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[Korrespondent] 21:49 The rescue operation in Odessa after a Russian drone attack has been going on for 20 hours. At this moment, eight people are known to have died, including two children - three years and four months old, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
19:35 Syrsky is at the front every day and has carte blanche for personnel changes in the army, Zelensky said in an evening video message: “All Ukrainian commanders must know the front, feel the front - real needs. They must be with the soldiers, sergeants. "is necessary to achieve Ukrainian goals. At the beginning of the week after Colonel General Syrsky returns from the front, I expect him with a detailed report and specific proposals for further changes and our actions."
19:07 The air force shot down another Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber in the Eastern direction , said commander Nikolai Oleshchuk.
15:32 In Odessa, the number of victims as a result of a night attack by drones has increased to five, among them a child born in 2021. The search operation continues, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Kiper.
14:13 In the Kherson region, two employees of the Kakhovka district police department were injured as a result of an explosion of an enemy UAV. In addition, a police car was damaged in Berislav as a result of a kamikaze drone attack, and another was damaged in Zmievka, the National Police reported.
13:58 In Russian Yekaterinburg, an explosion occurred at an electrical substation, which supplies energy to several large enterprises, including those associated with the military-industrial complex. Authorities said the explosion was caused by an equipment malfunction, but Russian media outlets claim, citing sources, that an improvised explosive device went off.
13:26 The Russians fired artillery at Stanislav, Kherson region, one person was killed, OVA reported. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the Dnieper district of Kherson.
12:54 The Russians launched attacks on the outskirts of Kupyansk - according to preliminary information, guided by air bombs. A volunteer was wounded, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
12:45 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded: two in Seversk and one in the village of Berestki, Kurakhovsky community. The enemy used air bombs, S-300 air defense systems and artillery, the National Police reported.
12:28 The Russians attacked Nikopol and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community of the Dnepropetrovsk region - two people were injured, a fire started in a cafe, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
11:07 The number of victims of the Russian attack in Odessa has increased to three people - rescuers have unblocked the body of another victim from under the rubble, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. The search and rescue operation continues.
09:20 Zelensky clarified that as a result of a night drone strike on a residential building in Odessa, 18 apartments were destroyed, two people were killed, and eight more people were injured, including a child. The search and rescue operation continues.
09:17 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 2:
- personnel - about 415,640 (+960) people,
- tanks - 6624 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 12,611 (+29),
- artillery systems - 10 153 (+47),
- MLRS - 1003 (+3),
- air defense systems - 696 (+5),
- aircraft - 346 (+1),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 7829 (+35),
- cruise missiles - 1915 (+3),
- ships/boats - 25 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,267 (+61),
- special equipment - 1617 (+6).
09:10 Over the past 24 hours, 82 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the enemy tried 29 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another 24 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction, in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Ternov, Yampolevka, Razdolovka of the Donetsk region and Belogorivka of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks in the Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansky, Orekhovsky and Kherson directions.
08:54 Syrsky said that he continues to work on the Eastern Front, including making personnel decisions on individual brigade commanders. “Over the course of three days, it became quite clear why, in the case of the same manning levels of personnel, weapons and military equipment, some brigades manage to hold back enemy attacks and hold positions, while others do not. First of all, this depends on the brigade commander, his level of training, experience , the ability to make adequate and informed decisions and understanding the full extent of responsibility for the implementation of assigned tasks and for the life and health of their subordinates,” explained the commander-in-chief.
According to Syrsky, he sent groups of specialists to some brigades where there are problems with staff preparation to transfer experience and provide assistance. “In some cases, when the commander does not control the situation, and actions and commands directly create a threat to the life and health of subordinates, I am forced to make personnel decisions,” he added.
08:27 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 17 Shahed-type attack drones that Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Crimean Balakleya, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Odessa, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, the enemy used three X-59/X-35 guided missiles from the occupied territory of the Kherson and Donetsk regions.
The Air Force also reported that on March 1, at about 9:00, an enemy Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed in the Eastern direction , which was trying to strike Ukrainian positions with guided bombs.
08:14 The Russian army attacked Kharkov with drones at night. As a result of the shelling, apartment buildings, garages, and cars were damaged. No injuries or deaths were found; three people sought help with an acute reaction to stress, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In the village Velikiy Burluk, Kupyansky district, a residential building burned as a result of Russian shelling, one person died. The telecommunications infrastructure building was damaged.
08:06 At night, the Russians attacked Odessa with drones, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. As a result of a UAV hitting a high-rise building, one entrance was completely destroyed. Currently, two deaths and seven injuries are known, including a child and a pregnant woman. The search and rescue operation continues.
07:58 An explosion occurred in St. Petersburg, fragments of a drone fell near a multi-storey residential building, Russian public pages write. A kilometer from the damaged house is the Ruchi oil depot.