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 24, 2023.
394 day of the russian large-scale invasion has begun.
Over the past day, the russian occupiers launched 37 air strikes and 4 missile strikes, one of which hit Kramatorsk. Also, the enemy launched 82 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The probability of launching missile strikes remains quite high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The russian forces are concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdyivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtarsk directions. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, Ukrainian defenders repelled more than 79 enemy attacks against them.
On the Volyn, Polyiske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The russian Federation continues to maintain a military presence on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. However, formations of offensive groups were not noted. At the same time, the enemy continued to engineer terrain in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions. The enemy shelled more than 20 districts of populated areas with mortars and barrel artillery. Among them: Tymonovichi of Chernihiv Oblast; Zarutske and Popivka of Sumy Oblast, as well as Morozova Dolyna, Strelcha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Ternova, Staritsa, Zemlianka, Kreidyanka, Vilkhuvatka, Shevyakivka, Ambarne and Bologivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, during the previous day, the enemy shelled the Hryanikyvka, Kupyansk, Krokhmalny, Tabaivka, and Terni districts of the Kharkiv Oblast with artillery; Novoselivka, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevsky, Pischany, and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast, as well as Hryhorivka, Verkhnokamyansky, and Spirny in the Donetsk oblast.
In the direction of Bakhmut, russian forces did not stop the assault on Bakhmut. It was in the area of this city that the largest number of combat clashes took place in the specified direction during the past day. Enemy attacks were also repelled in the areas of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka and Predtechine settlements of the Donetsk oblast. The enemy shelled also Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Predtechyne, Zalizne, Severnye and New York in Donetsk oblast. In general, more than 15 settlements were affected by such criminal actions of the occupiers.
On the Avdyivka, Marinsk, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severna, Pervomaiske, Marinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast. In particular, Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Kamianka, Avdiyivka, Netaylove, Lastochkine, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, Orlivka, Novomykhailivka, and Prechistivka of the Donetsk oblast were subjected to numerous enemy attacks.
The enemy continues to defend itself in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. At the same time, he carried out intensive shelling, in particular, of Olhivsky, Malynyvka, Chervony, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Charivny, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orikhov, Novoandriivka, Stepovoy, and Kamiansky of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Krasnoy Mayak, Beryslav, Lviv, Novotyaginka, Antonivka and the city of Kherson.
Due to the significant losses that the occupiers suffer every day, the enemy has decided to increase the number of beds in the existing hospitals operating in the temporarily captured territory of the Luhansk Oblast. In particular, in the settlement of Troitske, the number of beds in the military hospital was doubled, from 200 to 400. At the same time, all wounded officers were evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation by helicopters between March 17 and 18.
An increase in mortality among wounded invaders was noted in the period from March 17 to 21, due to an increase in the number of severe injuries and poor medical care, in particular due to insufficiently professional medical personnel.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian aviation has carried out 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Our defenders also shot down two Kh-59 guided air missiles and 4 UAVs of various types.
Units of rocket forces and artillery, at the same time, hit the command post, the area where the enemy’s manpower, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, the anti-aircraft missile complex and 2 warehouses of fuel and lubricants.
Last, but not the least, russia’s losses in manpower for the last 24 hours are as follows:
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