Unmanned aerial vehicle
The US State Department approves the sale of 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian military drones and related equipment to India for $4 billion.
In January, the Ministry of Defense authorized more than 40 weapons and military equipment, including self-propelled artillery systems, mortars, specialized equipment, unmanned aerial vehicles, and ammunition made in Ukraine and abroad, for use in the army.
In 2023, Ukraine significantly increased its own drone production: 67 models were codified and 58 received government contracts.
According to Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Ukrainian defenders destroyed over 400 Russian soldiers and 39 pieces of military equipment in the Tavria operational area over the past day.
Over the past day, Russian troops fired 41 times at Kherson region, using artillery, missiles, tanks, drones and aircraft, wounding six people.
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Hostile drones attacked warehouses and a store in Mykolaiv region, wounding one person.
Russian troops shelled Kherson region 53 times, killing 1 person and wounding 2 others, firing 221 shells from mortars, artillery, MLRS, tanks, UAVs and aircraft.
The Mariinka sector remains the hottest spot in the frontline, where Ukrainian troops repelled 14 enemy attacks over the last day, destroying 12 armored vehicles during one assault near Kostiantynivka.
Border guards in the Bukovyna region of Ukraine used a drone to detect and detain two men who were trying to illegally cross the border with Moldova. The men were from Kyiv and Dnipropetrovs'k regions.
At night, russian troops attacked the village of Veletynske in Kherson region, killing a 65-year-old man and wounding a 51-year-old woman.
An enemy Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile system and 235 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the Tavria sector.
This morning, a drone attempted to attack an oil depot in the Kaluga region of Russia, but was shot down by air defense. No casualties or damage were reported.
A Shahed drone launched by Russian troops hit an abandoned building in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine at night. Another Shahed drone was destroyed by Ukrainian defenders in the same region. No casualties were reported.
Russian troops attacked an enterprise in Kherson district using drones. Over the past day, Kherson region was shelled 67 times, killing 1 person and wounding 1
On January 30, the Defense Forces destroyed a Shahed-136 drone over Mykolaiv region. As the wreckage fell, a truck carrying sunflower seeds caught fire. The driver suffered a head injury.
Ukrainian Defense Forces shoot down 15 of the 35 Shahed drones that Russia launched overnight across Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said that the key task for 2023 for Ukraine is to maintain an advantage over Russia in drone operations. According to him, Ukraine must develop better drones to save soldiers' lives and stay ahead of Russian troops.
Over the past day, Ukraine neutralized 207 Russian drones in the Tauride sector. Russia continues infantry attacks supported by small amounts of armored vehicles. Total Russian losses amounted to more than 500 personnel and dozens of vehicles.
A drone has crashed and exploded in the Rostov region, the governor of the Russian region said. This comes after Russia also reported the alleged "destruction" of a drone over the Bryansk region earlier in the day.
Russian troops fired 85 shells and 340 mortar shells at Kherson region on March 6, hitting residential areas and an educational institution, wounding at least one person. The shelling targeted both the city of Kherson and other localities in the region.