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Russian strikes and French aid before 10 March 2025
Summary
A look back at the reports from the days around 10 March 2025: deadly attacks in Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts and a French military aid pledge funded by interest on Russian assets.
What did the reports reaching Kyiv and its partners show in the run-up to 10 March 2025? They described continued Russian strikes on civilian areas and a new French pledge of military support.
On 8 March 2025, a Russian ballistic missile struck Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast. It killed at least eleven people and injured 37 others. The same day, a Russian Shahed drone hit a business park in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, killing three people and wounding seven.
French funding pledge
On 9 March 2025, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu said France would use €195 million in interest from Russian assets to fund a military aid package for Ukraine. The announcement placed the French commitment alongside the reports of civilian casualties from the previous day.
Taken together, the reports from 8 and 9 March 2025 show two strands of the war as it stood on the eve of 10 March: attacks that killed and injured civilians in eastern Ukraine, and efforts by a European partner to channel money linked to Russian assets into military assistance for Kyiv.
