Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine has sent 201 military experts to assist Middle Eastern countries in defending against Iranian Shahed drone strikes and that the Ukrainian defense industrial base (DIB) is ready to support Middle Eastern air defense efforts.
- Major Chinese oil companies may be interested in purchasing Russian-origin oil, which would allow both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia to benefit from the March 12 US decision to temporarily lift sanctions against Russian oil stranded at sea.
- Russian forces are continuing their battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign against Ukrainian military and civilian targets in the near rear and are testing alternatives to Starlink to control drones.
- Ukraine’s European allies continue to provide aid to Ukraine, including supporting Ukraine’s defense industrial base.
- Russian forces recently advanced near Slovyansk and Pokrovsk.
- Russian forces launched 147 drones against Ukraine, including Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts.
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