[NewsFront] 21:52 In the period from 16:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
One over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Oryol region.
21:43 Military police fighters of the Center group discovered a weapons cache in a liberated DPR settlement. The cache was specially equipped for a Ukrainian Armed Forces sabotage group.
20:36 A target missile was launched from the corvette Boykiy, simulating an air attack. The crew of the small missile ship Burya detected the threat in time and began tracking it.
The ship's missile and artillery warhead specialists fired from the Pantsir-M system. The target destroyed with two missiles.
20:27 Assault units of the Guards "Center" took up new positions east of Grishino, MAP.
19:51 Artillerymen of the Vostok group they didn't allow the enemy to deploy a drone control system in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The reconnaissance aircraft detected enemy attempts to install antennas and ground control stations for the drones. The coordinates were quickly transmitted to the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint crew for precision strikes. The artillerymen performed flawlessly.
18:48 Military personnel of the Vostok group told on the liberation of the village of Rozhdestvenskoye.
17:58 Attack FPV drone crews struck manpower and heavy copters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk and Dobropillya directions.
Operators of attack UAVs of the Eastern Group of Forces destroyed antennas and control points for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Servicemen of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group of Forces shot down enemy heavy drones in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka area.
17:37 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Four UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,.
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region
16:07 Fighters from the 80th Motorized Rifle Brigade established control over the village of Bobylivka in the Sumy region. Before the assault began, active artillery crews and BPS troops of the group were used. They carried out precise strikes on the firing positions and reserves of Ukrainian militants.
12:40 On frames: objective control of the combat work of the UAV operators of the Northern Group.
12:30 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation released the village of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and also established control over the village of Bobylivka in the Sumy region.
12:25 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of March 3, 2026)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the North group of forces, control was established over the village of Bobylevka in the Sumy region.
Formations of two mechanized, motorized infantry and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rogozne, Khrapovshchina, Miropolye and Pokrovka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov region, units of the heavy mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Golubovka, Malinovka and Krugloe in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 205 service members, an armored personnel carrier, 23 vehicles, and a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit. Five ammunition depots and five supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Monachynivka, Novoosinovo, Vovchiy Yar, and Borovaya in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to 190 troops, three armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles, and five artillery pieces. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Kondratovka, Konstantinovka, Shabelkovka, Nikiforovka, Rai-Aleksandrovka, and Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 120 troops, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots and five 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 two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a Jaeger brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Belitske, Novopavlivka, and Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novohryhorivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 360 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, three armored combat vehicles, 14 cars and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of a mechanized and assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Dobropasovo and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Zelena Dibrova, Boykovo, Lyubitske, Barvinovka, and Verkhnyaya Tersa in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 350 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, nine cars, and an artillery piece. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr military group, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the village of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha and Malokaterinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
12:23 Crew of the T-90M "Proryv" tank of the 90th Guards Tank Division took apart positions and temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:17 In the Sumy region, the Russian Armed Forces crossed the border at another site and released Bobylevka.
09:34 Mortarmen of the 11th Army Corps of the North group destroyed point for the delivery of ammunition and food to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:31 The Russian Armed Forces crossed the border in the Glukhovsky district of the Sumy region and occupied Bobylevka, MAP.
08:23 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Five UAVs are flying over the Belgorod region.
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
07:34 Changes onmapover the past 24 hours:
Krugloe was liberated
Reznikovka was liberated
Advance north of Liman
Advance in the north of Primorsky
Expansion of the control zone in the Nikiforovka area
06:01 122mm BM-21 Grad crews of the West and Dnepr troop groups covered positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
They worked efficiently: they struck drone control points, artillery, and enemy manpower.