- According to sources, the next meeting for peace negotiations between Ukraine, the USA, and Russia may 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 noted the lack of progress regarding the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, as well as the reparations loan for Ukraine amounting to 90 billion euros.
- On the eve of March 8, Russian military forces attacked the Sumy region. As a result of a drone strike at a railway station where the Kyiv - Sumy train was located, a locomotive was damaged, but passengers remained unharmed.
- That same night, Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia region were attacked, as reported by local authorities. There is no information about casualties. In the Chuhuiv district of Kharkiv region, three people were injured when emergency services arrived at the scene of a fire caused by a drone attack.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck energy facilities in Belgorod, as reported by the regional head Vyacheslav Gladkov.
- In Krasnodar Krai, in Armavir, debris from drones caused a fire at an oil depot covering an area of 700 square meters, which was extinguished.
- In Kharkiv, as a result of a Russian attack, the entrance of a five-story building was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of 11 people, including two children, and 16 others were injured.
Consequences of the missile strike on Kharkiv. Photo by Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA. - The Swedish Coast Guard detained one of the crew members of the vessel Caffa, which was arrested on Friday during its journey to St. Petersburg. The identity of the detainee has not been disclosed.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga urged Hungary to return the funds and gold bars that were seized from Ukrainian cash-in-transit personnel, calling it "an unprecedented act of state banditry and racketeering."
