The main hostile strikes on Ukrainian territory were inflicted at 5:00 am on February 24. Oleksiy Arestovych, the adviser to the President’s Office, stated during a briefing, adding that the Ukrainian side suffered minor losses as a result of the shelling.
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“The main strikes were carried out at 05:00 am on military infrastructure, airfields, resource depots, and military control centers. According to our preliminary data, the first blow failed. That the losses are insignificant and have not reduced the combat effectiveness of the defense force of Ukraine and other combat structures,” Arestovych stressed.
Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kramatorsk, and cities along the contact line were targeted.
According to preliminary data, invasion of up to 5 km is observed in the north in Kharkiv, Chernihiv regions (closer to Sumy). Zelensky’s office also shared data that had not been confirmed – alleged invasion took place in Volyn’s direction, but the Ukrainian army managed to repel it.