- According to sources, a new round of negotiations in the format of Ukraine - USA - Russia is expected to take place next week.
- The analytical resource DeepState, which monitors the front-line situation, reports on the advance of Russian troops in the Sumy region.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pointed out the lack of progress in discussing the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, as well as the issue of a reparations loan of 90 billion euros.
- On the night of March 8, Russian forces attacked the Sumy region. As a result of a drone strike on the Kyiv - Sumy train, which had 200 passengers on board, a locomotive was damaged, but no one was injured.
- Also that night, Russia struck Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia region, according to local authorities. There were no reports of casualties; however, in the Chuhuiv district of Kharkiv region, three local residents were injured when a strike hit emergency service personnel who had arrived at the scene of a fire.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a massive missile strike on energy facilities in Belgorod, as stated by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
- As a result of drone debris falling in Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, a fire broke out at an oil depot covering an area of 700 square meters. The fire was successfully extinguished, local authorities reported.
- In Kharkiv, a Russian strike completely destroyed the entrance of a five-story residential building, resulting in the deaths of 11 people, including two children, and 16 were injured.
Consequences of the missile strike in Kharkiv. Photo by Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA. - The Swedish Coast Guard detained a crew member of the vessel Caffa, which was arrested on Friday while en route to St. Petersburg. Information about the detained individual has not been disclosed.
- Andriy Sibiga, Ukraine's Foreign Minister, demanded that Hungary return the money and gold bars seized from Ukrainian cash transporters, calling it "an unprecedented act of state banditry."
