Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:46 Ukraine is preparing agreements to increase Ukrainian production of weapons, primarily drones. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address on Wednesday, March 5.
20:24 Information about alleged plans to "register young men over 14 years old for military service" is fake. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on its Facebook page.
19:33 Russian troops have once again attacked the Kherson region, using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and drones. Two people were killed and two women were injured. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office on Wednesday, March 5.
19:03 Russian troops have once again attacked the Kherson region, using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and drones. Two people were killed and two women were injured. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office on Wednesday, March 5.
As a result, a 55-year-old man died. Another 41-year-old man died in Antonovka as a result of explosives being dropped from a UAV. He was on the street during the shelling and died from his injuries on the spot.
18:59 Over the past four months, Russians have handed over twice as many bodies as during the entire period of the full-scale war. This was stated in a statement by the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Action under Special Circumstances, Artur Dobroserdov, during the presentation of the documentary film Repatriation. Heroes on the Shield.
18:48 Ukraine and Europe are preparing a plan for the first steps to bring a fair and sustainable peace closer. It will be ready soon. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Telegram following talks with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob.
18:25 Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. An investment package worth 700 million euros with capital investment in drones was discussed. The head of government wrote about this on the social network X .
17:07 US President Donald Trump will consider resuming aid to Ukraine if peace talks are held and confidence-building measures are taken, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said, Reuters reports.
| Noted. |
| Noted again. |
16:27 The Security Service and the National Police have eliminated another fraudulent scheme to extort money from relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war and missing persons. They detained a businessman who extorted tens of thousands of hryvnias from Ukrainian families.
15:59 A court in Kursk sentenced British and Northern Irish citizen James Scott Rhys Anderson to 19 years in prison for "committing a terrorist act and mercenary activity." This was reported by the Astra publication on its Telegram channel on Wednesday, March 5.
15.30 More than 3,000 residents remain in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, and more than 1,300 in the city of Rodinskoye, Pokrovsk community, their evacuation continues. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Sergei Dobryak.
15:18 The United States has temporarily stopped providing weapons and intelligence data to Ukraine. This was stated by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Fox Business White House correspondent Edward Lawrence reported on the social network H.
| Thrice noted. |
14:46 The leaders of European states will begin substantive work on formulating a concept of EU security guarantees for Ukraine after the possible end of military actions. The guarantees will include the deployment of European troops on Ukrainian territory. This was reported by European Pravda , citing an EU official familiar with the preparation of the agenda for the EU summit, which will take place tomorrow in Brussels.
14:08 The leaders of Ukraine, France and Great Britain may make a joint visit to the United States. This was stated by the spokesperson of the French government Sophie Prima.
13:49 The Chinese authorities see "new trends" in the process of political settlement of the war in Ukraine. This was stated by the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lin Jian at a briefing. In the Ukrainian issue, China continues to insist on the need to comply with four principles in resolving disagreements, Beijing recalled.
13.37 Russian troops fired a Molniya -type drone at Kharkiv on March 5. There are no reports of casualties yet. This was reported by the city's mayor Igor Terekhov on Wednesday, March 5.
Subsequently, the mayor confirmed the arrival of Lightning in an abandoned area in the Osnovyansky district.
"There is no fire and no casualties at this moment," he stressed.
13:29 Two Russian soldiers are suspected of committing sexual violence in the Donetsk region during the occupation of a village in 2022. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General on Wednesday, March 5.
Natives of the Khabarovsk Territory and the Irkutsk Region were exposed in the commission of sexual violence during the temporary occupation of a village in the Donetsk Region.
12:19 On March 4, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted changes to the procedure for booking military-liable employees of mobile operators and Internet providers.
Now, reservations are required for workers involved in the construction of networks resistant to power outages using xPON technology, as well as creating energy-independent telecom networks along highways and national roads.
12:16 The Cabinet of Ministers approved a 10-year construction of bomb shelters. The cost is UAH 789.3 billion, mainly due to international aid.
12:09 Ukraine received a total of more than EUR 2 billion in aid thanks to the Drone Coalition, which united 17 countries to develop technological superiority over the enemy. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, March 5.
11:59 Drone operators of the unmanned systems battalion and the RV unit of the 28th separate separate brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign destroyed several tanks and personnel of the Russians near Toretsk, Donetsk region.
11:36 Officials from the Trump administration held behind-the-scenes talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team after a dispute in the White House, CNN reported, citing sources.
10:58 Chinese troops may unofficially appear in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. This was reported by the National Resistance Center. China wants to gain combat experience from the example of how North Korea does it, sources say.
| Of North Korea? How odd… |
10:14 The Security Service detained an FSB agent in Odessa who was preparing a terrorist attack in southern Ukraine on orders from Russia. The terrorist turned out to be a 20-year-old drug addict from the Odessa region, recruited by the FSB through a Telegram channel looking for "easy" money.
Following instructions from the Russian special services, the agent purchased components from which he planned to personally make an IED and disguise it as a fire extinguisher.
The man was then supposed to leave the explosives at the address he was expecting from the Russians. After that, the occupiers planned to detonate the IED by calling a phone connected to the explosive device.
9:16 At night, Russian troops again attacked the Kyiv region using attack drones. In the Boryspil district, due to falling UAV debris, the glazing of 85 apartments in two apartment buildings, 20 cars, two minibuses, a store, a private house, two warehouses, two hangars, and the windows of a kindergarten and a school were damaged.
8:45 There have been 108 combat clashes on the front in 24 hours, with the Russian army attacking the Kursk, Liman and Pokrovsk directions most intensively. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:16 On the night of March 5, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging two industrial enterprises. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to him, a fire broke out at one of them as a result of the attack. It was extinguished. Windows in two five-story buildings were also damaged. No one was hurt.
7:49 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have neutralized 1,250 Russian invaders and 23 artillery systems. The total combat losses of the Russians from 24.02.22 to 05.03.25 are estimated at about 880,660 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
02:00 On the night of March 5, Russian troops carried out a massive drone attack in the Odessa region. A 77-year-old man was killed. The strike also damaged critical infrastructure in Odessa - part of the city was left without electricity, water and heat. In addition, private houses in the suburbs of Odessa were damaged by the debris of the downed drones, and a fire broke out.
01:10 Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk is ready to organize negotiations between US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. At the same time, Lukashenko said that he would not like to play the role of mediator in the "Ukrainian issue".