Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 13, 2023

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 13, 2023.

383 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.

The russian aggressor does not abandon his intentions regarding the occupation of Ukraine. Despite significant losses, the enemy continues offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, and Shakhtarsk directions.

Last day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 102 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.

The russian Federation continues to use terror tactics, carries out indiscriminate shelling of populated areas, thereby grossly violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law.

Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile strikes, in particular, on the object of civil infrastructure in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk oblast. Also, the enemy carried out 8 airstrikes and launched 49 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The level of missile threat remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.

On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The enemy maintains a military presence near the state border of Ukraine, but the formation of offensive groups has not been detected. Work continues on the engineering equipment of enemy positions in the border areas of the Belgorod region. During the day, the occupiers shelled the areas of the Volfine settlements of the Sumy Oblast and Strelecha, Mali Prohody, Krasne, Velikiy Burluk and Bologivka settlements of the Kharkiv Oblast.

The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops on the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Dvorichna, Nevske, Chervonpopivka, Kreminna, Dibrova, Bilogorivka and Verkhnyokamianske settlements. He carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Dvorichna, Zapadne, Masyutivka, Kup’yansk, Krokhmalne, Pischane and Cherneshchyna settlements of the Kharkiv Oblast; Novoselivske, Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast, as well as Siversk and Spirne in the Donetsk oblast.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop trying to capture the city of Bakhmut. Also, Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka and Ivanivske settlements. In particular, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Predtechine, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, Druzhba, Mayorsk and New York of the Donetsk oblast came under russian forces fire.

On the Avdiivka, Marinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kamianka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Severne, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, and Pobieda settlements. Areas of settlements near the contact line, including Berdychi, Avdiyivka, Tonenke, Vodyane, Georgiivka, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Gostre, Pobyeda, Vugledar, Vremivka, and Neskuchne of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy shelling.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is conducting defensive operations. Areas of settlements near the contact line, in particular, Olhivske, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, were shelled; Beryslav, Ponyativka, Dniprovske and Bilozerka in the Kherson Oblast and Tamarina and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv Oblast.

The russian invaders continue to plunder the temporarily captured territories. Recently, in Energodar, the occupiers began to remove from the educational and training center of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant educational equipment, which was used to improve the qualifications of personnel.

Against the background of large losses of personnel in the war, the enemy uses alternative sources of replenishment of manpower. So, last week, the movement of a train with first-class carriages for the transportation of prisoners was noted towards the Donetsk region. One of the wagons contains condemned women.

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile complex, as well as 6 strikes – on the areas of concentration of russian personnel and military equipment.
Units of rocket troops and artillery hit the control post, 2 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the enemy, as well as 2 ammunition warehouses and a warehouse of fuel and lubricants.

Last, but not the least, russia’s losses in manpower for the last 24 hours are as follows:

Ukraine Front Lines

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