Mariupol
The Defense Forces hit the Atlant Aero enterprise and the occupiers' ammunition depots. Significant damage to the Tuapse oil refinery and fuel tanks has also been confirmed.
The Defense Forces attacked an oil refinery in the Samara region and terminals in other regions of the Russian Federation. Fuel storage sites and repair bases in the occupied territories were hit.
Special Operations Forces destroyed an enemy logistics facility in occupied Mangush. The base supplied the occupiers with reconnaissance and attack drones.
Defense Forces hit radar stations in Crimea and Zaporizhzhia region. Ammunition depots, fuel, and equipment were destroyed in several regions.
The occupiers are openly transporting equipment to the north of Donetsk region. Mobile checkpoints have been set up in Mariupol near Azovstal to escort enemy convoys.
175 military personnel and 7 civilians were released from Russian captivity. Among them are officers, defenders of Mariupol, and National Guardsmen who guarded the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the return of 182 people home. Among those released are wounded soldiers who had been in captivity since 2022.
The President awarded cities in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and other regions for their resilience. In total, 26 Ukrainian cities now hold this honorary status.
Russian troops transferred more than 20 units of armored vehicles and 65 trucks with ammunition to the Berdiansk direction. The logistical focus shifted from the north of Donetsk region.
Defense Forces hit a command post in Mariupol and a repair unit in Khliborobne. The occupiers' command post in Paraskoviivka was also hit.
Kateryna Polishchuk showed a new look in a dress and announced a weight loss of 34 kilograms. The paramedic plans a tour of theaters in the de-occupied cities of Ukraine.
The artist has performed over 70 charity concerts and, as a matter of principle, does not charge for performances for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She refuses projects with a Russian trace.
The occupiers destroyed the main post office building in Kramatorsk. Employees had previously moved to another premises, which they plan to restore within a day.
On March 4 and 5, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck occupiers' ammunition and fuel depots in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia. A command and observation post and a UAV control point were also destroyed.
President Zelenskyy announced the second stage of the prisoner exchange, within which 300 Ukrainian defenders are returning home. Among those released are servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and border guards who defended Ukraine in various directions.
All Ukrainian servicemen exchanged on March 5 require urgent medical attention due to serious medical problems and exhaustion. Among them are defenders of Mariupol and a serviceman who voluntarily joined the Defense Forces.
Today, 200 Ukrainian families received news of their loved ones' return. Among them are defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, border guards, and national guardsmen.
Night explosions rocked occupied Berdiansk, causing fires in the port and hospital area. At least three powerful hits were recorded.
On February 27, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system in occupied Mariupol. The complex was hit on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
On the night of February 27, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Luhanska oil depot and fuel and lubricants warehouses near Mariupol. An enemy drone control point in the Kherson region was also damaged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree promoting Denys Prokopenko, commander of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov", to the military rank of brigadier general. Prokopenko, known as "Redis", led the defense of Mariupol and is a Hero of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, addressed Ukrainians from a bunker on Bankova Street, where his first conversations with world leaders took place at the beginning of the war. He emphasized the resilience of the Ukrainian people and expressed a desire to one day come there with the US President.
Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed two Russian Tor anti-aircraft missile systems and hit an oil depot in Luhansk on the night of February 22. One Tor air defense system was hit near Donetsk, the second - in Topolyne, Mariupol district.
The Defense Forces continue to strike important enemy targets. An S-300VM air defense system launcher, UAV control points, and enemy troop concentrations have been hit.
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office has charged Ukrainian Yevhen B. in a sabotage case. He is believed to be the organizer of sending parcels with incendiary devices on behalf of Russian special services.
In the occupied Mariupol district, changes are being recorded at mass graves of civilians who died in 2022. Satellite images show the transformation of graves into ordinary burial sites and the expansion of roads in their place.
On February 5, the 71st prisoner exchange took place, as a result of which 150 military personnel and 7 civilians were returned. Among them are 19 illegally convicted defenders, 15 of whom received life sentences, as well as Mariupol defenders.
The SBU is investigating a case against Roman Mileshko's airline group for alleged complicity with Russia, although no specific facts of the crime have been established during several years of investigation. Several other similar proceedings, which were investigated by other law enforcement agencies based on applications from an NGO associated with a competing company, were closed, which indicates the custom nature of the persecutions.
Residents of temporarily occupied Mariupol recorded an open video address to Putin. They accuse the leadership of the so-called "DPR" of corruption, arbitrariness, and complete inability to govern the city.
The Supreme Court recognized as illegal the transfer of a land plot for the National Military Memorial Cemetery in Marhalivsky Forest. The Third Corps called it raiding and called on the public to defend the cemetery.