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The Ukrainian TV presenter, KVN comedian and “League of Laughter” contestant Oleksandr Zamsh has died. He was 41. His family have already announced the date, time and venue of the funeral.
OpenAI has made the GPT-5.4 mini model available to users of the free tier of ChatGPT and the Go plan. For Free and Go users, access is via the ‘Thinking’ option in the ‘+’ menu, whilst for other users, mini will serve as a fallback option once GPT-5.4 Thinking limits have been exhausted
As of early March 2026, the Unified Register of Debtors contained over 9.5 million entries. Over the course of the year, the register grew by more than 514,000 new debts, with the majority of cases relating to fines for traffic offences, administrative offences and recoveries in favour of the state.
The Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv has sentenced a resident of Kryvyi Rih to six years’ imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman. Following the pronouncement of the sentence, the man was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo has announced the launch of its own solution for faster substation restoration. The company is the first distribution system operator in Ukraine to introduce a complete 6–10 kV outdoor switchgear assembly, designed in-house.
The appearance of Banksy’s works in the Kyiv region following the de-occupation has become one of the key developments in a new Reuters investigation into the identity of the world’s most famous anonymous street artist. The agency reports that it was the Ukrainian lead that helped advance the search for the person believed to be behind this pseudonym.
In early March 2026, Ukrainians’ confidence in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rose following a significant drop in February. According to data from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), 62% of those surveyed now trust the head of state, whilst 32% do not.
Egypt has reported a sharp drop in revenue from the Suez Canal amid the security crisis in the Red Sea. According to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the country has lost around $10 billion as shipping companies are withdrawing their vessels from this route en masse.
The SBU has reported the arrest in the Kharkiv region of a man suspected of gathering intelligence to prepare a new Russian strike on one of Ukraine’s largest thermal power stations. According to the investigation, the suspect was tasked with assessing the condition of the facility following previous attacks and checking for the presence of air defence systems in the vicinity.
In Cork, Ireland, police are investigating the murder of a 31-year-old Ukrainian national who, after being stabbed near his home, managed to make it back to his flat but died in front of his wife. The police are treating the case as a murder, and the victim’s family has been temporarily relocated.
The International Monetary Fund has expressed concern over Ukraine’s ability to continue receiving funding under the $8.1 billion package, as the Verkhovna Rada is delaying the adoption of amendments without which new tranches could be blocked. This relates, in particular, to tax amendments for businesses and households, which parliament must approve by the end of March
A nationwide flash mob, #LinaHappyToLiveNearby, has been launched in Ukraine to mark Lina Kostenko’s birthday. Participants are invited to post videos of themselves reading her poetry on social media or to share their favourite lines from the poet’s works.
