EU leaders said they expect the first tranche of a €90B funding package for Ukraine by early April. They also called for intensified efforts to secure an additional €30B to cover the remaining budget gap.
Israel struck an IRGC Mi-17 helicopter at Sanandaj airport, targeted Basij forces in western Iran and carried out its first attack on Iranian naval missile ships and infrastructure in the Caspian Sea. Key naval assets and facilities were hit, according to the IDF.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ warned that any repeat strikes on its energy infrastructure will lead to sustained attacks on enemy and allied energy facilities, adding retaliation is already underway and not finished. "You made a big mistake," the spokesperson added.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth backed a potential $200B funding push, saying the US needs funding for current and future operations. "It takes money to kill bad guys, so we're going back to Congress." He also criticized past munitions transfers to Ukraine as straining US stockpiles.
Ukrainian drones targeted the Azot chemical plant in Stavropol Krai overnight, a major producer of ammonia and ammonium nitrate supplying Russia’s military industry. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed 28 UAVs were intercepted in the region.
The General Staff confirmed it struck ammo depots in Donetsk, Yalta and Kalanchak overnight, hit a logistics hub near Vesele and a fuel depot in Novotroitske, and targeted Russian troop concentrations near Yalta and in occupied Crimea.
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Missile and drone strikes on Iranian naval assets, that were threathening international shipping in and near the Strait of Hormuz, according to US CENTCOM.
Ukrainian naval forces, SOF and drone units struck an Almaz-Antey facility in occupied Sevastopol used to service S-400, S-300 and other air defense systems. Russian troop positions near Striletska Bay were also hit.
Ukrainian drones struck a facility in Sevastopol belonging to Almaz-Antey, which services air defense systems of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The attack targeted infrastructure supporting naval air defense operations.
An Israeli missile struck near a Russia Today journalist during a live report in Lebanon, narrowly missing the crew.
Ukraine’s 426th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment struck a Russian Strela-10 air defense system using Bulava loitering munition after detecting the target with reconaissance drones.
Ukraine's 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade "Chornyi Lis" destroyed a Russian Osa air defense system, eliminating a key short-range SAM asset.
❗️EU leaders pushed to unlock €90B in funding for Ukraine at a Brussels summit, with Belgium and the Netherlands calling for swift approval. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán threatened to block the package, demanding oil supplies be restored first.
Ukrainian HUR “Khymera” unit cleared a settlement on the Zaporizhzhia axis, where Russian infantry had entrenched in residential buildings. Troops were killed in close combat, with surviving Russians taken prisoner.