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Vocational schools in 7 regions of Ukraine will introduce a new Civilian Drone Operator curriculum to teach students how to fly drones, which are increasingly used in agriculture, rescue operations, and war documentation.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned that a guided missile, possibly an X-59, was fired toward Kirovohrad region.
Rescuers reported that more than 100 fires occurred in one day in different regions of Ukraine and called on citizens to refrain from burning dry grass as the main cause of fires, for which they face fines.
A drunk driver in a VAZ car crashed into an oncoming minibus near Lviv, killing three people and injuring three others. Reportedly, the On the Shield car was involved in the accident.
The head of the Kirovohrad regional military administration reports that Ukrainian air defense systems were used during a nighttime missile and drone attack by Russian troops, with no casualties in Kirovohrad region.
Ukrainian air defense destroyed 11 Iranian Shaheed strike drones and two Russian air-launched missiles during nighttime attacks in several regions.
A missile threat is announced in Ukraine after the takeoff of a Russian MiG-31K aircraft. An air alert has been declared in all regions.
Explosions were heard in Kropyvnytskyi after the Air Force reported a ballistic missile threat to three regions.
During the maintenance of the warning system in Kyiv, a siren sounded but no air raid was declared, while air raids were declared in Kirovohrad, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions.
As a result of the fighting and technical problems, some power lines and substations in Ukraine have been temporarily de-energized, but the overall power system remains balanced.
Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine's Kirovohrad region on February 25.
The explosion occurred in Poltava after an air raid alert was declared in the region. Earlier, the Air Force warned of the threat of ballistic missiles.
Explosions were heard in Kropyvnytskyi after the Air Force reported a threat of ballistic weapons in areas under air alert, including Kropyvnytskyi.
Ukrainian air defense destroyed 16 russian Shahed attack drones out of 18 that were launched at night in different regions.
Ukraine's Air Force reported that Iranian-made Shaheda drones targeting areas in central Ukraine were spotted flying toward the northern and northeastern regions.
Ukraine's Air Force reports observations of Iranian Shahed drones moving between several regions of Ukraine.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the movement of Iranian-made Shahed drones from Mykolaiv region to Kirovohrad region.
Hostile drones were spotted in Mykolaiv and Poltava regions of Ukraine.
During the day, air defense destroyed 12 russian Shahed drones and 2 X-59 guided missiles.
Air defense units shot down 12 kamikaze drones and 2 X-59 missiles, but one downed drone caused destruction, fire and casualties in a residential area of Odesa.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported a potential threat of ballistic missiles in Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that they had spotted missiles fired in the direction of the cities of Kropyvnytskyi and Kryvyi Rih.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Iranian-made Shahed drones were spotted over parts of Kirovohrad and Kyiv regions.
Due to martial law restricting oral rabies vaccination of wild animals and immunization of domestic animals, Ukraine saw a 2. 3-fold increase in rabies cases among animals in 2023 compared to 2022.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the detection of enemy drones moving from Kirovohrad towards Poltava, as well as from the west of Dnipropetrovs'k region towards Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia towards Dnipropetrovs'k.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported a threat to use attack drones in the Kirovohrad region.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a resident of Kirovohrad region who was spying on Ukrainian air defense systems and wanted to join the Russian Wagner PMC to fight against Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Air Force successfully shot down all 23 attack drones launched by Russia on the night of February 20.
Four Iranian-made kamikaze drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defense systems in the southern regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad on February 20.
Last year, the number of rabies cases in the Kirovohrad region of Ukraine increased to 100. At the same time, 43 people were brought to administrative liability for non-compliance with the requirements for providing an animal for vaccination or refusal to vaccinate it.