[Korrespondent] 23.59 Ukraine has found donors for its damaged thermal power plants in Europe: Latvia, Germany, Austria and five other Eastern European countries are ready to transfer units of decommissioned thermal power plants to Ukraine for rapid repair of the power system. This was announced by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.
19.06 In the battles for Berezove on the border of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, several Russian units suffered such significant losses that they actually lost combat capability and requested replacement. This was stated by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Vladislav Voloshyn in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine.
"According to our intelligence, as a result of the battles for the settlement of Berezove, located on the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, several Russian units suffered such losses that they actually lost combat capability. And the occupiers asked not even for personnel replenishment, but specifically for them to be withdrawn from there and replaced," Voloshyn noted.
Also, the enemy is currently relocating personnel from assault groups who were trained in training centers in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhia, Kherson regions, and Crimea.
19.05 The defense forces struck important elements of the air defense, military infrastructure, and UAV control points of the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18.43 In the Kyiv region, law enforcement officers exposed an officer of a territorial recruitment center who, for $4,000, promised a conscript to update his registration data and pass the military service without further mobilization. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
18.33 In the winter, due to bad weather, Ukrainian drones-interceptors of the "Shahed" type worked worse, so work is currently underway to improve them. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a conversation with journalists.
18.09 Ukraine is ready to cooperate with Middle Eastern countries on issues of protecting the sky from Iranian "Shahed" drones. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a briefing.
17.22 Since the beginning of the day, 42 clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders have taken place at the front. In most directions, enemy activity is minimal, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
16.50 The electricity deficit in Ukraine is up to 1 GW. This makes it possible to soften the outage schedules, said First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal at a briefing following the results of the NSDC meeting.
16.36 An FSB agent who was exposed in March 2022 while coordinating Russian air strikes on Odessa received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
16.29 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni expressed her concern over the current situation surrounding Iran, which arose during the crisis caused by Moscow's war against Ukraine, ANSA reports.
"I am concerned about the overall context: the crisis in international law that inevitably resulted from the war in Ukraine," she said.
16.13 The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine heard plans for energy sustainability of the regions, the implementation of which requires over 200 billion hryvnias. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced this at a briefing.
16.11 Russian troops struck the city of Chuguiv in the Kharkiv region. Five people were injured as a result of the shelling. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
15.49 During January and February 2026, the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched more than 40 strikes on oil and gas infrastructure facilities, the military-industrial complex, command posts, ammunition depots, equipment, and enemy manpower on the territory of Russia.
In particular, 13 refineries, oil depots, and other facilities of the Russian oil and gas complex were hit. Strikes on them weaken both the aggressor's economic capabilities to wage war and directly reduce fuel supplies to the Russian army.
On June 15, President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. It approved resilience plans for all Ukrainian regions and regional cities, except Kyiv, the head of state reported on Facebook.
14.14 Blogger Taisiya Malaman from Kyiv (known under the nickname Di.Rubens), who became "famous" for a scandalous video in 2021, where she chose the latter in a street poll between Ukraine and Russia, moved to the Russian Federation and has already been to the police station there several times. The pro-Russian "internet star" herself said this in Telegram.
Malaman claims that she was arrested in St. Petersburg when she confessed to a patrol officer that she was born in Kyiv.
13.55 A Russian agent was detained in Kropyvnytskyi, who, at the request of the FSB, registered Starlink satellite terminals under false names. The SBU reported this.
The 44-year-old local fraudster came to the attention of the Russians while looking for "easy money" in Telegram channels. After being recruited, the agent initially registered Starlink in his own name, supposedly for household needs.
13.46 The Cabinet of Ministers approved amendments to the resolution regulating the procedure for implementing a pilot project to strengthen air defense by involving volunteer formations of territorial communities.
The goal is to improve mechanisms for attracting volunteers and increase the overall effectiveness of countering air threats amid increasing enemy air attacks.
13.33 In Poltava, new suspicions have been reported in the case of embezzlement of budget funds during the arrangement of the honorary burial sector at the Zaturyn cemetery. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office.
According to the investigation, total losses exceed UAH 8 million.
13.08 In February, over 70% of Russian Shahed attack drones were destroyed by interceptor drones in Kyiv and its environs. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky.
12.28 The meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with representatives of the United States and Russia, which was planned for early March, has not been postponed due to the war in the Middle East. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
12.13 Belarus, together with Russia, is actively participating in the illegal export of agricultural products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, bypassing international sanctions. In 2025, more than 2 million tons of grain crops were exported from there. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on its Telegram channel.
12.02 The Defense Forces, during counterattack actions, liberated 460 sq. km of Ukrainian territory since the beginning of 2026. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
11.50 In Kyiv, suspicion was reported against three "hereditary clairvoyants" who made fortunes for 1.4 million hryvnias. They "predicted" the return of their husbands home to the wives of missing or dead soldiers.
Fortune tellers gave families of dead or missing soldiers hope of seeing their loved ones again and told stories that their husbands would certainly return. Depressed clients were subjected to psychological influence and asked again and again to "tell fortunes" to find out if their husbands were alive and when they would see them.
Thus, the wife of a deceased soldier, grieving the death of her husband, gave the fortune teller a total of almost one million hryvnias for help. Each time, the woman transferred from 6,000 to 50,000 hryvnias for consultations and assistance in removing curses and "cleansing karma."
11.38 SBI officers detained a serviceman who had abandoned his duty station. He was discovered after publicly mocking the national memorial to the fallen Heroes on Independence Square in central Kyiv. The SBI reported this on its website.
11.17 Russian troops attacked two women with a drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson, the press service of the regional military administration reported.
"Kherson women, 74 and 67 years old, received explosive injuries and shrapnel wounds to their limbs. The ambulance crew took the victims to the hospital in moderate condition," the report says.
In addition, the Russians attacked a car in Dar'ivka with a UAV. As a result of the enemy strike, a 66-year-old woman suffered a concussion, explosive and closed head injuries. She was provided with medical assistance on the spot.
The OVA also reported that a family that came under Russian shelling in the Korabelny district of Kherson yesterday afternoon went to the hospital. A 50-year-old woman, a 53-year-old man, and a 16-year-old girl were diagnosed with explosive injuries and contusions.
A man who was attacked by Russian drones in the Central District of Kherson yesterday afternoon also required medical attention. The 36-year-old man was diagnosed with a blast injury, concussion, and acute stress reaction.
10.55 A Russian FSB agent was detained in the Kharkiv region, who was trying to get a job at one of the district shopping centers. The SBU reported this.
After remote recruitment, the woman first worked on adjusting Russian air attacks on energy facilities in the Cherkasy region, and then worked for the Russians in Kramatorsk.
10.32 On Tuesday morning, new power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to attacks by Russian aggressors. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Where security conditions allow, emergency restoration work is already underway.
10.22 In the Kyiv region, a platoon commander of one of the military units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was exposed for misappropriating equipment used for combat duty and protecting the airspace of the region.
Instead of providing the unit with the necessary equipment, the military sold it. Among the stolen items were stationary computers, monitors of various sizes, and tablets with mobile Internet access. This equipment was to be used by mobile groups to repel Russian attacks.
The serviceman was charged with misappropriation of military property and abuse of office during martial law. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
09.34 Four people were injured as a result of the fall of Russian drone debris in the Poltava region on the morning of March 3. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Vitaliy Dyakivnych, on Telegram.
"This morning, debris from enemy UAVs was recorded falling in the Poltava district. Four people received moderate injuries," he wrote.
According to the head of the OVA, nearby buildings were also damaged, and relevant services are working on the ground.
09.17 On the night of March 3, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 136 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and other types of drones, about 80 of them "Shaheeds".
8.46 Over the past 24 hours, 152 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
8.33 Partisans carried out sabotage on the railway in occupied Luhansk, which was the only stable route for enemy logistics from the Russian Federation to the front line. The partisan movement ATESH reported this on its Telegram channel.
7.48 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 790 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its morning update on Facebook.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 127 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. Five strike UAVs were hit at three locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at three locations.
04.56 In the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, the windows of apartment buildings and cars were damaged by debris from a downed drone. There were no injuries.