Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 135 combat engagements on March 6, with the heaviest fighting around Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, including 20, 22 and 19 attacks respectively by late evening.
- Kyiv said the seven Oschadbank cash‑in‑transit employees held in Hungary were freed and have crossed back into Ukraine after a day of escalating statements from Budapest about expulsion and from Kyiv about possible sanctions.
- The General Staff confirmed that a March 2 strike on Novorossiysk damaged two Black Sea Fleet frigates, Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, with the extent of damage still being assessed.
- Ukraine’s security service reported arresting a suspected Russian agent in Kyiv accused of preparing two bomb attacks, and authorities said a separate FSB collaborator in western Ukraine was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- Regional officials said Russian drone and artillery attacks wounded three people in Dnipropetrovsk region and damaged infrastructure, as Ukraine’s 81st Airmobile Brigade reported Russia’s increased use of heavy hexacopter bombers and analysts tracked a surge of disinformation linked to the Druzhba pipeline dispute.