Russian drone attack damages port and transport infrastructure in Odesa region
Russian strike drones caused damage to port and transport facilities.
03 March 2026
Russian strike drones caused damage to port and transport facilities.
There were 152 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past day, including 40 attacks by the occupiers on the Huliaipole sector.
The Russian army attacked the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and artillery.
The drones hit the embassy compound, causing a fire and damage.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the Special Operations Forces, destroyed the Russian Kasta radar station in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, fragments of a downed drone damaged the windows of apartment buildings and vehicles.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, spoke with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, regarding a drone strike on a British airbase in the country.
02 March 2026
Russia has reason to be concerned about the possible loss of an important ally in the Iranian government, although certain aspects of the escalation in the Middle East play into the Kremlin's hands.
The Persian Gulf countries could significantly strengthen their protection against Iranian Shahed drones by drawing on Ukraine's experience in building a comprehensive counter-UAV system that includes early warning, electronic warfare, and various interception tools.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is aware that Croatia proposed supplying oil to Hungary, but the Hungarian government declined the proposal.
Russia will not be able to provide substantial assistance to Iran because all of its combat-capable forces are engaged in the war against Ukraine.
In February, within the operational zone of the Southern Group of Forces, Russian troops conducted 908 attacks on the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces and significantly increased the intensity of strikes using various types of weapons.
The number of people injured as a result of the strike on a suburban train in the Kryvyi Rih district has increased to ten.
The Russian army carried out a UAV strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the Chuhuiv community of the Kharkiv region, leaving one settlement without electricity and causing water supply problems in the administrative center of the community.
The number of people injured as a result of Russia’s attack on the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to nine.
Units of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces have liberated nine settlements on the Oleksandrivka axis.
A Russian drone struck a suburban electric train in Kryvyi Rih Raion, leaving one person dead and several others injured.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has announced that new decisions aimed at strengthening the country's defense will be introduced in the near future.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck a long-range space communications center, a number of air defense assets, and concentrations of Russian personnel.
Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in the Donetsk region as a result of the morning shelling of Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he has not received any request from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer regarding the involvement of Ukrainian experts to shoot down Iranian drones in the Persian Gulf.
Russian troops are conducting a rotation, replenishing units and preparing them for limited assault operations across several areas of the southern front. Still, a large-scale spring offensive is not expected at this time.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the key targets of Russia's new strikes will be the water supply and logistics infrastructure.
In the island part of the Kherson region, the enemy continues drone and artillery strikes, but the Defense Forces maintain control of the situation and destroy attempts by the adversary to move.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that despite the difficult security situation in the UAE, the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia planned for March 5–8 in Abu Dhabi has not been canceled so far.
In Odesa, damage to two households was recorded as a result of the Russian drone attack.
In Odesa, damage to two households was recorded as a result of the Russian drone attack.
Drones of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), jointly with other components of the Defense Forces, help to creare explosions at military and oil facilities of the port of Novorossiysk that are involved in the war against Ukraine.
Ukraine's National Guard says the intensity of combat engagements has increased in the Huliaipole sector, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces have managed to stabilize the situation and are carrying out counterstrike operations.
The Russian invaders are facing logistical and management difficulties due to the shutdown of Starlink.