More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Mar 23, 2023, 11:51 AM EDT
Slovakia hands over 4 fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovakia has handed over four MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to Slovakian Defense Minister Jaro Nad.
The remaining aircrafts promised to Ukraine will be handed over in the following weeks, Nad said.
In response to the news, Russia accused NATO and the EU of continuing to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and seeking to prolong it.
"The Russian Federation considers the transfer of four fighter jets by Slovakia to Ukraine a destructive step that runs counter to the EU's rhetoric about seeking peaceful solutions," Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in a statement.
Adding, "The Russian Federation will measure its reaction with the specific military activities of NATO on the territory of Finland."
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
Mar 22, 2023, 11:01 AM EDT
1 dead, 33 injured in Zaporizhzhia missile strike
One person is dead and 33 others were injured after a missile strike hit the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, according to the head of Zaporizhzhia's regional military administration Yurii Malashko.
Among the victims are two children, who are 7 and 9 years old. Eleven adults were hospitalized, with four in serious condition, according to the secretary of the city council, Anatoly Kurtev.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
Mar 22, 2023, 9:34 AM EDT
Zelenskyy visits troops after night of Russian strikes
Chinese President Xi Jinping hadn't even left Moscow when the drones started exploding. It came a matter of hours after Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed they were the ones who wanted to make "peace" in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials say 21 lethal attack drones were launched overnight and into this morning by Russia, with 16 shot down by the Ukrainians.
An apartment block was hit in a town southeast of Kyiv, killing at least four people and injuring others, officials said. Russian officials claim Ukrainian soldiers were based there. The Ukrainians are calling it a "civilian" building.
A Ukrainian service member embraces Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 22, 2023.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Russian missiles later hit an apartment block in the heart of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.
And in an apparent repost to the geopolitical theatrics in Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited his troops on Wednesday in the eastern Donbas, not far from the embattled city of Bakhmut, according to his officials.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits a hospital near the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, March 22, 2023.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via AFP/Getty Images
Bakhmut has become a potent symbol of Ukrainian resistance and sacrifice and despite being surrounded on three sides Ukrainian forces inside the city are, after months of fighting there, still holding on.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awards a Ukrainian service member at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 22, 2023.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Zelenskyy's office released video of him addressing troops and also visiting injured soldiers in a military medical facility in the region. He told troops their "destiny was difficult but important" because they were fighting to save the motherland.
-ABC News' Tom Soufi-Burridge and Yulia Drozd
Mar 22, 2023, 8:32 AM EDT
Missile strikes residential building in Ukraine
A Russian missile struck an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Wednesday, injuring at least 18 people, officials said.
"This must not become 'just another day' in" Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter.
Paramedics and rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine March 22, 2023.
Stringer/Reuters
"The world needs greater unity and determination to defeat Russian terror faster and protect lives," he said.
The victims included two children, secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev said. Eleven adults were hospitalized, with four in serious condition, he said.