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2025-03-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 6, 2025
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 20.29 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked European leaders for their support for Ukraine and maintaining unity despite the challenges of global politics during the European Council meeting in Brussels. He presented the first steps towards achieving a fair and lasting peace.

19.55 The Norwegian Parliament has decided to increase aid to Ukraine from NOK 50 billion ($4.6 billion) to NOK 85 billion ($7.8 billion) in 2025, NRK reports.

19:25 Britain has held initial talks with about 20 countries on a "coalition of the willing" to ensure peace in Ukraine, the British television channel Sky News reported, citing British officials.

18:56 The US administration is now "actively" putting pressure not only on Ukraine, but also on Russia, using the carrot and stick method. This was stated by the US President's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg at a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations.

18:24 China's special envoy to the European Union Lu Shay said he was "discouraged" by the way US President Donald Trump is treating allies in Europe, the South China Morning Post reports .

18:00 Ukrainian aviation carried out two strikes on important targets of the Russian invaders - in the Kherson and Kursk regions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details .

17:55 US Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said that the spat between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump last week at the White House was due to the two leaders' "different goals" in the Russian-Ukrainian war. He said this in his report on ways to end the war in Ukraine at a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations.

17:39 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Kiev has not yet received details regarding the possible restriction of access to US intelligence. He said this at a joint press conference with the German Defense Minister in Berlin on Thursday, March 6.

At the same time, Ukraine is already developing alternative sources of information, in particular through cooperation with European partners.

17:28 A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed over Kiev and western Ukraine to protect against Russian attacks, the British newspaper The Guardian reported .

17:13 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the next meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense in the Ramstein format is tentatively scheduled for late March - early April. He reported this at a press conference in Berlin after talks with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

16:44 SBU counterintelligence officers detained two agents of the Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU), who were operating in the Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The attackers were preparing a series of enemy air attacks on high-voltage power lines to cut off power to part of the northern regions.

16:35 Since the beginning of the current day, 80 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The Russian invaders are most active in the Toretsk area and in the Kursk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00.

16:16 Belgium will provide Ukraine with combat-ready F-16 fighters only in 2026. This was stated by Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever before the EU summit in Brussels. At the same time, he did not rule out that the F-16s will arrive in Ukraine this year, but most likely as spare parts.

15:59 On March 6, Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on civilians in the Kherson region. Two people were killed in the attack. This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, March 6.

15:58 Humanitarian volunteers who survived the Russian missile strike on a hotel in Krivoy Rog say the ballistic missile strike was "deliberate and aimed at killing civilians." This was reported by the British television channel Sky News.

15:49 Russia considers yesterday's speech by French President Emmanuel Macron to be "excessively confrontational" and posing a "threat" to the Russian Federation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the corresponding statements.

15:15 Russian troops dropped three guided bombs on Kramatorsk. Two people were injured as a result of the strikes. A residential building and an industrial zone were damaged in the city.

14:22 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a special EU leaders' security summit in Brussels, the Ukrainian leader's press secretary Serhiy Nikiforov reported.

14:04 The EU's safe summit in Brussels comes at a "watershed moment" for Europe. Decisions must be made to boost the bloc's defense capabilities and strengthen Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the press ahead of the meeting.

13:41 Moscow happily agreed with the statement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called the conflict in Ukraine a "proxy war" between Russia and the US. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing.

13:20 The Security Service has collected evidence on two more traitors involved in the kidnapping of Ukrainian children during the occupation of Kherson - the so-called "Minister of Health of Crimea" Konstantin Skorupsky and his deputy Anton Lyaskovsky. During the temporary occupation of Kherson, the defendants took 46 young children from a local orphanage to Simferopol.

13:10 President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived for the emergency EU summit in Brussels. This is evidenced by the online broadcast of the event.

12:58 The Dutch government is discussing a possible new aid package for Ukraine. This is reported by NOS. During a debate in parliament, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that they plan to allocate approximately 3.5 billion euros in aid to Ukraine in 2026, continuing the policy of previous years. Currently, the total amount of aid from the Netherlands already reaches approximately 5.8 billion euros.

12:49 In Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, search and rescue operations at the site of the Russian missile strike have been completed. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office. As a result of the attack, four people were killed. 32 civilians were injured, including two children.

12:36 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine and Poland have prepared a joint action plan for the implementation of urgent and long-term projects in the defense sector. He said this during a joint briefing with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Poland Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz on Thursday, March 6.

12:23 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has appointed Arsen Zhumadilov to the post of Director of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA). This was reported by the press service of the agency.

12:11 Russian troops launched a massive attack with guided aerial bombs on the village of Saltino in the Dergachiv community in the Kharkiv region.

As a result of the UAB hit, a private residential building was completely destroyed. According to preliminary data, a man was killed and two women were injured as a result of the shelling.

The blast wave damaged nearby private homes, outbuildings and cars.

10:42 France is ready to replace the United States in providing intelligence information to Ukraine. This was stated by French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, the France 24 TV channel reported.

10:39 The Defense Ministry's procurement agency, the State Logistics Operator, has contracted more than one million sets of summer suits for the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2025. This was reported by the Defense Ministry. It is noted that the ministry has developed and approved the inspection volumes for two types of summer field suits (type 1 and type 2) for defenders.

10:26 The Security Service has detained a collaborator who headed the occupation "Russian police" in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, in the first months of the full-scale invasion.

After being "dismissed from office" in April 2022, the defendant hid for a long time in the European Union, and then returned to Ukraine under the guise of an ordinary citizen. Law enforcement officers documented this fact and detained the perpetrator in a temporary home in Volyn, where he tried to "lay low".

9:55 As a result of a missile strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, four people were killed and more than 30 people were injured. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"The rescue operation in Krivoy Rog at the site of the Russian missile strike continued all night. Ballistics on an ordinary hotel. Literally before the strike, volunteers from one of the humanitarian organizations - citizens of Ukraine, the United States, Britain - checked into the hotel. They survived because they managed to get down from their rooms. But, unfortunately, four people were killed by this strike. My condolences to their families and friends," the head of state said.

9:20 Russian troops attacked the Odessa region with attack drones on the night of March 6. An energy facility was hit, a residential building and an administrative building were damaged. Two people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper.

9:19 At night, Russian military attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 112 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drone imitators. 68 drones were shot down. Another 43 enemy drone imitators were lost without negative consequences.

The Russian attack affected Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

9:16 The death toll in Kryvyi Rih has increased due to a missile strike carried out by Russian troops on a hotel building the night before. A 43-year-old man died in intensive care. Thus, the number of victims of the Russian attack has risen to four.

8:42 Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 16 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, a command post, and a radio-electronic station of the Russian invaders. This was reported on March 6 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, 109 combat clashes occurred at the front, the hottest areas being Kursk and Toretskoye.

8:22 During the liquidation of the consequences of the night air attack of the Russian Federation, emergency workers saved a woman with a disability, another person suffered due to severe stress. This was reported by the State Emergency Service, publishing photos and videos from the site of the strike.

7:45 Russian troops lost 1,140 soldiers, 5 tanks, and 80 unmanned aerial vehicles in the war with Ukraine in one day. This was reported on March 6 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total combat losses of the Russians since 02/24/22 are approximately 881,800 people.

7:20 In Kharkiv, after a Russian UAV strike, residents of a multi-story building hit by a Russian drone are being evacuated; two people have an acute stress reaction. This was reported by the mayor Igor Terekhov. According to him, as a result of the shelling, the roof and the technical floor of the multi-story residential building were damaged. There was a small fire. The elevator shaft, partially the technical floor, and the facade part of the slabs between the 9th and technical floors were destroyed. Glazing in nearby houses and eight cars were also damaged.

01:30 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for his clear vision and our joint efforts to achieve peace. On the evening of March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on the eve of the EU leaders' summit, which plans to gather in Paris the chiefs of general staff of countries considering the creation of a peacekeeping mission for Ukraine.

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