Attack on Kyiv, almost €2 million from Iceland for shells, criminal proceedings against AMCU head: highlights

A former employee of hromadske was killed in the war

On March 22, Mykola Oranskyi, a former equipment engineer at hromadske, was killed in the fighting. He worked with us from 2019 to 2022, and then joined the Armed Forces as a volunteer.

Mykola, 24, was a UAV operator in the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade and was killed during a combat mission near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.

hromadske expresses its sincere condolences to Mykola's family and friends.

Attacks on Kyiv and Odesa

On the morning of March 25, air defense forces destroyed two ballistic missiles that Russians were firing at Kyiv. Debris was reported falling in a number of districts of the capital. In particular, part of the building of the Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design was damaged. There are 10 reported injuries in the city.

In Odesa Oblast, during the Russian attack around midnight on March 25, drone debris damaged a power facility and caused a fire. The Russian military damaged one of Ukrenergo's high-voltage power facilities. Emergency blackouts were introduced in the region.

In the evening, the Russian forces launched a missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of Odesa, injuring four people.

SBU "subtracted" oil production and refining in Russia by 12%

The Security Service of Ukraine has conducted a series of successful operations to destroy oil refineries in Russia. As a result, oil production and refining in Russia was reduced by 12%.

SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk emphasized that the special services work based on the threats and tasks of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Currently, one of the tasks is to "cut off oxygen" to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Criminal proceedings against the head of the Antimonopoly Committee

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have opened criminal proceedings against the head of the Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU), Pavlo Kyrylenko, under the articles on "declaring false information" and "illicit enrichment."

Earlier, journalists found his family's property and cars worth 70 million hryvnias ($1.78 million).

Poland expects to stop transit of Ukrainian grain

The Polish government hopes that the transit of Ukrainian grain will end after the beginning of April. Negotiations on the licensing system for trade in goods from Ukraine are also underway.

"I would also like to emphasize that as far as grain is concerned, we hope – we have talked to the Ukrainian side about this – that even the transit, primarily of corn and wheat, will practically end after April 1," said Polish Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman.

Iceland will provide about €2 million for shells for Ukraine

Iceland has announced that it will financially support the Czech Republic's initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, as well as purchase equipment for the Ukrainian army. The island country will allocate about €2 million for this purpose.

In addition, the Icelandic parliament is currently considering a document with a strategy for long-term support for Ukraine.

The situation in the energy sector in Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv city authorities have announced that they are forced to end the heating season ahead of schedule to reduce the load on the power grid after massive Russian attacks.

At the same time, the city's subway system has resumed operation despite the difficult situation with electricity supply.

Other news

• The Commander of the Ground Forces has resigned from his post.
• Another victim of the missile attack on Kryvyi Rih on March 12 died in hospital.
• The court will consider the decision to reinstate Judge Bohdan Lvov, who was found to have a Russian passport.
• The Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to confiscate the property of pro-Russian former official Dmytro Tabachnyk.
• The EU has already transferred 500,000 rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, and by the end of the year it will be more than a million, said the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell.