Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 8, 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 8, 2023.

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

The russian occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtar directions. Unsuccessful offensive actions continue in the districts of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Kamianka, Avdiivka and Maryinka of the Donetsk oblast.

Last day, our defenders repelled more than 100 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.

The invaders launched 24 air strikes and 1 missile strike. In particular, during the airstrikes, the enemy used 1 UAV of the Shahed-136 type. He was shot down. The russian occupiers also launched more than 60 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.

On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The formation of hostile offensive groups was not detected. At the same time, the enemy continues to maintain its units near the state border of Ukraine. During the past day, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the areas of Senkivka and Karpovichi settlements of Chernihiv Oblast; Starikove, Bilopillya, Golyshivske, Pavlivka, Volfine and Grabovske – Sumy Oblast and in the area of 18 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast. Among them are Udy, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Krasne, Zelene, Ustinivka, Aniskine, Shevyakivka, Dvorichna and Zapadne.

On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Hryanikyvka, Bilogorivka, Spirne, Vyimka, Nevske, and Fedorivka. They also conducted artillery shelling of Putnykovo, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, and Krokhmalne settlements of Kharkiv Oblast; Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Chervonopivka and Dibrova – Luhansk and Terna, Yampil, Rozdolivka and Fedorivka in Donetsk oblast.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the russian forces, despite significant losses, continues to storm the city of Bakhmut. They also carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Berkhivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka settlements. Over the past day, the enemy made more than 30 unsuccessful attacks near Orihovo-Vasylivka. The areas of the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Stupochki, Predtechine, Oleksandro-Shultine, Diliivka, Zalizne and New York were shelled with russian artillery.

On the Avdiyivka and Shakhtarsky directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Oleksandropil, Kamianka, Severne, Vodyane, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk Oblast. The enemy launched more than 20 attacks in the area near Maryinka. More than 25 settlements, including Berdychi, Orlivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, and Prechistivka, came under enemy fire.

The russians are defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. They shelled the areas of more than 30 settlements near the contact line, in particular, Olhivske, Zatyshsha, Charivne, Pavlivka, Prymorske of the Zaporizhia Oblast, as well as Kachkarivka, Mylove, Zmiivka, Ivanivka, Kherson, and Inzhenerne.
In the village of Ulyanivka of the Vasylkivskyi district of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhya Oblast, by order of the so-called “Russian occupation administration”, grain crops from the neighboring farms and farms of the district are brought to the local hangar. The occupiers, under the guise of buying at significantly reduced prices, simply confiscate grain.

Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine made 7 strikes on areas where the occupiers were concentrated during the day. Also, our defenders shot down an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the “Orlan-10” type. At the same time, Ukrainian rocket and gunners struck 1 Buk-M1-2 anti-aircraft missile system, 5 areas of concentration of the enemy’s manpower, 3 warehouses of fuel and lubricants and 1 complex of radar reconnaissance and control “Zoopark”.

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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