Watch: ‘We can stroll and chew gum on the identical time’: CIA chief claims Iran warfare is not going to have an effect on US coverage in Ukraine – regardless of easing Russian oil sanctions
Bryony Gooch19 March 2026 00:00
Sean Penn will get Oscar comprised of blown-up Ukrainian practice after skipping ceremony to go to Kyiv
Sean Penn awarded Oscar comprised of blown-up Ukrainian practice after visiting Kyiv
Sean Penn was given an “Oscar” constructed from items of a Ukrainian practice destroyed by the Russians, after he skipped the ceremony to go to Kyiv. On Sunday (15 March), the 65-year-old was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another. However, he was noticeably absent from the star-studded occasion, as an alternative selecting to go to Ukraine and meet with Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he has struck up a friendship. In a video posted by Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, the CEO of Ukrainian Railways, Penn seems emotional as he receives the make-shift statuette. “You’re missing the Oscars… So we made this one,” Pertsovskyi told Penn.
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 23:00
Ukraine’s military hits Russian military transport planes producer, Kyiv says
Ukraine’s military struck a Russian plant producing military transport and cargo planes in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Wednesday.
It said in a statement that the attack took place on March 16 and targeted the Aviastar plant, part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation. The plant produces Ilyushin-76MD-90A military transport planes, Ilyushin-78M-90A refueling planes and provides maintenance for “Ruslan” cargo planes.
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 22:00
Watch: Starmer says ‘focus must remain’ on European conflict after meeting Zelensky
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 21:00
Merz: Germany will be involved in negotiating security guarantees for Ukraine when time comes
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he’s told US president Donald Trump that Germany will be “directly involved” in negotiating security guarantees for Ukraine when the time comes.
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 20:00
UK ‘in conversations’ with Ukraine over Zelensky’s offer to help defend Britain and allies from Iran missiles and drones
The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley reports
The head of the Royal Navy, general Sir Gwyn Jenkyns, has said today that the UK was ‘in conversations” with Ukraine over president Volodymyr Zelensky’s provide to assist defend British and allied pursuits within the Gulf from Iranian missile and drone assaults.
The provide, made this week in London, represented a shift in Ukraine’s standing as a sufferer of Russia’s invasion to a nation that might assist defend allies around the globe on account of years of pioneering drone warfare.
“We are in conversation with the Ukrainians. They’ve got a lot to teach us about this kind of scenario, and I think it’s fantastic that despite the fact that they’re suffering an egregious illegal invasion from Russia and losing 1000s of people in their conflict, that they’re willing to step forward and try and help the rest of the world in the situation in the Gulf. That is something to be celebrated.”
“Whether or not it is really the potential from Ukraine, or the teachings on the way you quickly develop functionality in a excessive risk atmosphere, it’s positively one thing that we’re making use of to this situation already, and we have got the expertise that Ukraine have given us to be glad about that,” Sir Gwyn, a former Royal Marine and Special Forces officer, said.
Joe Middleton18 March 2026 19:23
Ukraine faces missile shortage due to war in Iran, says Zelensky
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 19:00
In pictures: A fire burns at an apartment building following an attack in Krasnodar, Russia
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 18:00
Watch: Hundreds of Ukrainian military experts helping response in Middle East, says Zelensky
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 17:00
Russia says Polish court decision to extradite Russian archaeologist has no legal basis
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that a Polish court decision to extradite a Russian archaeologist had no legal basis and that Moscow would work for his swift return to Russia.
A Warsaw court decided on Wednesday that Alexander Butyagin should be extradited to Ukraine, where he is accused of involvement in unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea, his lawyer said.
Butyagin is an employee of the renowned Hermitage museum in St Petersburg.
Bryony Gooch18 March 2026 16:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-starmer-zelensky-b2940705.html