Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 2, 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 2, 2023.

The 372 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
The main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on conducting offensive actions in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk directions. Last day, our defenders repelled more than 170 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.
In total, the russian occupiers launched 14 rocket attacks on civilian objects in Kharkiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast, and Donetsk Oblast. There are wounded civilians, high-rise apartment buildings and private houses are damaged. The invaders also carried out 21 airstrikes, including 2 Shahed-136 UAVs. Strike drones shot down. The enemy launched 58 attacks from rocket systems of salvo fire.
The level of the threat of missile strikes by the Russian occupiers is very high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
No formations of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk, and Slobozhansk directions. During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Yeline and Baranivka of the Chernihiv Oblast; Rozhkovychi, Starykove, Hirky, Atynske, Stukalyvka, Budky, Volfyne, Turya, Grabovske in the Sumy region and Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Krasne, Ternova, Okhrimivka, Potykhonove, Dvorichna, and Kindrashivka in the Kharkiv Oblast. It used an unmanned aerial vehicle with a combat load near Budarok, Kharkiv region.
In the border areas of the Belgorod region, the enemy continues engineering equipment of the area, installs anti-tank barriers.
On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the areas of Kreminna and Bilogorivka settlements in the Luhansk Oblast and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast. There was no success. He carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Masyutivka, Lyman Pershiy, Kupyansk, Kislivka settlements of the Kharkiv Oblast Kuzemivka, Makiivka, Kreminna, Bilogorivka, Dibrova in the Luhansk region and Zvanivka in the Donetsk Oblast.
The enemy continues to advance in the direction of Bakhmut. Storms the city of Bakhmut. Our defenders repelled attacks in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut and Ivanivske settlements. Bondarne, Zaliznyanske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar and New York of the Donetsk Oblast came under enemy fire.
On the Avdiyivka and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Kamianka, Severna, Vodyane, Nevelske and Maryinka. The areas of Avdiivka, Lastochkine, Berdychi, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Georgiivka, Bogoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka and Neskuchne in Donetsk Oblast came under shelling.
The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, in some areas, he is trying to create conditions for the transition to the offensive. He carried out artillery shelling of more than 45 districts of populated areas. Among them are Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as Dobra Nadiya, Nikopol, Zmiivka, Kozatske, Novosilka, Inzhenerne, Bilozerka, Dniprovske and the city of Kherson.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation has carried out 16 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the russian occupiers. Also, our defenders shot down an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the “Orlan-10” type. Missile and artillery units hit 1 enemy concentration area, 2 ammunition depots, and 3 other important enemy targets.

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

Ukraine Front Lines

Photo credit: The General Staff of Ukraine

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