- On March 13, Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. This will be Zelensky's eleventh meeting in the French capital since the conflict began.
- In Bucharest on March 12, the presidents of Ukraine and Romania, Volodymyr Zelensky and Nicolae Ciucă, signed several agreements on strategic cooperation, including the joint production of strike drones in Romania using Ukrainian technologies and with the support of the EU defense fund SAFE.
- According to Politico, Volodymyr Zelensky is intensifying his criticism of both his opponents and international allies. This comes amid growing frustration over uncertainty in financial aid and delays in peace negotiations. Some of Zelensky's advisors warn that such rhetoric could deter potential partners.
- The state-owned "Oschadbank" of Ukraine reported that Hungarian authorities returned cash-in-transit vehicles detained on March 5, but the cargo of $40 million, 35 million euros, and 9 kilograms of gold bars has still not been returned.
- The Swedish Coast Guard detained a tanker in its territorial waters, which authorities suspect may belong to the Russian shadow fleet.
- According to Bloomberg, Russia is providing Iran with various intelligence data, including satellite images and drone management tactics, to assist Tehran in retaliatory strikes against American forces in the Middle East.
- According to Reuters, the U.S. issued a new general license allowing the export of Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded onto vessels until April 11.
- The Financial Times reports that Russia is earning up to $150 million in additional revenue from oil sales daily, making it the primary beneficiary of the conflict in the Middle East.
- The European Commission is negotiating with Ukraine regarding the possibility of investigating the incident involving the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline. No response has yet been received from Kyiv.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán instructed Energy Minister Gábor Czepek to organize a meeting with Ukrainian colleagues to discuss the damage to the oil pipeline.
- As a result of a strike by a Ukrainian FPV drone on a gas station in Sevsk, two people were injured and taken to the hospital; a vehicle and the building itself were also damaged.
- A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia left nearly 16,000 subscribers without electricity.
- According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, eight medics were killed as a result of a Ukrainian strike on the self-proclaimed DPR.
- In the Kharkiv region, Russian military forces attacked the village of Zolochiv and the village of Zarozhne with drones. In Zolochiv, a UAZ vehicle belonging to a critical infrastructure facility was completely destroyed, according to local administration head Viktor Kovalenko.
A drone-destroyed vehicle in the Kharkiv region. Photo khar.gp.gov.ua. - As a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on an agricultural enterprise in the village of Novominskaya, one person was killed, reported the governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratiev.
- In the Belgorod region, a UAF FPV drone attacked a vehicle, resulting in the driver's death.
- Russian military forces attacked a settlement in the Chernihiv region, resulting in the death of a 15-year-old girl, while her parents were injured.
