[LB] The 364th day of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.
by Iryna Gamalii
Last day, the enemy launched 59 attacks from rocket salvo systems. As a result of the criminal actions of the Russian occupiers , civilian residential buildings were destroyed and damaged, and civilians were killed and injured.
There is a great danger of further Russian air and missile attacks on the entire territory of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning summary .
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Shakhtar directions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Kuzemivka and Dibrova in the Luhansk region and Fedorivka, Yagidne, Berkhivka, Bakhmut and Kurdyumivka in the Donetsk region.
No signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions . Areas of settlements of Bachivsk, Brusky, Pavlivka, Vorozhba and Grabovskoe of Sumy region, as well as more than 20 areas of settlements in Kharkiv region, were subjected to enemy shelling. Among them are Strelecha, Morokhovets, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Volohivka, Budarky, Bologhivka and Kolodyazne.
In the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy shelled the areas of Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kotlyarivka, Kupyansk and Berestov settlements of the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Ivanivka, Nevske, Chervonopivka, Dibrova and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region and Fedorivka in the Donetsk region.
Areas of 21 settlements were shelled in the Bakhmut direction . In particular, these are Rozdolivka, Vesele, Bilogorivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Stupochki, Klishchiivka, Ozaryanivka and Toretsk.
On the Avdiivsk and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy fired artillery at the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodiane, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Bogoyavlenka, Novomykhailivka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, Prechistivka, and Vugledar.
In the Zaporizhzhya region, the areas of Novosilka, Vremivka, and Novopil of Donetsk region and Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Malynivka, Magdalinivka, Pavlivka, Stepove, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, Orihiv, Charivne, Novodanilivka, and Mala Tokmachka of Zaporizhia region were hit by fire.
On the Kherson direction, the city of Kherson was hit by fire from an anti-aircraft missile system. There are victims among the civilian population. Areas of 18 settlements were also hit by enemy artillery. Among them are Mykhailivka, Dudchany, Mylove, Tomarine, Shlyakhove, Beryslav, Mykolaivka, Kozatske, Vesele, Antonivka and Veletenske.
In the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, the enemy continues to forcibly passport the population. The Russian occupying forces, together with the police, have increased checks at checkpoints and are threatening to evict all citizens who do not receive a Russian passport from the beginning of March.
Over the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces made 8 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers and 2 strikes on anti-aircraft missile complexes. Our units of rocket forces and artillery hit 2 areas where the enemy's manpower was concentrated.
As a reminder, NATO should seriously prepare for a possible future scenario where Russia controls Belarus, according to a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Putin is likely to make significant progress in restoring Russian suzerainty over Belarus regardless of the outcome of his invasion of Ukraine.