Russia carried out an airstrike on Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region, resulting in 16 casualties.
At the same time, a rescue operation was completed in Odessa as a result of a Russian strike on a multi-storey building, which occurred on March 2.
What happened in Ukraine and the world during the day on March 3, 2024 — read further in the material on the website Facts ICTV.
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End of the rescue operation in Odessa
In Odessa, the rescue operation ended after a Russian drone hit a high-rise building.
The Russian attack killed 12 people, including five — children under 10 years of age. 9 people were injured.
On March 3, mourning for the dead was declared in Odessa and the region.
For more information about the consequences of the Russian strike on a house in Odessa, read the material on ICTV Facts.
Explosions in Dnieper and Nikolaev
During the day, the Russians attacked the Dnieper and Nikolaev region.
So, after two in the morning, explosions occurred in the Dnieper. Subsequently, the OVA reported that the enemy had launched a missile attack on the city. There were no casualties.
Towards evening, after the announcement of a ballistic threat, explosions were heard in Nikolaev. The mayor of the city subsequently reported that the strike hit an area outside of Nikolaev.
Shelling of Mirgorod and Pokrovsk
March 3, Russian troops shelled Mirnograd and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. The invaders struck at Mirnograd at midnight, at Pokrovsk — in the morning.
Russian troops used four missiles to shell Mirnograd on March 3. According to preliminary information, these were S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
A microdistrict with dense residential buildings came under the occupiers' sights. According to the head of the regional military administration, Vadim Filashkin, during the shelling of Mirnograd on March 3, 17 high-rise buildings, 16 private houses, two educational institutions, two shops and a bank premises were damaged.
A 33-year-old and a 50-year-old woman, as well as a 37-year-old man, were injured due to hits in apartment buildings.
Now the victims with mine-explosive injuries, bruises and wounds are in the hospital.
At the same time, Russian troops used an Iskander-M missile to shell Pokrovsk on March 3. The explosions in Pokrovsk occurred at half past seven in the morning. As a result of the shelling of Pokrovsk, an underground gas pipeline was damaged.
Russian airstrike on Kurakhovo
Also on the afternoon of March 3, the Russian army launched an airstrike on Kurakhovo, in the Donetsk region. There are 16 known wounded, two of whom — in serious condition. All the wounded are in the hospital and receiving the necessary medical care.
According to preliminary information, the invaders used a guided bomb to strike.
— The enemy hit the city center, damaged at least 15 high-rise buildings, — reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
The Donetsk regional prosecutor's office said that, according to preliminary data, the occupiers dropped a KAB-500 aerial bomb on the city.
Russia took advantage of its mobilization to expand its network of spies abroad
The WSJ writes that Russian authorities have taken advantage of migrants who fled mobilization in Russia after September 2022 in order to expand their network of agents and spies abroad. After the start of the full-scale invasion, the Kremlin's intelligence network was significantly weakened, as Western states began to actively track Russian spies and audited Russian diplomatic departments for the presence of such agents.
According to the publication, the Russian side has also begun to more actively attract foreigners to participate in various operations abroad.
The material also talks about how Russian special services eliminate those Russians whom the Kremlin considers traitors.
More — read on Facts ICTV.
Losses of the Russian Federation in February 2024 — the largest in two years of the great war
In February 2024, the average daily losses of the Russian army were the largest since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, reports the UK Ministry of Defense.
It is indicated that over the past month the Russian Federation lost an average of 983 people per day, we are talking about killed and wounded.
— The rise in the daily average almost certainly demonstrates Russia's readiness for a massive war of attrition. Although this is costly in terms of human lives, this effect increases pressure on Ukrainian positions along the entire front line, — noted in British intelligence.
The department believes that today Russia has probably lost more than 355 thousand military personnel killed and wounded in the war.
Artificial intelligence will help in demining Ukraine
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the technology company Palantir, specializing in big data analytics, signed a partnership agreement that provides for the future involvement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the process of humanitarian demining of Ukrainian territories.
The agreement was signed in London, during the visit to the UK of the Ukrainian delegation led by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko.
— Humanitarian demining — zero stage of restoration of Ukraine. Currently, 156 thousand square kilometers of land are potentially contaminated, and more than 6 million Ukrainians are at risk. That is why accelerating humanitarian demining, in particular through cooperation with technology companies like Palantir, is an opportunity to save lives and quickly begin the reconstruction of Ukraine, — said Sviridenko.
On the Palantir side, the document was signed by Executive Vice President for the UK and Europe Louis Mosley, who stated that the agreement would help save the lives of Ukrainians and strengthen the Ukrainian economy.
According to the document, cooperation is expected in the following areas:
- digitization of humanitarian demining operations, automation of processes provided for by the National Mine Action Strategy for the period until 2033;
- expanding digital capabilities to coordinate land release and assessment, regional prioritization and mine action risk management;
- using an assistant based on the Palantir artificial intelligence platform (AIP) for decision-making in mine action.
The said platform is expected to handle large databases. They will be formed by structures involved in the implementation of mine action activities (local governments, regional authorities, ministries and departments, as well as mine action operators).
These databases will include both permanent information, for example, assessment of the economic efficiency of agricultural land, the proximity of contaminated areas to communications, etc., and operational information, which will be regularly updated.
