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Ukraine offered Slovak PM Fico dates for a visit – March 6 or 9. Zelensky invited him to discuss the Druzhba pipeline and other pressing issues.

As of an hour ago the entire south of Russia was under a massive drone attack, including jet-powered drones.

Intelligence shows Russia is preparing new strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, Zelensky says. Everyone defending Ukraine must stay as focused now in spring as they were in winter. Ukrainians made it through the hardest winter of the war, he added.

Occupied Sevastopol is without power following a drone attack.

The next Ukraine-Russia talks set for Abu Dhabi may be postponed or relocated due to the security situation in the UAE.

Israel has eliminated Iran's entire military leadership, IDF says.

Trump said he is open to potential talks with Iran's new leadership. He intends to make contact and is ready for a conversation.

Russian occupiers have obviously hit a major problem on the front. Reports say Ukrainian fighters started using nearly silent FPV drones with rubber blades that are impossible to hear until they strike.

Missile and drone alerts active right now across several Russian regions.

Trump says 48 Iranian leaders were taken out at once and Iran would have had nuclear weapons in two weeks if the US hadn't struck their nuclear program. Operations against Iran are "ahead of schedule," he added.

Ukrainian aircraft struck the Krasnolimanskaya mine east of Rodynske. Preliminary reports suggest Russian "Rubikon" unit operators were targeted, with significant losses reported.

Air defenses active right now over Russian Belgorod. Reports say there may be a hit, according to Exilenova+.

Iran is hitting the French naval base in Abu Dhabi. This follows two missiles previously fired toward British military bases on Cyprus.

Ukrainian Air Assault Forces' 132nd Recon Battalion broke through Russian lines on the Oleksandrivskyi front. Scouts destroyed bunkers and ammo depots, opening a bridgehead for further tactical advancement.

Ukrainian aviation smashed a large building packed with Russian troops, two regimental command posts and a stockpile of ammo and drones, Soniashnyk reports. Stay tuned for details.

Zelensky welcomed Belgium's seizure of a Russian tanker that was under sanctions but kept hauling Russian oil under a fake flag. He thanked France for backing the operation and urged the EU to update laws so tankers can be seized and their cargo used for European security.

Ukrainian border guards from the "Steel Border" brigade knocked out two Russian tanks on the Kursk front.

For the first time in months or maybe years, Ukraine is liberating more territory than it's losing, says Come Back Alive Foundation chief Taras Chmut. Russia lost the winter battle and Ukraine keeps fighting, he wrote on X.

Putin offered condolences to Iran's president over Khamenei's killing, calling it a "cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law."

Ayatollah Arafi appointed acting Supreme Leader of Iran after Khamenei's killing, IRNA reports.

Assad, Maduro, now Khamenei. Putin lost three close friends in just over a year and helped none of them. Russia is no reliable ally, its influence is tanking, and Putin's fall is just a matter of time, Ukraine's FM Sybiha says.

Russian ideologist Dugin is worried about the regime in Russia after the Iran operation began. If Iran falls, Russia is next, he says.

Footage of French Navy helicopters seizing a Russian shadow fleet tanker overnight.

Russian Z-bloggers are also summing up the winter.

Russian military bloggers seem disappointed by the killing of Iran's leader.

Iranian media also confirmed the deaths of Defense Minister Ali Larijani, Armed Forces chief Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour and Defense Council secretary Ali Shamkhani.

A mourning black flag was raised over a mosque in Mashhad, Iran, following the death of Khamenei.

Belgium and France seized the "Ethera," a Russian shadow fleet tanker under a Guinean flag, now en route to Belgian port Zeebrugge. Defense Minister Theo Francken said Belgium is taking out these ships one by one until Putin's war stops.

Ukrainian USF drones destroyed an Imbir radar and an S-300V system near Mariupol overnight on March 1. Pilots used Ukrainian-made FP-2 drones with 100kg warheads to hunt down the air defenses.