There Russia The goal is to capture as much ground as possible before new American supplies are releasedUkraine and that thawing This makes some of the passages impassable for military vehicles. That's why there were serious attacks throughout the south of the country on the night from Saturday to Sunday Volodymyr Zelenskyafter the conquest Avdiivka and other outposts and initiated a pressure operation in the region Zaporizhia.
Also the head of the press center of the Southern Forces of the Ukrainian Army, Colonel Natalia Humenyukconfirmed that Fly Attacks in this area are increasing. Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles were deployed in the regions Poltava, Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytsky, DniproZaporizhzhia and Kherson: “At night the Russian army, with the help of tactical aviation, tried to… Black Seato destroy our anti-aircraft defenses Kh-31P missilesthat were shot down over the sea. Then waves followed Drones initially towards the southern region Mykolaivthen to the central and western regions”.
Among the most affected areas, as already mentioned, is the Zaporizhzhia region, where attacks have occurred in the last 24 hours 263 attacksOne civilian was killed and two others were injured, the governor reported on Telegram Ivan Fyodorov. “On February 24, an enemy shell caused the death of a 61-year-old Huliaypole. “Two people were injured,” he said. Russian troops struck RobotyneVilnyansk, HuliaypoleNovoandriivka, NovodanylivkaMalynivka, Mala Tokmachka with 60 drones and 14 MLRS. Last week the Russian army attacked 3,200 cities and villages in Zaporizhia Oblast.
Victims also in the region Khersonafter two condominiums, private homes and educational institutions were damaged by Russian bombing: one civilian was killed and six others were injured, the governor said Oleksandr Prokudin. The army's rockets Kremlin they took aim BilozerkaShlyakhov, NovoberyslavHavrylivka, Knows whereStanislav, Osokorivka and the city of Kherson. “The Russian army attacked residential areas, in particular two residential buildings and seven private houses were damaged,” he said.
To demonstrate its consolidation of its presence in the region, Russia has also decided to allow residents of the Zaporizhzhia region it controls to vote ahead of the presidential elections in mid-March. Early voting has begun, he said Galina Katyushchenko, President of the Regional Election Commission: “The members of the District Election Commission will go door to door in the areas adjacent to the commitment line, bringing ballot papers and ballot boxes. To vote, voters must present a Russian or Ukrainian passport, based on the regional election commission's decision. Polling stations will open in the region on March 17.”
The Ukrainian army, for its part, is trying to respond with incursions into Russian territory and the Black Sea, where Zelensky has promised new “surprises” for Putin’s military. During the night, Russian anti-aircraft systems shot down two Ukrainian drones over Belgorod Oblast and four more over the Black Sea. “A terrorist attack by the Kiev regime – according to the Moscow Defense Ministry – was thwarted during the night by an attempt to hit two areas on the territory of the Russian Federation with some drones. The aircraft were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense forces operating in the territory of Belgorod Oblast and in the waters of the Black Sea.”