Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 23, 2023

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 23, 2023.

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

The russian Federation continues its armed aggression against Ukraine, and does not abandon its intention to fully occupy the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdyivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, and defends on the others. During the last day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 83 russian attacks on the eastern part of the front.

The russian aggressor continues to use his usual tactics of terrorizing the civilian population, shelling populated areas and critical infrastructure facilities.

Over the past day, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia. Russian rockets hit a residential high-rise building. There are dead and wounded among civilians. Also, the enemy carried out 48 airstrikes, in particular, on civilian objects of critical infrastructure in Zhytomyr oblast and Kyiv Oblast. The invaders used 21 UAVs of the Shahed-136 type from the Bryansk region of the russian Federation, 16 of these drones were shot down. Civilians have been killed and wounded as a result of russian drone strikes. In addition, the invaders fired 75 rockets from multiple rocket launchers.

The threat of further strikes by the enemy remains throughout the territory of Ukraine.

On the Volyn, Polisyia, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, the formation of offensive groups of the enemy has not been detected. The russian leadership continues to use the infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus to train its troops. The enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas. During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Hrinivka, Arkhipivka and Mikhalchyna Sloboda settlements of Chernihiv Oblast; Demyanivka, Esman, Atynske, Iskriskivshchyna, Bilopylla, Volfyne, Pavlivka, Basivka, Yunakivka and Krasnopillya in Sumy Oblast and Basove, Hoptivka, Strelecha, Vesele, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, Krasne Pershe and Kindrashyvka in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy continues to try to break our defenses. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Makyivka, Bilogorivka, and Verkhnyokamianske settlements. Conducted artillery shelling of Krokhmalne settlements in Kharkiv Oblast; Novoselivske, Nevske, Bilogorivka – Luhansk, as well as Terna, Kolodyazi, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in Donetsk oblast.

On the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive operations, losing a significant amount of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Ukraine defenders repel numerous russian attacks around the clock in the Bakhmut, Bohdanivka and Predtechyny areas. More than 15 settlements near the contact line, including Vasyukivka, Mynkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Oleksandro-Shultyne, North and South of Donetsk oblast, were hit by enemy shelling.

On the Avdyivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the russian forces carried out offensive actions in the areas of Novokalynov, Stepove, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Lastochkine, Severna, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, and Pobieda settlements – without success. More than 20 districts of settlements, in particular, Avdiyivka, Tonenke, Severne, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Netaylove, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Vugledar of the Donetsk oblast, came under enemy shelling.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is conducting defensive operations. Areas of more than 45 settlements near the contact line, including Malynivka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhia Oblast, as well as Havrylivka, Ivanivka, Zelenivka, Dniprovske and the city of Kherson, were shelled.

In the settlements of Reshetylivske, Chumatske and Kostyantynivka of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the russian occupiers conducted a tour of the houses of local residents and warned them about the need to stay in safe places and not to leave their homes. The mentioned may indirectly testify to the efforts of the russian occupiers to make it impossible for the local population to observe the enemy’s planned transfer of its manpower and military equipment to the line of battle.
The Russian Federation does not give up the war of aggression, despite the numerous victims.

Constantly takes measures to replenish manpower losses. Thus, in one of the military units stationed in South Ossetia, active work is being carried out with conscripts, regarding their signing of contracts and further participation in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. It was established that in the period from March 1 to 10, more than 50 Russian conscripts signed the contract. They, having not received proper combat training, were sent to Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

During the day, the Ukrainian aviation struck the russian’s anti-aircraft missile complex, as well as 12 strikes on the areas where the personnel and military equipment of the occupiers were concentrated. Ukrainain units of missile forces and artillery hit 1 control post, 3 enemy personnel concentration areas, an ammunition depot and 1 enemy electronic warfare station.

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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