FULL COURT PRESS: In the run-up to Russian elections, we’re seeing multiple actions within the RF: Drone Attacks in nine Russian regions, two fuel depots ablaze … Air defense active in Kursk … Fighters of the Siberian Battalion call on Russians for liberation, start offensives in Kursk … Both Freedom of Russia and Siberian Battalion fighters are carrying out operations on Russian territory … Fire breaks out at a thermal power plant near St. Petersburg.

More News Updates because It Is That Kind of a Day: Dramatic footage of a Russian IL-76 crashing near Ivanovo … Claims of a drone strike hitting a Belgorod administration building … and the Vatican states that Russia should cease all aggression before negotiating with Ukraine.

ORBAN: TRUMP WILL STOP FUNDING UKRAINE IF ELECTED.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

Women like Yevheniia and Taira are two of the many courageous women of #Ukraine, who, alongside their compatriots, are on the frontlines defending freedom, democracy, and sovereignty from #Russia's brutal war.

We thank 🇺🇦 courageous women for defending us.#WomensDay #8march pic.twitter.com/H1501jQirZ

— FeministsUA (@FeministsUa) March 8, 2024

UPDATE ON THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON ODESA:

UPD: Under the rubble, rescuers found the bodies of two more dead children - 10-year-old Serhiy and 8-year-old Zlata. The number of dead is 12 people😞

— Viktoriia 🌻 (@home_fella) March 3, 2024

BLOOMBERG: UKRAINE SEES RISK OF RUSSIAN BREAKTHROUGH BY SUMMER.

RUSSIAN ARMY SHELLS CENTER OF KUPIANSK WITH AERIAL BOMBS, DEATHS REPORTED.

UPDATE: A forced evacuation may be announced for the Kupiansk area.

LET’S EAT: New bakery ‘Dva batona’ opens in North Saltovka this month … Mr Bourbon Coffee now serving kambucha … Six places to try out shawarma in Kharkiv … Franyk Croissants hints at a reopening … Some Like It Hot offering new pasta dishes.

BUSINESS INSIDER: Warren Buffeet’s son gives 500 million to Ukraine, says Congress should step up.

TEN YEARS OF WAR: A timeline from the Kyiv Independent.

News of the day:

MENON: ‘PUTIN HAS LOST UKRAINE’ … US STATE DEPT: ‘WE DO NOT BELIEVE PUTIN HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS WAR’ … Zelensky signs a decree to allow foreigners to serve in the National Guard … The SBU has detained a woman suspected of directing missiles to civilian buildings in Kharkiv … Ukraine’s spy chief warns of a plot to ‘Kill Famous Ukrainians’.