- U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which issues concerning Ukraine, Iran, and Venezuela were discussed.
- According to Reuters, the Trump administration is considering further easing sanctions on Russian oil to curb rising global energy prices.
- Vladimir Putin urged European countries to reconsider their decisions to refuse imports of Russian gas.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed that the European Union temporarily suspend sanctions against Russia's energy sector.
- Slovakia may "take the baton" from Hungary in blocking a 90 billion euro European Union loan to Ukraine if Orban's party loses in the parliamentary elections, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
- As a result of a strike by Russian troops on Kharkiv on Monday evening, at least eight people were injured; the attack caused cars to catch fire and windows to shatter in residential buildings, local authorities reported.
- On Monday evening, Russian troops also attacked Dnipro, damaging a multi-story building due to the blast wave, injuring seven people, including a 12-year-old boy.
- On March 8, Ukrainian military forces shelled Donetsk, resulting in damage to residential buildings, a clinic, a children's hospital, a vocational school, two schools, two colleges, and a kindergarten.
The building of the children's hospital, which was damaged as a result of the shelling, in Donetsk. Photo Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA. - Search and rescue operations have been completed in Kharkiv at the site of the collapse of the entrance of a five-story building that was hit by a missile strike. Four people are still reported missing.
- The ruling party of Hungary proposed to keep the gold and money seized from Ukrainian cash transporters, amounting to about 82 million dollars, in the country for at least 60 days.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that the country has sent interceptor drones and a group of drone experts to protect American military bases in Jordan, as well as having received 11 requests from countries neighboring Iran for assistance in combating drones.
