Trump rejected Zelensky's drone defense offer

Donald Trump said the United States does not need assistance from Ukraine in strengthening anti-drone defenses amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Speaking in an interview with Fox News aired on March 13, Trump said: “No, we don't need (Ukraine's) help in drone defense. We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world.”

The remarks contrast with earlier statements by Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Kyiv had agreed to Washington’s request to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan. Zelensky also said more than 10 countries had asked Ukraine for assistance related to drone interception technology and training, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Ukraine has offered to share its combat experience with drone warfare with the United States in exchange for additional missile defense systems. The Trump administration reportedly rejected an earlier proposal during Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House last August.

Ukraine has faced large-scale drone attacks from Russia throughout the war, with Moscow launching an estimated 150–200 drones daily. According to Zelensky, nearly 19,000 strike drones were launched against Ukraine between December 2025 and February 2026, mostly Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs.

Swiss ruling strengthens Ukraine’s push to extract billions from Russia's Gazprom

Naftogaz has won a legal case against Gazprom in a Swiss court, clearing the way for the Russian energy giant to pay more than $1.4 billion in debt.

The dispute began in 2022 after Gazprom refused to fully pay the Ukrainian company for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine via an alternative route during logistical disruptions caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. An international arbitration tribunal awarded Naftogaz $1.37 billion in June 2025, but Gazprom attempted to overturn the ruling in Switzerland.

The court rejected Gazprom’s appeal and confirmed the validity of the arbitral award. It also ordered the company to cover additional legal costs of 450,000 Swiss francs (about $571,000), plus interest, bringing the total amount owed to more than $1.4 billion.

Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz, said Switzerland’s highest court had definitively dismissed Russia’s arguments and confirmed the arbitration decision. He added that Naftogaz will continue working to enforce the ruling and pursue other legal proceedings against Russia.

Ukrainian authorities hope to recover up to $6.9 billion in arbitration damages from Gazprom, including about $5 billion in losses related to assets seized during Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.

Crimes commited by two Russian soldiers during occupation of Bucha district exposed

Investigators have identified a Russian soldier suspected of threatening a woman and her children during the occupation of Kyiv Oblast in 2022. According to Kyiv Oblast police, the soldier forced the family to leave their home while threatening to kill them. He has now been served with a notice of suspicion.

Law enforcement officers said the suspect served in the Volki battalion of the 16th Brigade of Main Intelligence Directorate and was stationed in the village of Kachaly in the Bucha district during the occupation. In March 2022, he and other Russian soldiers reportedly carried out raids on local homes. In one case, the soldier threatened to kill a woman and her underage children unless they left their house so Russian forces could occupy it.

Police also reported that another Russian soldier will be tried in absentia for raping a civilian woman in the temporarily occupied village of Andriivka. According to investigators, the soldier had earlier threatened to kill a man in the village in order to suppress resistance before committing the assault.

Both suspects are charged under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for war crimes involving cruel treatment of civilians, which carries a sentence of eight to twelve years in prison. Investigators added that a police officer from the Russian city of Omsk has also been served with a notice of suspicion for allegedly torturing civilians while running a detention facility in occupied Kherson.