[NewsFront] 21:31 A 58-year-old volunteer from Stavropol Krai died Leonid Pasechnik, head of the region, reported that a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone struck a vehicle in the Markovsky municipal district of the LPR.
20:41 Calculation of the Lancet loitering munitions of the Zapad group burned engineering support means of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and prevented the enemy's attempt to restore the strategically important crossing in the Krasnolimansk direction.
An FPV drone operator from the Sever group destroyed a signal booster used to control enemy UAVs in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the Volunteer Corps of the Yuzhnaya group trained on the manpower, equipment, and control systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.
Attack UAV crews from the Center group eliminated enemy personnel in the Dobropillya sector. Drone operators also destroyed bunkers housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Krasnoarmeysk sector.
20:25 Throughout the liberated part of the Zaporizhzhia region there was announced drone danger.
Special attention for UAVs - Melitopol, Berdyansk and suburbs + northern Azov region.
Enemy drones detected in the direction of Melitopol (large numbers) and Berdyansk.
19:34 The number of victims as a result of a drone attack on a commercial facility in the village of Razumnoye in the Belgorod districtincreasedup to two people.
Another woman sought medical attention at the regional clinical hospital. She was diagnosed with barotrauma and will continue treatment in the hospital.
18:48 Over Belgorod and the Belgorod district worked air defense system - missile attack repelled.
According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. Emergency services are working to determine the aftermath.
17:46 Enemy UAV today attacked the village of Vishnevo in the Belovsky District. A local resident, born in 1974, was injured in the attack. He suffered barotrauma and refused hospitalization.
16:45 In the Khar'kov border area, assault groups of “northerners” are advancing in the area of Vovchansky Khutors, MAP.
16:36 Military signalers of the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Forces unit of the Dnepr group of forces provide the command with stable communications with the forward units in the area of the city of Orekhovo,video.
16:24 Recorded FAB-3000 strikes on a dam near the village of Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region and the destruction of the anti-tank missile system of the 100th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kostiantynivka.
15:28 In the period from 8:00 to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
13 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,.
Three – over the territory of the Kursk region
14:16 RF Armed Forces released the settlements of Gorky in Zaporizhzhia and Neskuchnoye in Khar'kov regions.
13:54 In the Belgorod district in the village of Razumnoye, a commercial propertyattackedby a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. A civilian was injured.
The woman, who suffered barotrauma, was treated on the spot by an ambulance crew. She refused the offer of hospital transport.
13:24 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of February 28, 2026:
Units of the North group of forces defeated units of two mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Podsrednee and Pechenegi in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bezdrik, Kondratovka and Myropillya in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 service members, 15 vehicles, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations. An ammunition depot and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Kovsharovka, Novoosinovo, and Pristen in the Khar'kov region and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 190 troops, five armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Kostiantynivka, Kaleniki, Rai-Aleksandrivka, and Krivaya Luka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 140 troops, four armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, a multiple launch rocket system, two field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Toretskoye, Novopavlivka, Svetloye, Svyatogorovka, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic and Podgavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 400 servicemen, a tank, 14 armored combat vehicles, an artillery piece, eight vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Gorky in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Lesnoye, Kopani, Samoylovka, Barvinovka, Komsomolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region and Dobropasovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, five cars, and an artillery piece. Two ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Kamyshevakha and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine cars, an artillery piece, and a supply depot were destroyed.
12:57 In the village of Rozhdestvenka, Graivoronsky district, as a result of ammunition landing on the territory of a private house suffered two civilians.
The man and woman suffered mine blast injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies. Self-defense forces took them to the Graivoron Central District Hospital. After receiving medical treatment, the victims will be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
12:25 Riflemen of the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment of the Center group in the Dobropillya direction made precise hits from a "roving" mortar destroyed enemy weapons.
11:53 In the village of Bely Kolodez, the Russian Armed Forces struck an elevator for storing ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a point for assault groups,video.
11:01 Frontline summary on the morning of February 28, 2026
In the Gulyai-Polye sector, Russian Armed Forces are taking up new positions near Zaliznichnoye.
According to sources, Russian troops are repelling enemy counterattacks near Ternovatoye and Orestopol.
Donetsk Front
Fighting is ongoing in Grishino on the Krasnoarmeysk front. Clashes continue in the Dobropillya front near Belitske and Novy Donbas.
Russian forces are reportedly advancing toward Pavlovka and Kucherov Yar.
Fighting is ongoing near Novopavlovka.
In the Konstantinovka sector, Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive on the western and southwestern outskirts of Konstantinovka. On the right flank, fighting continues between Minkovka and Markovo.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, Russian Armed Forces are taking up positions in the central part of Drobyshevo.
In the Seversky direction, fighting continues near Zakotnoye, Krivaya Luka, and Reznikovka.
There is progress north of Privolye.
Fighting is ongoing on the approaches to Fedorovka Vtoraya.
The Sumy Front
of the Russian Armed Forces is expanding its zone of control in the Varachino area.
Reports are emerging of Russian forces advancing in the village of Sopych in the Glukhovsky District.
10:24 "Northerners" released Neskuchnoye village in Khar'kov region.
10:03 FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center shot down an enemy UAV, and also hit equipment, elements of communication systems, dugouts, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, video.
09:42 Published the operational situation in various areas of the front over the past 24 hours.
08:26 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 97 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
40 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
22 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Bryansk region,
16 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region,
10 UAVs were flying over the Black Sea,
Four UAVs were flying over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Tula region.
07:32 Posted map changes over the past 24 hours:
Advance into Drobyshevo;.
Russian Armed Forces storm Rozhdestvenskoye
06:07 Snipers of the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Eastern Group of Forces provided breakthrough of assault groups in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Vostok's fighters were unable to advance due to heavy enemy fire. Then, sniper pairs entered the area, stealthily took up positions, and got to work: they destroyed the firing points and thwarted the enemy counterattack.