The Ukrainian commander discussed the situation at the front with the US Secretary of Defense.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 419,020 personnel and 6,657 tanks.
Ukraine's Air Force confirms that it shot down 18 of 22 Iranian Shaheed drones launched by Russia over Odesa region overnight.
According to the General Staff's report, 74 combat engagements took place on the frontline over the past day.
The Ukrainian military conducted 9 strikes against Russian troops, destroying an enemy missile and hitting the locations of personnel, air defense and artillery.
Air defense systems in Odesa repeatedly exploded while intercepting five waves of attack drones moving toward the city from the Black Sea.
The explosions occurred in Odesa after enemy drones were spotted approaching the city from several directions.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian military facility in the occupied Kherson region, using a guided bomb with the inscription "For the children of Odesa. Burn in hell, orcs!" in response to a Russian drone strike on Odesa that killed 12 people, including 5 children.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with intelligence chiefs to discuss further destruction of russia's military infrastructure and countering collaborators and sabotage groups.
On Monday, Ukrainian troops repelled 63 Russian attacks in six sectors, most of them in Avdiivka.
President Zelensky replaced Dmytro Hreha with Oleksandr Yakovets as commander of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine signed ammunition contracts with any company that claimed to be able to provide shells due to critical need, but some companies failed to deliver, moving money abroad.
According to the Ukrainian military, russian forces have used tear gas and other chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops more than 1,000 times.
The Prime Minister said that Ukraine's defense needs will require additional funding this year due to the intensity of the hostilities, and that the government plans to continue auditing defense spending.
The Air Force warned of an enemy missile heading toward the city of Dnipro.
The Cabinet of Ministers is working to improve the reservation system to make it fairer.
President Zelenskyi held a daily conference call to hear from the Chief of the Armed Forces about the audit of the Armed Forces and the rotation of brigades, grain exports, and rescue operations after the attacks.
Partisans reported that Russian troops are using the ruins of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol to deploy combat aircraft.
SBI officers found a cache with almost 40 anti-tank mines and 10 improvised explosive devices left by Russian troops near the border in Sumy region.
The head and staff of the Olenivska colony in Donetsk region were served with a notice of suspicion for torturing a captured Ukrainian policeman.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said that after downing more than 10 Russian aircraft in February, the Russians have reduced the use of guided bombs, but air strikes continue.
In Dnipro, a Russian military intelligence agent was exposed who was passing information about the movements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the location of military commissariats to Russian supervisors.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 417,950 personnel and 6,648 tanks.
Over the past day, Ukrainian troops repelled over 70 attacks by Russian troops along the contact line.
According to the General Staff, on March 4, Ukrainian aviation conducted 7 strikes against Russian troops.
The Air Force has warned of an enemy missile heading for Kirovohrad region.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned of a ballistic missile threat from the south, with air raid sirens sounding in many regions.
In the Novopavlivka sector, enemy attempts to break through Ukrainian troops' defenses were repelled 27 times. There were 68 combat engagements over the last day.
Ukraine's Armed Forces continue to expand and hold positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, killing 69 Russian occupants and repelling an assault attack the day before.
Following the downing of another Russian aircraft, the intensity of Russian assaults and air strikes decreased somewhat in the Tauride sector of southern Ukraine.