Kharkiv News - Key Highlights for March 2: The effectiveness of the new alert system and recent missile strikes.

The main news of the day is in the chronicle of MG "Obektiv".

23:15

Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops away from Kupiansk in Kharkiv region — DeepState

Advancing southwest of Synkivka towards Kupiansk, which was marked on the map as occupied, analysts have now classified it as a "gray zone".

22:26

An explosion occurred in Kharkiv around 22:00

Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that, preliminarily, a Shahed-type UAV struck a high-rise building in the Kyiv district, igniting a fire on one of the floors. According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Synegubov, a balcony caught fire in an apartment building in the city center. Rescue teams are working at the scene.

Update – link.

20:09

Video of the KAB strike on the village of Dolzhyk in the Zolochiv community, where a 14-year-old boy and his 65-year-old grandmother were injured, was shown by the regional prosecutor's office

According to investigative data, around 16:00 the settlement was attacked with four aerial bombs. Four residential buildings, outbuildings, and storage facilities of a farm were damaged, along with electrical lines.

18:19

Russian military attacked the Kharkiv region once since the start of the day

As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its 16:00 summary, in the Kupiansk direction, the occupiers attempted to advance towards Ukrainian positions near the village of Zahryzovo in the Borivska community, but the defenders successfully repelled this attack.

No active actions were conducted by the enemy in the Kharkiv direction. The village of Liutovka in the Zolochiv community was subjected to an airstrike.

18:09

The Zolochiv community was bombarded with KABs today — a teenager and his grandmother were injured

In the village of Dolzhyk, two locals were injured — a 65-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy. The injured were hospitalized, reports the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

As clarified by the publication "Zarya-news" citing the chairman of the Zolochiv PVA, Viktor Kovalenko, around 16:00 four KABs were dropped on the community, two of them on the village of Dolzhyk. Preliminary reports indicate that four private homes, agricultural buildings, and power networks were damaged. Two more KABs struck the vicinity of Dolzhyk and the settlement of Rodne. There were no casualties or destruction there.

According to the regional police department, the boy sustained a shrapnel injury and acute stress reaction, while his grandmother suffered blast injuries.

12:35

In February, Russian strikes damaged 163 houses in Kharkiv, a significant portion of which occurred in the last day of the month — Terekhov

Overall, according to the mayor's data, 2,259 windows were shattered. As of now, over 80% of them have already been repaired, with the remaining ones — the consequences of the latest shelling — expected to be fixed by the evening of March 2.

Thirty-seven roofs were damaged, 14 of which have already been restored or are under repair.

"February ended with brutal Russian attacks on Kharkiv's civilian infrastructure. Throughout the past month, the enemy deliberately targeted residential buildings, businesses, energy facilities, and medical institutions, trying to complicate our lives as much as possible," Terekhov stated.

12:10

Russian losses in northern Kharkiv region over the past day — 67 soldiers, 17 of them eliminated

The Russian forces also lost 108 units of military equipment and armament, including artillery systems, armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, nine units of special equipment, and 76 UAVs. Additionally, 63 shelters were destroyed.

"The operational situation has not undergone significant changes and remains complex. Over the past day, Russian occupiers launched a missile strike, five airstrikes using four KABs, 12 NARs, deployed 67 kamikaze drones, and conducted 520 shellings of Ukrainian defenders' positions," reported in the "Kharkiv" OTG.

11:55

As a result of launching the city’s differentiated system, the duration of air alerts in Kharkiv has decreased by 40% — Terekhov

"We have created a very serious and powerful system that is currently operational. We have separated the city of Kharkiv from the Kharkiv region. This is more convenient. That is, after the differentiated air alert systems became operational, we reduced the alert time by 40%. This facilitates the work of shops, banks, hypermarkets, and supermarkets. Life in Kharkiv has become easier for people," the mayor said.

Video: national telethon "Unified News"

9:26

Russian military attacked the Kharkiv region with drones, KABs, and from MLRS throughout the day. There is one injured

According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Synegubov:

▪️ At 22:30 in the settlement of Zolochiv, two private houses were damaged due to an FPV drone strike.
▪️ At 21:25, as a result of debris from a "Geran" UAV falling, a high-voltage line was severed in the village of Aleksandrovka in the Bohodukhiv community. Restoration work is ongoing.
▪️ At 17:00 in the village of Petropavlivka in the Kupiansk district, a 51-year-old man was injured due to an FPV drone attack.
▪️ At 14:40 in the village of Klynova-Novoselivka in the Zolochiv community, two private houses and a car were damaged due to an FPV drone strike.
▪️ At 12:55 in the village of Tsyrkuni in the Kharkiv district, a "Molniya" UAV crashed to the ground.

On March 2 at 4:37, Russian aviation dropped KABs on the outskirts of the village of Turovo in the Zolochiv community, damaging three private properties.

On March 1 around 6:30, Russians shelled the settlement of Kovsharivka in the Kupiansk district from MLRS. An apartment building was damaged, and a fire broke out. There were no casualties.

8:45

Kharkiv region suffered from a night drone attack

As reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a total of 79 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones attacked Ukraine overnight.

Sixty-three of them were shot down in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions. Sixteen decoy drones were locally lost (without negative consequences).

As a result of the enemy attack, Kharkiv region, Sumy region, Khmelnytskyi region, and Zaporizhzhia were affected.

8:32

The day in northern Kharkiv region passed without Russian military assaults, while they attacked three times in the Kupiansk direction

As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning summary, in the Kupiansk direction, the aggressor conducted offensive actions near Novoosinovo and Zahryzovo but faced resistance.

7:53

On March 1, Russian forces continued offensive operations in the areas of Vovchansk, Borova, and in the Kupiansk direction, but made no advances — ISW

▪️ Regarding Vovchansk, a Russian milblogger claimed that Russian troops advanced by 50 meters and cleared part of the northern bank of