5 March 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The attack of "Shakheds" on Odesa at night lasted for three hours
- 18 Shaheds were shot down over Odessa, but there are also hits
- The Air Force destroyed 18 "Shaheed" out of 22
- White House: Putin is taking advantage of Congress's failure to vote on aid to Ukraine
- The European Commission proposes to transfer the EU's defense industry to the regime of a military economy
- The Crimean bridge was closed for more than 8 hours
- Ukrainian drones sank the Russian patrol ship "Serhiy Kotov"
- The Russians shelled Kherson in the morning
- Since the beginning of the war, the IAEA has provided equipment worth 8.5 million euros to Ukrainian nuclear power plants
- Lithuanian farmers said that they have problems with Russian grain, not with Ukrainian grain
- The EU reduced Russian gas imports by 71% in two years
- Russian shelling damaged the gas pipeline and cut off electricity to consumers in two regions
- In the morning, the Russians ransacked the Kharkiv region and killed a woman
- The Dortyol oil terminal in Turkey refused to accept Russian oil due to US sanctions
- Russian Novatek increases exports of liquefied gas with the help of the French
- The Russians attacked Krasnohorivka with artillery, one person was killed
- Air defense shot down a Russian missile over Kryvorizky district
- Russia struck the center of Kherson, a man was injured
- Hungary completed the ratification of Sweden's accession to NATO
- France joins the Czech Republic in purchasing 800,000 shells for Ukraine
- The USA has imposed sanctions against Wagner PMC and the Russian Aerospace Forces
- There were 76 clashes at the front, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine made 11 strikes
- The President of the Czech Republic, commenting on the sending of troops to Ukraine, suggested not to limit oneself
- Britain lifted sanctions against a billionaire who renounced Russian citizenship
- The Russians remotely mined the territory in the north of Sumy region with ball bombs
- Minister of Defense of Germany: There is no political decision on sending Taurus to Ukraine
- The EU presented the first ever defense industry strategy. Ukraine was included in it
- White House: Zelensky is asking for weapons, not American troops
- ISW: The Russians are willing to lose planes for advancement
- Did the Russians become more active in the Novopavlovsk direction? were attacked 39 times during the day
- The Armed Forces neutralized another 1,250 invaders and 21 tanks over the past day