Russia – Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia – Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., March 21, 2023.
391 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
During the day, the russian occupiers launched 21 air strikes and 9 missile strikes. One of them is in the city of Sloviansk. There are no losses among residents. Another missile strike hit civilian infrastructure object in Kramatorsk. 7 high-rise buildings and 3 private cars were damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties among the civilian population. Also, the enemy launched 57 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The probability of launching missile strikes on the entire 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 regions. For this purpose, the russian occupiers concentrated their main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk directions. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, our defenders repelled more than 120 attacks by the occupiers in the specified directions.
On the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The russian Federation continues to maintain a significant military presence on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, however, 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. During the day, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the districts of 26 settlements. Among them are Seredyna-Buda, Sopych, Starykove, Atynske, Kostyantynivka, Kindrativka, Volfine, Oleksandrivka, Popivka, Studenok and Turya of the Sumy oblast; Kamianska Sloboda and Khrinivka in Chernihiv Oblast, as well as Hlyboke, Morokhovets, Vovchansk, Zemlianki, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kamianka, Krasne, Novomlynsk, Strelecha and Chuguivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
russian forces unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Krupyansk and Lyman directions, carrying out artillery shelling of the areas of 11 settlements along the line of combat confrontation. Delivered, in particular, to Krupyansk, Krokhmalny and Berestovo districts of Kharkiv Oblast; Nevsky, Pischany, Bilogorivka and Dibrova in the Luhansk Oblast, as well as Spirny, Torsk and Novoselyvka in the Donetsk Oblast. The enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Novoselivskyi.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the russian occupiers are not stopping their assault on the city of Bakhmut. At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Bohdanivka, Ivanovske, Predtechine and Severnye settlements. Minkivka, Vasyukivka, Zaliznyanske, Bakhmut, Hryhorivka, Ivanovske, Oleksandro-Shultine, Diliivka, New York, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Privillia and Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk oblast were shelled. In general, 12 settlements in the Bakhmut direction were affected by the fire of the occupiers.
On the Avdyivka, Marynka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the direction of the settlements of Berdychi, Avdyivka, Severna, Pervomaiske, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast. Areas of 17 settlements were subjected to numerous enemy shelling. In particular, Novobakhmutivka, Kamianka, Avdiivka, Lastochkine, Krasnohorivka, Gostre, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, Orlivka and Tonenka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy continues its defense in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. Intensive shelling, in particular, of Olhivske, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya, Orihiv and Charivne of the Zaporizhzhia oblast; Vremivka, Novopil and Pervomayske – Donetsk region, as well as Dudchany, Kozatske, Blagovishchenske, Dniprovske, Belozerka, Berehove, Red Lighthouse and Yantarne of Kherson region. The total number of shelled settlements is 41.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, and units of rocket forces and artillery struck 3 areas of concentration of the enemy’s manpower.
Last, but not the least, russia’s losses in manpower for the last 24 hours are as follows:
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