Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported shooting down 148 of 154 Russian drones launched overnight on March 20–21, and said defenses intercepted 127 of 139 in a subsequent wave, though several strikes still hit targets.
- Officials said a Russian drone struck a house in the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a man and a woman and injuring at least six people, including two children.
- Regional authorities in Chernihiv reported widespread outages after an attack on an energy facility left much of the northern region without electricity, with repairs underway.
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 148 combat engagements over the latest 24 hours, citing 79 Russian airstrikes, 265 guided bombs and thousands of kamikaze drones concentrated in sectors including Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole.
- U.S. and Ukrainian delegations held what U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called constructive talks in Miami to revive the trilateral format, while the Kremlin’s Dmitry Peskov said the pause in such negotiations is expected to be temporary.