10:25 The Security Service detained an agent of Russian military intelligence near Odessa. He turned out to be a resident of the unrecognized Transnistria, who was trying to get hold of secret Ukrainian developments in the field of unmanned systems.
09:35 Russian troops dropped more than 30 guided aerial bombs on Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region at night, one person was killed, three people were injured.
09:20 Russians reported a drone attack on a military airfield in Engels in the Saratov region. A fire broke out on the territory of the airfield. This was stated by Governor Roman Busargin
"For safety reasons, due to a fire on the airfield territory, residents of the adjacent service stations (gardening communities) are being evacuated. All emergency services are on site," he said.
As a result of the drone attack, about 30 private and summer houses in several gardening communities were also damaged.
08:58 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 171 attack drones and drone imitators of various types. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 75 UAVs. Another 63 enemy drone imitators were lost without negative consequences.
As a result of the Russian attack, the Kirovograd, Sumy and Donetsk regions suffered.
08:33 Over the past 24 hours, 155 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. The largest number of attacks by Russian troops were recorded in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions.
08:15 The number of victims in Kropyvnytskyi has increased to 10, including four children. As a result of the Russian drone attack, private houses in the residential sector and multi-story buildings were also damaged in the city.
08:00 Ukrainian journalist and war correspondent Andrey Tsaplienko reported that there was a preliminary hit followed by a detonation in the area of ​​the warehouses of the Engels-2 strategic aviation airfield.
"This airfield plays a major role in Russian missile attacks on Ukraine, as Tu-95MS and Tu-160 combat sorties are regularly carried out from it. Cruise missiles of the Kh-101 type are stored and serviced at the airfield," he wrote on Telegram.
There was also a fire after landing at warehouses where aviation fuel for strategic aviation is stored, the journalist noted.
07:58 During the night and early morning of March 20, Russians complained about a series of explosions in the Saratov region. Local publics reported that oil refineries in Engels were burning. It was also reported that residents of nearby houses with a military airfield were being evacuated in Engels after a UAV attack.
Saratov and Engels were subjected to the largest drone attack of all time tonight, said Roman Busargin, governor of the Saratov region.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense forces allegedly shot down 132 drones.
07:40 As of March 20, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 899,470 people (+1,400 per day).
07:15 Russian troops launched the most massive attack on the city of Kropyvnytskyi, as a result of which eight people were injured, including a child.
Civil infrastructure was damaged. Residential buildings in several areas were damaged: windows were knocked out, balconies were destroyed, and structures were damaged.