[Korrespondent] 22.14 On the evening of March 6, the Russians attacked the Kyiv region with drones. Damage was recorded in the Buchanan and Vyshgorod districts. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv regional military administration, Mykola Kalashnyk. It is noted that a private house and a car were damaged in the Buchanan district. In the Vyshgorod district - a private house and outbuildings.
21.50 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine on March 5 and on the night of March 6 inflicted a series of hits on enemy military facilities. A Ka-27 helicopter, the Iskander OTRK concentration area, air defense assets and other enemy targets were hit. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that as a result, elements of the enemy's air defense were hit - the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun complex in the Yakymivka area (TOT of the Zaporizhia region), the Toru anti-aircraft missile complex in the Volnovakha area (TOT of the Donetsk region), as well as the S-300 SAM launcher in the Strilkivka area (TOT of the Kherson region).
In addition, units of the Defense Forces inflicted damage on the area of ​​concentration of the Iskander operational-tactical missile complex of the 12th separate missile brigade in the Kurortne area (TOT of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), on the Vostochny training ground in the Novopetrivka area (TOT of the Zaporizhia region), as well as on the concentration of enemy manpower near Kolotylivka (Belgorod region, Russian Federation).
Enemy losses are being specified. Among other things, an ammunition storage warehouse in the Novooleksiivka area (TOT of the Kherson region) was hit. A technical observation post on the Sivash jack-up rig in the Black Sea was also struck. During the operations, a Ka-27 helicopter was additionally destroyed.
20.44 The General Staff confirmed the damage to two frigates of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the Novorossiysk base. The extent of the damage is being clarified.
"According to the results of an additional analysis of the damage inflicted on the Novorossiysk naval base in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2026, damage to two ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet - the frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov - has been confirmed," the report said.
18:44 Russian troops struck Mykolaiv with drones. This was reported by the head of the Mykolaiv regional military administration, Vitaly Kim.
"As a result of the attack by the shaheeds on the city, three men - 19, 23 and 42 years old - were injured," Kim noted.
18.35 On Saturday, electricity outage schedules will be in effect in some regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The electricity will start to be turned off from 08:00 in the morning, but not in all regions of Ukraine, energy experts noted.
17.48 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets appealed to his Russian colleague Tetyana Moskalkova with a demand to organize an urgent visit to 19 Ukrainian citizens abducted from the village of Sopych, Sumy region, and ensure their return to Ukraine.
"The Russians probably kidnapped and took away residents of the village of Sopych, Esman community in Sumy region. These are 19 citizens of Ukraine... I immediately appealed to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation with a demand to organize an urgent visit to the citizens of Ukraine, after the visit to inform me about their health status and conditions of detention, and most importantly - to ensure their speedy return home," he said.
17.38 President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Donetsk region and announced that the Russians are preparing an offensive there in the spring. The head of state said this in a video address.
17.01 Since the beginning of the day, Russian aggressors have organized 56 attacks on all 13 main directions of the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
The enemy is most actively trying to attack in the Kostyantynivka area, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting in the areas of seven settlements.
16.59 A court sentenced an FSB agent to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for preparing sabotage against officers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region. The SBU press service reported this.
16.13 US President's Special Representative Steve Witkoff commented on the exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia and stated that he expects progress in peace talks in the coming weeks. He wrote about this on the social network X. Work is underway to formulate a peace agreement that will end the war once and for all, he assured.
15.54 A resident of Chortkiv will be tried in the Ternopil region, who posed as a missing serviceman and took over 1 million hryvnias from his sister.
A previously convicted man learned from an acquaintance that her friend's brother was serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was missing. Taking advantage of the woman's vulnerable state, from May to July 2025 he posed as her brother and wrote to her on messengers in his name.
In the messages, the "brother" allegedly asked for help, which the accused offered to organize: to prepare documents for release from the unit due to the need to care for his uncle, transfer to another unit, purchase equipment and medicines, and arrange insurance payments in the event of injury or death.
For each such "help", he demanded money. The woman, under severe stress, repeatedly transferred the funds in cash and transferred them to bank accounts specified by the accused. In total, she lost more than 1 million hryvnias.
Realizing that there were no results and that her brother was not being helped, the victim contacted law enforcement three months later.
15.51 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law establishing a nationwide minute of silence at 9 a.m. at the state level. This was reported on the parliament's website. The law establishes the mandatory holding of a nationwide minute of silence as a ritual of gratitude, respect and remembrance. This is a daily commemoration of military personnel and members of volunteer formations who died defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as medical workers, police officers, rescuers, journalists, volunteers and civilians who became victims of the Russian Federation's armed aggression against Ukraine.
15.32 The Security Service and the National Police documented the war crimes of another Russian who tortured captured Ukrainian soldiers.
The perpetrator is Russian citizen Ruslan Kholtobin, an inspector of "correctional colony No. 10" in the Republic of Mordovia. From February 2023 to October 2025, he participated in the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were illegally imprisoned in a Russian prison.
It is documented how Holtobin, during morning and evening rounds of prison cells and the punishment cell, used electric shocks and rubber batons to beat various parts of the victims' bodies. In addition, the Russian regularly kicked prisoners, put psychological pressure on them, and left them without food and water for long periods of time.
Based on the collected evidence, SBU investigators reported Holtobin in absentia on suspicion of committing war crimes.
15.21 UNHCR Representative in Ukraine Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth said that the intensification of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in the winter did not cause an increase in the number of people leaving the country, but significantly changed the reasons for leaving: for the first time, problems with water supply became one of the motives for leaving. She said this in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
14.58 The car of Vyacheslav Tsurkov, the former head of correctional colony No. 11, was blown up in temporarily occupied Donetsk on the night before March 6. This was reported by Petro Andryuschenko, head of the Center for the Study of the Occupation (CSO), referring to information from the Mariupol Resistance.
14.40 Drones from the Alpha Special Operations Center of the SBU struck the production workshops of the Yevpatoria Aviation Repair Plant on the night of Friday, March 6. This was reported by the Interfax news agency, citing a source in the SBU.
13.34 On Friday night, the Ukrainian military hit four Russian anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
13.33 Law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent in Sloviansk who was transmitting coordinates of Ukrainian military positions for strikes with guided bombs. The SBU press service reported this.
12.55 Ukraine has returned 300 servicemen and two civilians from Russian captivity during the 73rd exchange with the Russian Federation in accordance with the trilateral negotiations in Geneva. This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (KSHPPV).
12.51 The Russian FSB has detained an 18-year-old resident of the occupied Volnovakha in the Donetsk region. The Russian invaders suspect the girl of providing the Ukrainian military with information about the location of Russian troops and administrative buildings. This was reported by the Russian pro-government news agency Interfax, citing the public relations center of the Russian FSB.
12.17 The Russians took about 19 residents of the border village of Sopych in Sumy Oblast, who had previously refused to evacuate, to the Bryansk region. They were shown on a Russian propaganda channel. This was reported by Kordon. Media.
The head of the community, Serhiy Minakov, confirmed that contact with these people had been lost.
"We are talking about about 19 locals, that's how many refused to evacuate and remained in the border village of the Esman community. An interview with them was shown on the Russian propaganda channel Vesti," the report noted.
11.59 European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius arrived in Poland on a "missile tour" on Friday, March 6. The purpose of the visit is to ensure the supply of air defence missiles to Ukraine - more than 2,000 per year, in line with Kyiv's needs. Kubilius stated this at a press conference in Warsaw together with Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosińska-Kamysz.
11.33 During February, fighters of the GUR special unit of the Ministry of Defense of the Crimean Peninsula inflicted a number of precise hits on ships, boats, and aircraft of the Russian army in the occupied Crimea. This was reported by the GUR press service.
11.23 A desertion scheme for $4,000-$15,000 was uncovered in Dnipro. Eight people were reported on suspicion of organizing a scheme to facilitate desertion of military personnel. The suspects include a former commander of a military unit, a lawyer, a serviceman, and other civilians.
The group members sought out soldiers willing to voluntarily leave the service and organized their illegal removal from the locations of their units or medical facilities. The cost of such "services" ranged from $4,000 to $15,000.
The soldiers were taken to the Dnipro in civilian cars, where they hid and did not return to duty. When passing through checkpoints, they used the ID of a non-existent public organization.
Law enforcement officers documented more than 18 episodes of illegal activity in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Lviv, and Kyiv regions. In February 2026, military personnel who took advantage of this scheme were also detained.
10.47 On the night of March 6, a large electrical substation was probably hit during a drone attack in temporarily occupied Crimea, and a fire was recorded on its territory. This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel, citing satellite imagery.
"The 330 kV Ostrovska substation burned down near the village of Ostrovske in the Pervomaisky district. This is the most important electricity distribution hub on the peninsula," the report says.
In addition, a fire was recorded on the peninsula near the village of Pushkino in the Kurmansky (former Krasnogvardiysky) district, not far from the Vesele airfield.
10.39 A foreigner was detained in Kyiv who was preparing a double terrorist attack in collusion with Russia. The SBU reported this. This is a 42-year-old citizen of Armenia, who has been living in Kyiv for many years in his wife's apartment, but has no permanent job or income. He agreed to cooperate with the Russians when he received several thousand hryvnias on a card.
10.23 On Friday morning, new power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to attacks by Russian aggressors. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work has already begun wherever security conditions allow.
8.58 Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with 141 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones since the evening of March 5. Of these, 111 drones were neutralized. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
8.45 Over the past 24 hours, 136 combat clashes with the occupiers were recorded at the front. The largest number - 28 attacks - was in the Hulyaipil direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports this in its morning summary.
7.50 Russian air defense allegedly hit 83 "Ukrainian drones" on the night of March 6. A significant part - 56 - over occupied Crimea. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on social networks.
7.29 The Defense Forces destroyed another 950 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. This is according to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Facebook.
04.29 The Head of the Defense Council of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported that as a result of the night attack in the city, a direct hit by enemy drones of the "Shahed" type was recorded in a nine-story residential building and an enterprise. Up to 30 houses were damaged. All emergency services are working on the scene. Firefighting and an emergency rescue operation are ongoing.
03.32 On the night of Friday, March 6, the Russian occupiers carried out an air attack on Kryvyi Rih using drones. According to local sources, the Russian army hit a residential high-rise building, causing a fire.