Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed a ​possible security partnership on Sunday with Jordan's King Abdullah over ‌defending against drone attacks amid rising tensions over the Iran conflict.

Ukrainska Pravda: Three civilians have been killed, including a 13-year-old boy, as a result of a Russian strike on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on the afternoon of 29 March.

The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. has reassured Ukraine that none of the military aid committed to Kyiv was redirected elsewhere, including to the Middle East, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told news agency Ukrinform in an interview published on March 29.

Ukrainska Pravda: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has told the European Commission he will block the 20th sanctions package against Russia unless the EU puts pressure on Ukraine to resume the transit of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline.

Reuters: Russia's Baltic Ust-Luga port, one of its largest petroleum export hubs, ​was damaged again on Sunday by a Ukrainian drone ‌attack which sparked a blaze later brought under control, Russian officials said.

Ukrainska Pravda: Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Tornado multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) base on the night of 28-29 March, destroying three BM-30 Smerch/Tornado-S MLRS and a transport-loader vehicle.

NBC News: Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on March 28 denied a report that Iranian forces destroyed a facility containing Ukrainian weapons and military personnel in Dubai.

Reuters: Ukraine on Saturday agreed to cooperate on defence with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travelled to both countries amid escalating tensions in the region.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas giant, Naftogaz, has lost two employees in one week as Russian strikes continue to tear through the company’s facilities, CEO Serhii Koretskyi on March 28.

United24 Media: Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed mobile launchers used to fire Shahed drones at the occupied Donetsk airport overnight, according to Suspilne on March 28.

Ukrainska Pravda: Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen has said his country will check whether weapons paid for by NATO countries for the Ukrainian army are actually reaching their intended destination.

The Moscow Times: Russian air attacks across Ukraine early Saturday killed at least four people and damaged critical infrastructure including a port and a maternity hospital, authorities said, as Russia pressed on with its war with Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian feminist group Pussy Riot staged a protest at American technology company Ubiquiti's Manhattan headquarters for "powering Russian war crimes," co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova reported on March 27.

The Kyiv Independent: In a sign of just how far Moscow's war is being felt inside Russia itself, bomb shelters are now appearing more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Ukraine in Cheboksary, the capital of Russia's Chuvashia Republic.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian Flamingo missiles struck the JSC Promsintez explosives production plant in Russia's Samara Oblast on the morning of March 28, Ukraine's General Staff reported. The "strategically important facility" produces over 30,000 metric tons of explosives for bombs and missiles annually.

Axios: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio when the U.S. would get tough on Russia during a G7 ministers meeting on Friday, sparking a sharp retort.

The Guardian: Intelligence agencies in Europe believe Russia is in the final stages of preparing to supply drones to Iran for use in its war with the US and Israel, according to a senior European official.

The Insider: On March 26, in the Swedish city of Sundsvall, police carried out searches at the Kubal aluminum plant, which is controlled by Russian industrial giant Rusal. Two of the plant's executives have been detained on suspicion of serious sanctions violations.

Politico: The US State Department has told allies that deliveries of munitions — especially Patriot air defense interceptors — could get disrupted.

The UK will urgently commit an additional £100 million (around $133 million) for air defence support to Ukraine, helping to defend the country from Russia’s relentless attacks.

Reuters: Russian energy company Novatek has suspended gas condensate processing and naphtha export loadings at its Ust-Luga complex following drone attacks causing a ‌fire at the facility.

Reuters: Russian oil producers have warned buyers they could declare force majeure on supplies from major Baltic Sea ports as Ukraine presses ahead with attacks on Russian ‌energy infrastructure.

Latvia’s Ministry of Defence reports that Russia is currently carrying out a large-scale, coordinated information operation against Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, claiming that the Baltic States are allowing their territories to be used for Ukrainian attacks against Russia.

Reuters: Ukraine and Saudi Arabia signed ​an agreement on ‌defence cooperation that lays the foundation for ​future contracts, technological ​cooperation and investments, President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ​on Friday.

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