[NewsFront] 21:36 On the Svatovo-Pervomaysk highway, a drone struck a civilian vehicle, killing a woman, the LPR government reported.
21:22 Throughout the liberated part of the Zaporizhzhia region announced a drone alert
Special attention for UAVs - Melitopol, Berdyansk and suburbs + northern Azov region.
Enemy drones have been detected in the direction of Melitopol and Berdyansk, as well as along the coast of the Russian (Azov) Sea.
20:42 Six municipalities are under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wounding a peaceful resident.
A 17-year-old girl was injured in a drone explosion in the city of Shebekino. An ambulance took her to the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a mine blast and a closed head injury. All necessary medical care is being provided.
19:57 From reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation dated March 5, 2026
The enemy's losses for the day were:
1,215 military personnel
22 armored vehicles, including two M113 armored personnel carriers and a Stryker armored personnel carrier
11 artillery systems
Vampire multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle
85 units of special vehicles
410 aircraft-type UAVs
Sevene electronic warfare stations (unspecified)
19:23 Artillerymen of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Group destroyed UAV control point together with enemy manpower in the Konstantinovsky direction.
Crews of 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns from the Vostok group destroyed fortified positions, shelters, and elements of engineering equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also disrupted their fire system in the Zaporizhzhia region.
16:39 Onframeswork with FAB-500 on a road bridge near the settlement of Pisantsy in Dnipropetrovsk region and a Ukrainian Armed Forces patrol vehicle near the settlement of Kolodezne in Khar'kov region.
16:32 In the period from 8:00 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Five over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Kursk region,
One over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
16:05 Posted footage of FAB-500 missiles working on a road bridge near the village of Pisantsy in the Dnipropetrovsk region and a Ukrainian Armed Forces patrol vehicle near the village of Kolodezne in the Khar'kov region.
15:23 In the Khar'kov region, south of the village of Volohovka in the Vovchansky district, another control point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAVs was destroyed by our drone operators, -video.
15:07 In the Slavyansk direction, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces was recorded north of Reznikovka, MAP.
14:16 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated servicemen of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment on the liberation of the village of Yarovaya in the Donetsk People's Republic.
14:13 The Russian National Guard is destroying enemy artillery far from the front line, video.
14:00 In the Sumy direction, in the area of the settlement of Rechki, reconnaissance groups of the Rubicon Center revealed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 2S22 "Bogdana" self-propelled artillery gun. After the coordinates were transmitted, the target was quickly destroyed.
13:17 Published footage of the destruction of the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the combat groups of the Rubicon Center near the village of Gurinovka.
13:05 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of March 5, 2026
Units of the "North" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the territorial defense brigade, and the border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Grabovskoe, Khotyn, Novaya Sich, Katerynivka, and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Staritsa, Vovchanskie Khutora and Grafskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 225 service members, three armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and eight supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Yarovaya in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Lozove, Yatskivka, Rubtsy, Sosnovoe, Svyatogorsk, Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novoegorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, and Druzhelyubovka of the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 180 troops, three armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, and two artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Lipovka, Kaleniki, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Nikiforovka, Krivaya Luka, Rai-Aleksandrovka, and Golubovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, five armored combat vehicles, including two M113 armored personnel carriers and a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, and four field artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and four supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a Jaeger brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Priyut, Grishino, Zolotoy Kolodez, Volne, and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka, Ivanovka, and Novopidgorodnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 345 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, 12 cars, a Czech-made Vampire multiple launch rocket system, and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized, airborne assault, and assault brigades, as well as two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, near the settlements of Velykomykhailivka, Kolomiytsi, Novoskelevatoe, and Pisantsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvizhevka and Boykove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 280 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, seven cars, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades near the villages of Novoyakovlevka and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 vehicles, an artillery piece, three electronic warfare stations and two supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings damaged energy and transport facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, sites for the preparation and launch of long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.
Air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 410 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Black Sea Fleet destroyed four unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
12:41 Russian Army took under the control of the settlement of Yarovaya in the DPR.
12:04 Specialists from the Antagonist group destroyed a British AS-90 self-propelled gun in the Kupyansk direction, video.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' fire brigade attempted to extinguish the AS-90, but the damage was critical: a fire broke out in the fighting compartment of the self-propelled gun.
11:41 Stavropol paratroopers showed how they liberated the village of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, video.
11:21 On the footage of objective control of hits with Geranium missiles on targets in the Khar'kov region.
11:01 In the Khar'kov region, in the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers ousted the Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving Kucherovka and are gradually consolidating their positions in this area. Fighting also continues in Podoli and north of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.
10:53 Rubicon destroys an artillery piece of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region, video.
10:06 Tonight "Geraniums"worked out» at targets in Krivoy Rog and Odessa region.
08:35 Posted operational information on the situation at the front over the past 24 hours.
08:15 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on March 4 to 7:00 Moscow time on March 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 76 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
33 – over the territory of the Saratov region,
17 – over the Black Sea,
10 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Nine – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Four – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
One – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
07:33 Published map changes over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the Novomarkovo area;
Enemy counterattack in Verolyubovka.
06:22 March 4, the North group of forces continues to create a security zone in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions, MAP.
06:02 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the 74th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in a forest belt in the Krasnoarmeysky direction.