Bulgaria on Wednesday received the first of 16 new F-16 fighter jets from the United States, marking a major step in modernizing its air force and aligning its military capabilities with NATO standards.

A Russian air force Tupolev Tu-22M bomber crashed in Usolsky District, in eastern Russia 2,700 miles from Ukraine. It’s probably the fifth of the 139-foot, four-person bombers the Russians have lost in the 37 months since they widened their war on Ukraine.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says U.S. talks on Russia-Ukraine war are in a "deadlock," while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the parties are making progress.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is headed to Moscow for talks with his counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, as Russia and Ukraine discuss U.S.

Russia’s total combat losses since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have been estimated at 916,770, including 1,540 killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of GUR, said Russia fears an extended war would confine it to "forever remain a regional player" in Eastern Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his comments to a summit of European officials in Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Kharkiv region. A Russian drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv in the early hours of March 30 killed two civilians and wounded 35 others. Five children were among the wounded as Iranian-design Shahed drones struck residential areas and a hospital in Ukraine’s second largest city, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.