Since the countries of the European Union closed EU airspace to Russian aircraft, a very lively air connection has sprung up between Moscow and Istanbul.
Mariupol is being shelled for the fourth day. The city is without communications, electricity, water and heating. There are almost no windows left in the houses.
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.
Russian occupation forces have already used a minimum of 95% of their battalion tactical groups and suffer losses in all operational directions– at Polissia, Siversk, Slobozhanshchyna, Tavriisk, and the Joint Forces Operation area, said Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.
Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has stated that the Belarusian army did not participate in Russia’s war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, because if Belarus did intervene, it would be a gift to the West.
Ukrainian air defence forces shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet, which was bombing civilian homes and infrastructure, over Volnovakha in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently assist in the creation of humanitarian corridors, as agreed by Ukraine and Russia during the second round of negotiations.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack of the Russian occupiers on the Zaporizhzhya NPP an act of terrorism on an unprecedented scale.
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.
Ukrainian air defences have shot down a Russian aircraft that was attacking a military facility in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa Region. Ukrainian forces are currently searching for the pilot.
One power unit is working at the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP) and the staff have been allowed to return to work, but all six power units contain nuclear fuel and if they are hit by a missile, the consequences will be catastrophic.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is convinced that a breakthrough in the Russian-Ukrainian war is coming, and that victory for Ukraine is imminent.
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help in finding Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine and providing assistance to them.