Replacement of NSDC secretary, strike on another Russian landing ship: highlights of March 26

Strike on Russian landing ship Kostiantyn Olshanskyi

The Ukrainian military fired a Neptune missile at the Kostiantyn Olshanskyi landing ship. After the occupation of Crimea, the ship was idle for a long time in the bay of Sevastopol, where it was dismantled for spare parts. However, it was later restored in an attempt to pass it off as one of the previously damaged ships.

According to the Ukrainian Navy spokesperson, the damage to the Kostiantyn Olshanskyi is currently being clarified, but it is known that it is "definitely not in a state of combat readiness."

Change of the NSDC secretary

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Oleksiy Danilov from the post of secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, a position he had held since 2019. He will be transferred to another area, but it is not yet known where exactly.

Danilov himself thanked the president "for his trust and the opportunity to be involved in writing the Great History at the moment of the greatest challenge and the greatest uplift," and added that "we have been working and will continue to work" for Ukraine.

Oleksandr Lytvynenko, formerly the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, was appointed the new secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

Ihor Yukhnovskyi passes away

Ihor Yukhnovskyi, the first vice prime minister of Ukraine in 1992-1993, theoretical physicist, MP of four convocations, and co-founder of the Institute of National Remembrance, has died at the age of 98.

He was the author of about 500 scientific articles, seven monographs and textbooks, and was also involved in politics. It was he who came up with the idea of the referendum on December 1, 1991, which cemented Ukraine's independence.

New tranche from the IMF

Ukraine has received $880 million from the International Monetary Fund. This is the third such transfer of financial support under the EFF program, a 48-month agreement for Ukraine with access to $15.6 billion, which is part of a larger $122 billion support package aimed at strengthening fiscal, external, price and financial stability.

General Syrskyi helped expose FSB agent

A lieutenant colonel worked in the Khortytsia strategic operational troop grouping and provided the Russian FSB with all the intelligence information collected by the Ukrainian military. He was detained with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.

The exposed soldier is a native of Volyn Oblast. According to the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, the agent worked for the Russian special service "ideologically" without receiving any money for his work.

Other news

• In the United States, a cargo ship crashed into a bridge, collapsing it. Missing people are being searched for in the water.
• President Zelenskyy appointed a new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
• The head of the SBU Vasyl Malyuk was put on the wanted list in Russia.
• In Kyiv, a woman was not allowed to enter a hotel shelter during an air raid alert. The hotel claims that it does not have enough beds.
• Ukraine may receive twice as much ammunition from the Czech initiative as initially stated.
• NATO is considering shooting down missiles on approach to the Alliance's borders, the Polish Foreign Ministry reported.