The operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia – Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., March 12, 2023.
382 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
The criminal russian government does not give up its intentions to occupy the territory of Ukraine by using both its own armed forces and the PKK, as well as the armed formations of the quasi-republics, continuing to conduct large-scale armed aggression.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 12 air strikes and 5 missile strikes, 2 of which hit the city of Zaporizhia. The russian occupiers used the S-300 air defense system against the civilian infrastructure. As a result, one building was destroyed. There were no casualties or injuries among the civilian population.
In addition, the enemy carried out 56 attacks from rocket salvo systems. One of them is for the object of the civil infrastructure of the city of Kherson. There are victims among the civilian population: two killed and three wounded.
The probability of further missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains quite high.
During the past day, the main objective of the enemy remained attempts to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast. For this purpose, the enemy focused its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Marin, and Shakhtar directions. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, our defenders repelled 92 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.
The operational situation remained stable in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions. The russian Federation continues to maintain a significant military presence on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, but without the obvious formation of offensive groups. At the same time, the enemy continues to engineer terrain in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions. The enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the areas of 8 settlements, namely: Chervona Zorya, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk and Kamianka of the Kharkiv Oblast.
In the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy maintained a significant military presence in the areas bordering Ukraine in order to prevent our units from moving to other directions. Also, during the previous day, the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to break through the defense of our troops, carrying out artillery shelling of the areas of 13 settlements along the line of military confrontation. In particular, Dvorichny, Hryanikyvka, Masyutivka, Kislivka and Pischany of the Kharkiv region; Novoselivsky, Nevsky, Kuzmyny, Bilogorivka, and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region, as well as Dibrova, Rozdolivka, Spirnyi, and Yagidny in the Donetsk oblast.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy did not stop the assault on the city of Bakhmut. Near the contact line, the enemy shelled, in particular, Vasyukivka, Zaliznyanske, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Kostyantynivka, Bila Hora, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Aleksandro-Shultyne, Zalizne, and New York of the Donetsk region. In general, 15 settlements in the Bakhmut direction were affected by the shelling of the occupiers.
On the Avdiyivka, Maryinsky, and Shakhtarsky directions, the enemy attempted offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Kamianka, Severna, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, and Maryinka Donetsk. Didn’t have any success. 18 settlements near the contact line, including Berdychi, Lastochkine, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Bogoyavlenka, Vugledar, Zolota Niva, Alexandropol, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka, were subjected to numerous enemy shelling and Velika Novosilka, Donetsk oblast.
The russian forces continues to defend itself in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. At the same time, they carried out intensive shelling of populated areas, namely: Malynyvka, Gulyaipol, Biloghirya, Malya Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriyivka, Maly Shcherbakiv, Olhivskyi, Chervonyi, Charivnyi, Tavriyskyi, Prydniprovskyi, Plavniv, Kamianskyi and Stepovy in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast ; Novopolya – Donetska, as well as Novodmytrivka, Mykhailivka, Dudchan, Zmiivka, Vesely, Ivanivka, Antonivka, Bilozerka, Dniprovskyi, Republikanets, Krasnoy Mayak, Novosilka, Odradokamyanka, Olgivka, Tyaginka, Tokarivka, Poniativka, Romashkovo and the city of Kherson. In total, almost 40 settlements were supplied.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces struck 6 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, and units of missile forces and artillery hit 4 areas of concentration of enemy personnel, one ammunition depot and 2 deployment sites of enemy EW stations.
Last, but not the least, russia’s losses in manpower for the last 24 hours are as follows:
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