Ukraine liberates 'almost' entire region & Trump to ease Russian sanctions after Putin call

Day 1,475.

Today, as President Donald Trump speaks with Vladimir Putin and reportedly offers to ease sanctions on Russian oil amid surging global energy prices linked to his war in Iran, we examine the latest developments on the battlefield as Ukraine claims to have liberated “almost all” of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Then we bring you the latest from Europe, followed by a dispatch from northern Ukraine, where communities continue to endure repeated Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.

Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

An Air-Campaign Primer (Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic): 

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/air-campaign-military-primer/686294/?gift=KGDC3VdV8jaCufvP3bRsPqEbYdfKy52g6Ojp5VlDiRo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/x-suspends-accounts-massive-scale-manipulation-attempts-russia 

Ukraine Helps U.S. Bases in the Mideast With Stopping Drones (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/world/middleeast/ukraine-shahed-drone-middle-east.html 

Ministry of Defence changes approach to drone procurement: demand will be generated automatically based on frontline data (MOD):

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/ministry-of-defence-changes-approach-to-drone-procurement-demand-will-be-generated-automatically-based-on-frontline-data

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