The Ukrainian military continues defending Kyiv and Chernihiv. In the Chernihiv region, the Russian invaders are hiding military equipment behind apartment blocks. Russian troops disguised in civilian clothes are advancing on Mykolayiv from the Kherson region.
Russian troops will try to continue to surround Kyiv, they are preparing to attack Sumy, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, and want to establish control over Chernihiv city and Kaniv Hydroelectric Power Plant.
The Russian military has amassed a large number of troops in villages and towns near Kyiv, and in the coming days is likely to attempt to occupy the Ukrainian capital.
On the evening of 4 March, a Russian missile was shot down over the Okhmatdet hospital in Kyiv, and doctors continue to evacuate children; two seriously injured children in the Kyiv region died because they could not get help.
On the ninth day of the Russian invasion, Russia's primary efforts are focused on surrounding Kyiv and weakening resistance in the areas they have blockaded.
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, drove through checkpoints and confirmed that combined forces are ready to defend the city.
Russian troops have advanced in Enerhodar in the Zaporizhia Region, and near the town of Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv Region, but in general Ukrainian forces maintain control of the situation.
Sirens could be heard throughout the night in Kyiv, but otherwise the city was relatively calm. On March 4, chemotherapy and insulin dispensaries started operating in the city.
The column of Russian military trucks and combat vehicles many kilometres long, which has come within 20 miles of Kyiv, "has made no noticeable progress in three days," according to British intelligence.
As of the morning of 3 March, the situation in Kyiv is calm. All infrastructure is working normally, all districts have heat, water, electricity and telephone communication.
According to preliminary information, the sounds of explosions in Kyiv last night were caused by Ukrainian air defence forces striking Russian air targets.