Attachments
1154 political violence events
7% decrease compared to last week
66 incidents of violence targeting civilians
22% decrease compared to last week
At least 41 fatalities from civilian targeting
29% increase compared to last week
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces occupied a village northwest of Velyka Novosilka. Meanwhile, counter-attacking Ukrainian forces marginally advanced around Pokrovsk.
- Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the Odesa, Poltava, Chernihiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions on 7 March in one of the largest attacks to date. Ukrainian forces intercepted strikes in at least 35 more instances in 17 regions, including the central regions of Cherkasy and Kirovohrad.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 40 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, Sumy, and Zaporizhia regions.