11 March 2026
In the Donetsk region, Ukrainian FPV drones flew 50 kilometers behind Russian lines and struck logistics transport.
A Russian propagandist, Voenkor Kotenok, released footage of the strikes.
The video shows FPV drones first hitting a UAZ Bukhanka and then a truck cab.
As a result of the Ukrainian drone strike, a Russian military driver was killed in the cab.
Voenkor Kotenok stated that the Ukrainians had taken control of the “low sky” and switched to new frequencies in an attempt to circumvent electronic warfare (EW) measures.
“The situation is complicated. FPVs are trying to disrupt our logistics already on the outskirts of Donetsk,” the propagandist wrote.
Ukrainian journalist and military officer Yurii Butusov said that the videos were filmed in the area of the Yasinuvata junction of the Donetsk ring road.
“The distance to the front line is about 50 km,” Butusov said.
In military jargon, “small sky” refers to the low airspace above the battlefield, usually at altitudes of up to several hundred meters above the ground.
Russian military drivers of logistics trucks eliminated by FPV drones. March 2026. Photo credits: Voenkor Kotenok
Thus, Ukrainian long-range FPV drones can bypass Russian electronic warfare systems, which often fail to detect them at ultra-low altitudes.
In fact, this is something like a local advantage in the air, but specifically at low altitudes, where drones operate.
Ukrainian drones hunt Russian logistics. March 2026. Photo credits: Voenkor Kotenok
On March 9, in the skies over Russia and occupied Crimea, the Russian military reported that they had detected 754 drones in a single day — a new record.
Brussels has plan to provide Ukraine with €30bn despite veto by Hungary and Slovakia – Politico
Brussels has a plan to provide Ukraine with at least part of the financing it needs, even if Hungary and Slovakia continue to block final approval of a €90 billion loan.
Source: Politico, a Brussels-based politics and policy news organisation, citing its sources; European Pravda
Details: Two European diplomats told Politico that the European Union has a plan to provide Ukraine with at least part of the financing it requires for defence and all its other needs if approval of the €90 billion loan remains deadlocked.
At a Brussels summit next week, EU leaders still hope to persuade Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico to stick to their initial promise made at a December summit to approve a €90 billion loan for Ukraine. However, if those hopes do not materialise, the Baltic states and Northern European countries have a plan to provide Ukraine with the funds it needs for essential expenditure at least for the first half of 2026.
Another source involved in the discussions told Politico that the total amount under consideration is €30 billion in the form of bilateral loans, which would accordingly not require a centralised EU decision.
In addition, Dutch Finance Minister Eelco Heinen reportedly told his peers that The Hague plans to provide Ukraine with €3.5 billion in bilateral support until 2029.
The idea of providing funds in a bilateral format was discussed even before the December summit. At that time, preference was given to pressing ahead with the EU loan decision because the alternative would undermine the impression of European solidarity and highlight deep divisions within the EU. However, in a situation where time is running out, Ukraine needs money and some certainty, and while Orbán is standing his ground, this is becoming almost the only option.
Several sources told Politico that, as of now, Ukraine has enough money to cover urgent needs until early May, after the IMF approved a US$8.1 billion loan at the end of February and immediately provided a US$1.5 billion tranche. Without this, the money would have run out by the end of March, leaving Ukraine in a very vulnerable position.
In European capitals friendly to Ukraine and in Kyiv, there is still hope that Orbán will lose the election on 12 April because opinion polls give every reason to hope for this. His opponent, Peter Magyar, is unlikely to categorically block a joint EU loan, especially if Russian oil transit through Druzhba resumes or if the EU offers incentives, such as unfreezing currently frozen European funds for Hungary or approving Budapest’s request for €16 billion through the SAFE programme.
If Orbán stays in power, the EU hopes he will eventually relent because he will no longer have such an obvious reason to do so as he does now, when he has made anti-Ukrainian rhetoric central to his election campaign.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is considered a smaller obstacle than Orbán.
Background: On 10 March, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU will eventually provide Ukraine with €90 billion “one way or another”.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brussels-has-plan-to-provide-ukraine-with-30bn-despite-veto-by-hungary-and-slovakia-politico/ar-AA1YfwM5
This got “binned” because it contained the sequence ‘b’, ‘e’, ‘r’, ‘t’ (a.k.a. “the muppet who may not be named”).
After it didn’t show up, I reposted with the ‘b’ replaced by a Cyrillic character – Roьert.
I guess someone noticed it and recovered it. Thanks.
Bert? THE Bert? Bert, as in the muppet Bert who used to be on here as Bert? That Bert?
Yes, that Bert.
I replied, “Yes, that B-e-r-t.”, and it didn’t show up.
(It’s already been determined that the restriction doesn’t apply to users who have privileges on the site; someone else confirmed that they see the same restriction, so it’s not just me.)
> I replied, “Yes, that B-e-r-t.”,
(Without the dashes)
To tell you the truth, Larry, this situation is stupid and childish.
I agree, but there’s nothing that I can do about it. (Unless someone wants to make me an editor…)
Brussels has plan to provide Ukraine with €30bn despite veto by Hungary and Slovakia – Politico
Brussels has a plan to provide Ukraine with at least part of the financing it needs, even if Hungary and Slovakia continue to block final approval of a €90 billion loan.
Source: Politico, a Brussels-based politics and policy news organisation, citing its sources; European Pravda
Details: Two European diplomats told Politico that the European Union has a plan to provide Ukraine with at least part of the financing it requires for defence and all its other needs if approval of the €90 billion loan remains deadlocked.
At a Brussels summit next week, EU leaders still hope to persuade Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Roьert Fico to stick to their initial promise made at a December summit to approve a €90 billion loan for Ukraine. However, if those hopes do not materialise, the Baltic states and Northern European countries have a plan to provide Ukraine with the funds it needs for essential expenditure at least for the first half of 2026.
Another source involved in the discussions told Politico that the total amount under consideration is €30 billion in the form of bilateral loans, which would accordingly not require a centralised EU decision.
In addition, Dutch Finance Minister Eelco Heinen reportedly told his peers that The Hague plans to provide Ukraine with €3.5 billion in bilateral support until 2029.
The idea of providing funds in a bilateral format was discussed even before the December summit. At that time, preference was given to pressing ahead with the EU loan decision because the alternative would undermine the impression of European solidarity and highlight deep divisions within the EU. However, in a situation where time is running out, Ukraine needs money and some certainty, and while Orbán is standing his ground, this is becoming almost the only option.
Several sources told Politico that, as of now, Ukraine has enough money to cover urgent needs until early May, after the IMF approved a US$8.1 billion loan at the end of February and immediately provided a US$1.5 billion tranche. Without this, the money would have run out by the end of March, leaving Ukraine in a very vulnerable position.
In European capitals friendly to Ukraine and in Kyiv, there is still hope that Orbán will lose the election on 12 April because opinion polls give every reason to hope for this. His opponent, Peter Magyar, is unlikely to categorically block a joint EU loan, especially if Russian oil transit through Druzhba resumes or if the EU offers incentives, such as unfreezing currently frozen European funds for Hungary or approving Budapest’s request for €16 billion through the SAFE programme.
If Orbán stays in power, the EU hopes he will eventually relent because he will no longer have such an obvious reason to do so as he does now, when he has made anti-Ukrainian rhetoric central to his election campaign.
Slovak Prime Minister Roьert Fico is considered a smaller obstacle than Orbán.
Background: On 10 March, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU will eventually provide Ukraine with €90 billion “one way or another”.
I wish to see a plan to dump tha trash country from EU membership. I’m sick and tired of this ludicrous, non-stop clown show. Von der Leyen is a complete loser.
Good news! Hungary returned two seized armoured bank vehicles to Ukraine.
Bad news – Hungary kept the cash and gold.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hungary-returns-seized-ukrainian-bank-vehicles-withholds-cash-and-gold/ar-AA1Yu8MR
More bad news; the EU is doing shit about their criminal behavior.
Hungary protests to Kyiv after Russian reports of “Ukrainian attack” on TurkStream facility
Budapest has claimed there have been “serious attacks” on Hungary’s sovereignty after Russia asserted that Ukrainian forces had struck a compressor station that is part of the TurkStream gas pipeline infrastructure.
Source: Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, on X (Twitter) on the evening of 11 March, as reported by European Pravda
Quote: “Ukraine has now attacked the infrastructure of TurkStream in Russia, which guarantees Hungary’s gas supply. Without TurkStream, Hungary simply cannot be supplied with gas safely from a geographical and physical standpoint. Ukraine’s oil blockade through the Druzhba pipeline and this strike against TurkStream are serious attacks on our sovereignty.”
Background:
・On 11 March, the Russian energy giant Gazprom claimed that its facilities supporting the TurkStream gas pipeline, particularly the Russkaya compressor station in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, had come under an aerial attack.
・Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that the Ukrainian strikes on the compressor station were intended “to stop gas supplies to European consumers” and that ten fixed-wing attack drones had been shot down there between the night and daytime hours of 11 March.
・On 11 March, a Hungarian delegation arrived in Ukraine to assess the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the delegation has no official status or scheduled official meetings.
・Later, a document appeared confirming that the Ukrainian side has not agreed to the visit in the form proposed by Budapest.
・Hungary and Slovakia are known to believe that the transit of Russian oil through Druzhba has not resumed because of a political decision by Ukraine rather than damage to its infrastructure caused by Russian strikes. On this basis, they have been blocking a number of important EU decisions for Ukraine.
・The Hungarian government has also effectively acknowledged that the incident involving the detention of Oschadbank cash-in-transit guards near Budapest and the seizure of valuables they were transporting from Austria to Ukraine was retaliation over Druzhba.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hungary-protests-to-kyiv-after-russian-reports-of-ukrainian-attack-on-turkstream-facility/ar-AA1YsZ0t
> “serious attacks” on Hungary’s sovereignty
The attack was on ruSSian territory – how is that “Hungary’s sovereignty”?
“Without TurkStream, Hungary simply cannot be supplied with gas safely”
Hey dipshit – you had 4 years to make other arrangements.
Never mind this puddle of mud and piss, Larry, they are professional liars and crybabies, just like their mafia masters.