Russia – Ukraine war updates as of March 30, 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 30, 2023.

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

During the past day, the russian forces launched 5 missile and 25 air strikes, launched 34 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.

As a result of an airstrike on the infrastructure of the cities of Beryslav, Kherson region, and Druzhkivka, Donetsk oblast, civilians were injured, private houses and civil infrastructure objects were damaged.

The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdyivka and Maryinka areas. Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 60 enemy attacks against them. Bilogorivka, Bakhmut, Avdyivka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.

On the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk, and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected. During the past 24 hours, the russians shelled the areas of the settlements of Chernatske, Esman, Kucherivka, Bilopillya, Volfine and Basivka of the Sumy Oblast, as well as more than 15 areas of the settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast. Among them: Udy, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Pischane, Gatishche, Vovchansk, Bochkove and Komisarove.

In the Lyman direction, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the districts of Stelmakhivka and Vyimka. Areas of Kupyansk, Kolodyazne, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Petropavlivka, and Kislivka settlements of Kharkiv Oblast were subjected to artillery shelling; Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Kuzmyne, Bilogorivka – Luhansk Oblast, as well as Kolodyazi, Spirne and Siversk areas of Donetsk oblast.

On the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues its assault on Bakhmut. In the course of the enemy’s assault actions, our soldiers repelled 28 enemy attacks. At the same time, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Orihovo-Vasylivka. He shelled the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Novomarkove and Oleksandro-Shultyne of the Donetsk oblast.

On the Avdyivka and Maryinka directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Novokalynove, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severna, Pervomaiske, Marinka of the Donetsk region, without success. Shelled, in particular, Novokalynovka, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severne, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk oblast.
In the direction of Shakhtar, during the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Vugledar, Prechistivka, and Velika Novosilka.

The enemy continue defending actions on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. Shelled more than 20 districts of settlements, including Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Staroukrainka, Charivne of the Zaporizhia Oblast; Mykhailivka, Novooleksandrivka, Novoberyslav, Tomarine, Rozlyv of the Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson.

In some settlements of the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, russian invaders continue to put pressure on Ukrainian citizens and violate human rights. In particular, in Krasnoperekopsk, FSB employees conduct active counter-intelligence activities accompanied by humiliating filtering procedures, stripping, interrogations with beatings of the civilian population, etc.

Aviation of the Defense Forces of the past day made 5 strikes on the concentration areas of the occupiers, and air defense units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-24M bomber.

At the same time, Ukrainian rocket launchers and gunners hit 3 areas where the enemy’s manpower, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition warehouse and 2 enemy fuel and lubricant warehouses.

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