[FoxNews] NORAD launched two U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter aircraft, two F-22 fighter aircraft, four KC-135 tankers, one E-3 AWACS aircraft, two Canadian CF-18 fighter aircraft and one CC-150 tanker to positively identify, monitor and intercept the Russian aircraft in the American and Canadian ADIZ, according to the command.
The incident follows a similar encounter last month, when NORAD intercepted five Russian military aircraft — including two Tu-95 bombers, two Su-35 fighter jets and an A-50 airborne early warning aircraft — operating near the Bering Strait off Alaska’s western coast. In that case, NORAD launched F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, supported by an E-3 aircraft and refueling tankers, to identify and escort the Russian planes until they departed the area.
The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said. The command added that such activity in the Alaskan and Canadian ADIZ occurs regularly and is not considered a threat.
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[Korrespondent] 23.58 Russian ruler Vladimir Putin allegedly, at the request of Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, released from captivity two Hungarians who had previously fought on the side of Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called such actions a manifestation of political PR and speculation on the eve of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.
The Ukrainian side reported that it had not received any official information about the release of these individuals. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the Chargé d'Affaires of Hungary to obtain reliable details about the situation. Ukraine also plans to request access to the released individuals.
22:30 Russian troops attacked a Panamanian-flagged ship with a drone in the port of Chornomorsk (Odessa region), there were casualties. The Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration reported this on March 4.
It is noted that a civilian vessel transporting corn through the Ukrainian Corridor was damaged as a result of a Russian drone strike.
The ship was leaving port at the time of the attack. There are injured crew members among the crew, who are receiving necessary assistance.
21.20 As a result of the attack by Ukrainian drones on Novorossiysk Bay, the middle superstructure of the Russian frigate Admiral Essen was hit. This was reported by the OSINT project Cyber Flour.
"As a result of the impact, the PK-10 passive jamming grenade launchers, located on the sides of the superstructure and designed to shoot dipole reflectors and heat traps, detonated. Among the affected elements of the ship's electronics is the TK-25 electronic warfare complex, which is used to detect enemy radar radiation and set active radio jamming," the message on the project's Telegram channel says.
According to researchers, the ZR-90 "Orekh" target illumination radars, which are part of the guidance system of the ship's anti-aircraft missile system and provide illumination of air targets in the final section of the missile's flight, were also damaged.
According to analysts, the debris also likely damaged the ship's main surveillance radar, the Fregat-M2M, which is responsible for long-range detection of air and surface targets and the formation of the primary radar picture for combat control systems.
18.37 The number of prisoners in Russia has sharply decreased, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court Vladimir Davydov said. This was reported by Russian media.
"Currently, we have a historic minimum - 308 thousand citizens are held in places of deprivation of liberty and pre-trial detention centers... There is also a historic minimum in pre-trial detention centers - 89 thousand people," he reported.
According to Davydov, currently in Russia there are 209 prisoners for every 100,000 people, compared to 490 in 2013 (before the occupation of Crimea). At that time, the total number of such a contingent was 700,000 people.
The number of prisoners in Russian prisons began to decline sharply after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when convicts began to be recruited to the front. As of January 1, 2022, there were about 466 thousand people in Russian penal colonies, a year later this figure decreased to 433 thousand, and two years later - to 313 thousand. Taking into account Davydov's data, in total, over the four years of the war, the country's prison population decreased by 158 thousand people.
18.10 SBI employees exposed and stopped the activities of a group in Kyiv that systematically interfered with state registers and organized draft evasion for almost 100 military conscripts. The SBI reported this on March 4.
The group included servicemen from one of the capital's and regional CCCs and SPs, a former law enforcement officer, and an unemployed Kyiv resident. They established several mechanisms for illegally removing men from military registration, avoiding mobilization, and traveling abroad.
17.56 Russian occupiers attacked a civilian car in the Mykolaiv rural community in Sumy region, there are wounded. This was reported by the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov on March 4. According to him, three people were wounded - men aged 60 and 23, and a 57-year-old woman. The 23-year-old man suffered the most injuries.
17.53 Two traitors who fought against the Defense Forces on the Eastern Front were sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Ukrainian defenders captured both attackers during continuous fighting in the Slavyansk and Kramatorsk directions in October and June 2025. The convicts are two residents of temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine who joined armed groups of the Southern Military District of Russia for money.
Among the attackers is a 44-year-old resident of the city of Sorokyne in Luhansk Oblast, previously convicted of theft, who became a rifleman in the 123rd Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade.
After a short training period at the training grounds, the traitor was sent to storm the positions of the Defense Forces near the village of Volodymyrivka in the Dobropil direction. Later, he was transferred to attack units of the Ukrainian troops near the city of Siversk in the Donetsk region, where he was taken prisoner as the only survivor of his unit.
Another convict is a 50-year-old director of an architectural company in Simferopol, who signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry and joined the 10th Tank Regiment of the aggressor country. In the ranks of the Russian armed group, the traitor was sent to capture the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove in the Donetsk region, where he was captured by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
17.46 Russian aggressors launched a missile strike on the south of the Odessa region . Currently, four casualties are known, the head of the local OVA Oleg Kiper informs in Telegram.
A transport infrastructure facility was attacked. An administrative building was damaged as a result of the strike.
17.25 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian invaders have carried out 48 attacks on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary . More than half of the Russian attacks are concentrated in three directions, but most of them have already been choked.
17.21 In the city of Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, emergency and rescue operations have been completed at the site of the Russian airstrike carried out on March 2.
Three people were killed and 16 injured in the shelling. Rescuers recovered the body of the last victim from the rubble only on the third day of the search. 13 residential buildings and 14 cars were also damaged.
Rescuers dismantled 55 tons of building structures, extinguished a fire on the third floor of a damaged building, and extinguished four cars that had caught fire.
16.07 Russian troops attacked a woman riding a bicycle with a drone. She was fatally wounded. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin, on March 4.
"At approximately 1:30 p.m., Russian military personnel attacked a cyclist with a UAV in Novodmytrivka, Belozersk community. The enemy drone hit the 49-year-old local resident who was riding a bicycle in the back. She received injuries incompatible with life," he noted.
15.21 On the night of March 2, at least three warships were damaged in the port of Novorossiysk . Interfax-Ukraine reports this, citing a source in the SBU.
And the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reports that two more frigates carrying Kalbir missiles – Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov – could have been hit.
14.34 Law enforcement officers detained four more propagandists of racism in different regions of the country who were spreading Kremlin propaganda, justifying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, and calling for the seizure of power. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.
14.08 Russia has intensified attacks on railway infrastructure, with rolling stock among the main targets. 41 facilities were damaged in the first days of March. This was reported by Ukrzaliznytsia.
13.44 Over the past day, Russian occupation troops tried to break through the state border of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the press service of the Joint Forces Group. Assault groups of the invaders were hit by fire in the areas of the settlements of Zybyne and Krugle.
12.59 Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme to write off and sell 500 tons of fuel intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for over UAH 21 million. The organizer is an official of the Ministry of Defense. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
"The scheme was organized by the head of the department in the Department for Assessing Conformity of Logistics Property of the Ministry of Defense. During 2022–2025, he artificially inflated fuel needs and reflected its alleged use only in documents or drew up fictitious measures for subsequent write-off," the report noted.
12.50 In the Kirov region of the Russian Federation, drones that are very similar to Ukrainian An-196 Lyuty attacked the Uralkhim plant in the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk.
The enterprise produces ammonium nitrate, which is used in the production of explosives. The plant is located about 1,300 km from the Russian border with Ukraine.
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12.43 A 76-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man died as a result of Russian shelling in Kherson.
12.14 The head of the financial and economic service of a military unit in Zaporizhia, who facilitated the illegal accrual of "combat" payments, was reported on suspicion of abuse and negligence. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this .
"The major - head of the financial and economic service of one of the military units of the Zaporizhzhia region under the procedural guidance of the Zaporizhzhia Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the field of defense of the Eastern region was notified of suspicion of abuse of official position and negligent attitude towards military service," the report noted.
As it turned out, from the end of August 2023 to December 2024, the major intentionally facilitated the illegal accrual of an additional cash reward of UAH 100,000 for "performing combat missions on the first line of defense." Such payments were received by his subordinates from the financial and economic service, although they did not perform any combat missions.
On 12.11, the Russian army once again attacked the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. As a result of the bomb strike , a man was killed and dozens of houses were damaged , the head of the city's military administration, Vadym Lyakh, reported on Facebook.
11.48 The aggressor country Russia has admitted that its gas tanker was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea and blamed Ukraine for it. The Russian Ministry of Transport issued a corresponding statement.
11.21 A 30-year-old National Guard serviceman who was injured during a terrorist attack on February 22 died in Lviv . This was reported by the city's mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, on Telegram.
11.18 Military counterintelligence and investigators of the Security Service documented new war crimes by the commander of long-range aviation of the Russian Air Force, Major General Sergey Kuvaldin .
According to the case materials, on July 8, 2024, the official gave a combat order to carry out a missile strike on the Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital in Kyiv.
The Russians attacked the medical facility with a Kh-101 strategic air-to-surface cruise missile. It was launched from a Russian Tu-95MS bomber.
As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed and dozens more were injured to varying degrees. The building and premises of the children's hospital with its high-tech equipment suffered significant damage.
At the time of the Russian attack, Kuvaldin held the position of First Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Air Force. Shortly after the missile strike on Okhmatdyt, he was "promoted" and appointed Commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces.
11.11 The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Center for Countering Disinformation, published data on 10 Russian athletes who entered Paralympic sports as part of rehabilitation programs for participants in the war against Ukraine. The GUR reported this on its Facebook page.
11.00 A married couple who were correcting Russian attacks and calling for the capture of the city were exposed and detained in Kherson . The SBU reported this.
The man justified the temporary occupation of the left-bank Kherson region on social media and called for the capture of Kherson. While his wife was directing Russian shelling of the community.
10.40 On Wednesday morning, five regions of Ukraine experienced new power outages due to attacks by Russian aggressors. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work has begun wherever security conditions allow.
10.00 Russian troops On the morning of March 4, a Russian UAV attacked a passenger car in Mykolaiv. The UZ monitoring group timely detected the drone in the air and evacuated people. There were no casualties, but a train inspector was injured.
09.13 On the night of March 4, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 149 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and drones of other types, about 100 of them - "Shaheeds".
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 129 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the north, south, and east of the country.
19 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 15 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at one location. The attack is ongoing, with several Russian drones in the airspace.
8.50 Over the past 24 hours, 144 combat clashes with the enemy were recorded at the front. Of these, 25 were in the Pokrov direction, and another 25 were in the Hulyaipil direction. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.32 For the first time since the summer counteroffensive of 2023, Ukrainian troops have liberated more territory than they lost. This is the last two weeks of February 2026. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
7.27 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 980 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. This was reported in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Facebook.
06.29 Moscow is not happy with the prospect of a frozen conflict, especially in the southern direction of Ukraine. The Kremlin is considering further offensive actions in southern Ukraine and is seeking to capture the Odessa region. However, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in their report dated March 4 characterize such ambitions as unlikely.
04.31 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after a meeting with US President Donald Trump, which took place on March 3 at the White House, emphasized that Europe will not accept any agreement on Ukraine without its direct participation. Merz also noted that during the negotiations he emphasized the need to increase pressure on Moscow. According to him, only through the growth of influence from Washington it is possible to achieve concessions from the Russian government.
02.01 On the night of Wednesday, March 4, in the Rostov region, during the use of air defense means, a Russian military helicopter was destroyed, probably by "friendly fire". The type of helicopter is not specified at this time. It is also known that the crew could have died due to damage and subsequent fire. This happened in the area of the Millerovo military airfield, Russian publics report. Ukrainian Telegram channels stated that a military base of the Russian Aerospace Forces was also attacked.
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[Korrespondent] More than half of Russian attacks are focused on three areas, but most of them have already been choked off.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have carried out 48 attacks on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update on Wednesday, March 4.
Thus, two clashes were recorded in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions.
In the South Slobozhan direction, the enemy attacked once in the direction of Grafske.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy advanced twice in the direction of Pishchanye and Kurylivka.
In the Lymansky direction, our soldiers repelled three attempts by the invaders to advance towards Drobyshevy, Zarechny, and Stavky.
In the Slavyansk direction, the occupiers tried three times to advance towards Dronivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the aggressor attacked three times in the direction of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bondarne, and Mykolaivka. One attack is ongoing.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out eight attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have tried to attack 10 times in the areas of the settlements of Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Udachne, Muravka, Molodetske and towards the Chervonyi Liman. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy advanced four times towards Ivanivka, Andriivka–Klevtsovoye, Novohryhorivka, and towards Zeleny Gay. One clash is ongoing.
In the Hulyaipil direction, there were 12 attacks in the Hulyaipil area and towards Dobropil, Zaliznychny, and Myrne. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, the invaders attacked in the area of the Antonivskyi Bridge and Bilogruy Island.
As a reminder, over the course of 24 hours on March 3, 144 combat clashes between the Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded. The largest number of enemy attacks was recorded in the Pokrovsky and Hulyay-Pilsky directions.
It also became known that yesterday Russia lost almost 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded. The total number of losses of the aggressor country will approach 1.3 million people.
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[NewsFront] 21:31 Rocket artillery covered positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Fighters of the Vostok group destroyed enemy mortars.
Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS from the 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group hit a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
20:54 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attack Belgorod Oblast. Two civilians were injured.
In the village of Otradnoye, Belgorod District, a drone struck a car. A man with multiple shrapnel wounds to his legs was taken to the Oktyabrskaya Regional Hospital. After receiving the necessary medical attention, he was sent to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The car was damaged (photo 1).
The number of people injured in the drone attack on a car in Grayvoron has risen to three. A man with barotrauma was admitted to the hospital. He received the necessary medical attention and will continue treatment as an outpatient.
20:32 The crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Sever group received direct hits, destroyed fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Khar'kov region.
19:12 Severyan scouts on the outskirts of the village of Aniskino (Khatnensky sector of the front) uncovered the location of an enemy ammunition depot, video.
18:57 Sumy direction successes of the Russian Armed Forces. 04.03
Units of the "North" force group have improved their position along the forward edge.
Formations of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Novaya Sich, Myropillia, and Krasnopolye in the Sumy region.
17:32 In the period from 8.00 to 16.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 76 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
27 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
16 – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
14 – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Nine – over the territory of Belgorod Oblast,
Three – over the waters of the Black Sea,
Two – over the territory of Kaluga Oblast,
Two – over the territory of Kirov Oblast,
Two – over the territory of Kursk Oblast,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Mari El
17:18 UAV operators of the Sever group smashed to pieces a warehouse of ammunition and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the Khar'kov region.
FPV drone crews from the Zapad group shot down several enemy reconnaissance drones in the Khar'kov region.
Attack drone operators from the Center group destroyed a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the Dnipropetrovsk area and hit enemy vehicles in the Krasnoarmeysk area.
Drone operators from the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces unit of the Dnepr group attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment and personnel in the Orekhov direction.
16:22 In the area of the Grigorievka village of the Volokonovsky district, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a car. Three civilians were injured.
An ambulance team transported a woman and two men who sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies to the Valuysky Central District Hospital. All necessary medical care is being provided.
15:42 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 04.03.2026
Units of the "North" force group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Novaya Sich, Myropillia, and Krasnopolye in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov region, units of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a National Guard brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a detachment of the nationalist formation "Kraken" were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pechenegi, Tsirkuny, Martovoye, Borshchevaya, Grafskoye, Siminovka and Aniskino in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 service members, a tank, 14 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and six supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade near the villages of Staroverovka, Novoosinovo, Samborovka, Grushevka, and Boldyrevka in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 180 troops, an armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of four mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Lipovka, Rai-Aleksandrovka, Kondratovka, Nikiforovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 135 service members, two armored personnel carriers, 12 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station. Nine ammunition, fuel, and 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 four mechanized, airmobile, infantry, and ranger brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two marine brigades, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Raiske, Zolotoy Kolodez, Dobropillya, Belitske, Serhiivka, and Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Vasilevka, Mezhevaya, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 290 servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, 11 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, two assault brigades, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Dobropasovo, Gai, and Katerynivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Lyubitske, Vozdvizhevka, Kopani, Novoselivka, and Verkhnyaya Tersa in Zaporizhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 285 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, two combat armored vehicles, 14 automobiles, a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana" and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their tactical position. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades near Novoandriivka and Kirovo in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, and two supply depots were destroyed.
15:16 Buk-M3 air defense missile system crew struck enemy in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
14:25 Russian troops inflicted a missile strike by an Iskander tactical missile system on a tent camp of the 125th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Malinovka in the Khar'kov region.
13:03 Northern scouts opened in the village of Kolodeznoye (northwest of the Kupyansky district), the temporary deployment point of the 159th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The coordinates were promptly transmitted for fire support.
12:32 Operational-tactical aviation, attack UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted strikes targeting areas where long-range attack UAVs were prepared and launched, ammunition depots, energy and transport facilities used in the interests of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts.
11:55 Artillerymen of the 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group worked out at the enemy UAV control point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
As a result of the strike, an enemy drone launch site and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were destroyed.
11:17 Three civilians suffered during attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the village of Solokhi, Belgorod District, two FPV drones struck agricultural machinery. A man with shrapnel wounds to his back, head, and neck was taken to the Bessonovskaya outpatient clinic. After receiving medical assistance, an ambulance crew transported him to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The machinery was destroyed.
In the city of Grayvoron, a drone attacked a moving vehicle. Two women with mine blast injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds were taken to the Grayvoron Central District Hospital. They will be transferred to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod for further treatment. The vehicle was damaged.
10:36 On the footage of objective control launched a missile strike by an Iskander OTRK on a tent camp of the 125th separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Malinovka in the Khar'kov region.
09:42 Tankers of the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Group of Forces "destroyed" the defensive structures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region,video.
08:20 Published footage from a bridge destroyed by FABs near the village of Khitrovka in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
08:10 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on March 3 to 7:00 Moscow time on March 4, air defense systems on duty ntercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles :
21 UAVs were flying over the Volgograd region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Rostov region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Astrakhan region, and
One UAV was flying over the Kursk region.
07:34 Posted map changes over the past 24 hours:
Bobylevka liberated;
Rozhdestvenskoye liberated;
Advance east of Grishino;
Expansion of the control zone in Grishino.
06:22 Force Group "North"continues creation of a safety zone in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions.
06:03 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the West Force Group “dismantled” the enemy’s fortifications, clearing the way for our attack aircraft,video.
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[Regnum] On March 4, Federal Security Service officers detained a Crimean resident for spying for Ukrainian military intelligence.
A Russian citizen born in 1988 was detained in the Bakhchisaray district. According to security forces, he contacted an employee of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) via a messaging app. The man provided Ukrainian handlers with information about the location of armed forces units and military equipment. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, using the coordinates he provided, launched strikes against Russian troops.
The Crimean also reported to Kyiv on the socio-political situation in Crimea, with the aim of destabilizing it. Online, the man called for sabotage against Russia and made negative comments about the leadership, residents of Crimea, and Russian soldiers participating in the Special Military Operations Forces.
The FSB Investigative Department opened criminal cases against the detainee under Part 2 of Article 205.2 ("Public calls to commit terrorist activity, public justification or propaganda of terrorism") and Article 275 ("High treason in the form of espionage") of the Russian Criminal Code.
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