Russian troops struck a residential area in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with tubed artillery on the morning of March 3.

Despite deploying Su-57 jets, Russian air forces have failed to shoot down Ukrainian aircraft, highlighting their inability to leverage numerical and technical superiority. Russian forces are preparing for a battle over Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

Russian troops are increasing pressure near Platonivka, Bondarne, and Pryvillia on the Sloviansk and Kramatorsk axes. However, Ukrainian forces are holding their lines and maintaining control of the situation.

Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in the Donetsk region as a result of morning shelling in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.

Kramatorsk, the largest city in Ukraine's Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control, is increasingly being abandoned by its residents as Russia seeks to control it at all costs.

Russian troops have increased their offensive operations near Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, though Ukrainian forces maintain that the situation in these areas remains under control.

Enemy forces shelled the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region on the morning of March 2. According to preliminary information, three people were killed.

Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure and killing at least one person, the Ukrainian military and local officials said on Sunday. Reporting from Kramatorsk, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg said the strikes on the city appeared to have been unsuccessful, as no power cuts had been reported so far.