RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, clickhere.
Latest Developments At A Glance
- Russian air strikes on March 8 in eastern Ukraine killedat least 50 peoplein the Donetsk region, according to local officials, with at least 11 deaths reported in the city of Dobropillya.
- Russia claimed on March 9 that it hadretaken three villagesearlier captured by Ukraine in its Kursk region -- with unconfirmed reports that thousand of Ukrainian troops risks being encircled by Russian forces.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 7 thatRussia fired almost 70 cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as launching nearly 200 drones, at various energy facilities in Ukraine in an attack that also hit residential buildings.
- President Donald Trump on March 7threatenedto impose additional sanctions on Russia.
- Zelenskyy said he willtravel to Saudi Arabia,which hosted the first round of talks between the United States and Russia, and that his team "will remain in Saudi Arabia to work with American partners." Zelenskyy will not attend the talks personally.
- Ukrainian opposition leaders Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko have dismissed thepossibility of electionsin the country during Russia's full-scale invasion after media reports suggested US officials had approached them about the idea.
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