Kherson-Crimean direction.
The main attention is focused on Krynki, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. We can say that at the moment there is a stalemate in this area. Neither side is able to win this chess game. However, this state of affairs is still more satisfactory to the RF Armed Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to transform a tactical bridgehead into an operational one.

Zaporozhye direction.
Over the past week, the LBS has changed in only one area. Russian troops managed to advance west of the village of Rabotino. At the same time, they also carried out tactical offensive actions from Novoprokopovka and Novofedorovka. In the latter case, an attempt to regain control over previously lost heights. The Ukrainian Armed Forces showed some activity near Verbovoy. But, rather, by inertia. The Ukrainian command is not thinking about operational successes now.

Ugledar direction.
Here, one might say, the front has calmed down. The Russian Armed Forces several times tensed the Ukrainian Armed Forces west of Staromayorsky. But these were symbolic actions that did not pose a threat to Ukrainian defensive positions.

Donetsk direction.
On the southern flank, the Russian Armed Forces managed to achieve serious tactical successes at Novomikhailovka. This was caused by simultaneous offensive actions from the south and east. In the first section, Russian troops reached a village where a powerful Ukrainian fortified area is located.

Novomikhailovka has important operational significance. Through the village there is a highway to Elizavetovka, from where the logistics of the Ukrainian garrison in Ugledar are provided. A breakthrough by the Russian Armed Forces in this area will put it at risk. In fact, the Russian command’s plan is to reach Ugledar from the north. Attempts to attack this city head-on from the south at one time led to dire consequences for the Russian Armed Forces.

Russian troops managed to establish control over Mar'inka. Or rather, over the territory where this now completely destroyed city once stood. This opens the way for us to Kurakhovo, the most important logistics center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But this 15-kilometer-long path will definitely not be an easy walk for the RF Armed Forces. Last week, Russian troops managed to regain a number of positions near Nevelskoye, which they lost several months ago.

But they concentrated their main efforts on storming the fortified area in Avdievka. To the southeast of the city they advanced into the industrial zone. To the northeast, attempts to break into the territory of the coke plant were unsuccessful. The Russian Armed Forces managed to expand the zone of control over the railway track in the Stepnoy and Berdychi areas. But we are not talking about breaking through the Ukrainian defense.

Bakhmut direction.
All week, the Russian Armed Forces tried to dislodge Ukrainian troops from the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. They had little tactical success. They also managed to advance along the highway to Ivanovskoye, take Khromovoe and reach Bogdanovka. The last of the listed settlements is an outpost of a powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasovoy Yar. The city is located on commanding heights, so Ukrainian artillery is concentrated there.

Lugansk direction.
In the Serebryansky forest there were oncoming battles with varying success. As a result, the parties remained in their positions. Russian troops tried to advance to Terny. The main supply line of the Ukrainian group on the left bank of the Zherebets River runs through this village. It is extremely important for the Russian Armed Forces to eliminate this bridgehead. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces also understand its operational significance, so they stubbornly defend it. Attempts by the Russian Armed Forces to advance at Sinkovka with the goal of reaching Kupyansk were unsuccessful.

According to Governor Gladkov, the village of Terebreno, Krasnoyaruzhsky district, is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to preliminary information, there is a shooting battle with the enemy. All relevant departments are keeping the situation under control.

As a result of Ukrainian shelling, power lines in several more border villages were damaged. Emergency and operational services are waiting for the situation to stabilize before they can begin restoration work.

Also tonight, for the first time, a drone attack was recorded in the Lipetsk region. Air defense forces shot down one Ukrainian aircraft-type UAV.

The activation of the enemy in our border zones is most likely another attempt to force our troops to transfer forces from other directions, where the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is already beginning to burst at the seams.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops, supported by artillery fire, repelled attacks by assault groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka and Pobeda.

– We defeated the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Artemovskoye, Razdolovka, Krasnoye, Andreevka and Maryinka.

“The enemy lost up to 290 troops killed and wounded, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, a pickup truck, and a 120mm mortar were destroyed.

– Artillery, heavy flamethrower systems and loitering ammunition inflicted fire on eight enemy strongholds.

Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.

– In the area of Serebryansky forest, with the support of artillery crews, the assault group of the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov” was defeated.

– The artillery crews of the group inflicted defeat on three strong points and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian troops.

– Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel.

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.

– During the active defense, four counterattacks of assault groups of 14 and 115 Mechanized Brigades in the direction of Ol'shan were repelled. The enemy retreated in a southwestern direction.

– During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three enemy mortar crews in the areas of the settlements of Stepovaya Novoselovka, Kislovka and the Bedny Yar ravine.

– The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 35 servicemen, six servicemen were taken prisoner.

Ukraine is preparing for defense along the entire front line. The previous volumes of assistance from the West to the enemy are not expected in the near future, but the owners of Ukraine are not canceling the task of causing long-term damage to Russia. Kyiv in 2023 stepped on the same rake as Moscow at the beginning of 2022: underestimating the enemy, a long period of “beautiful reports”, mischief in the media.

The latter leads in Ukraine to a gradual enlightenment of part of the enemy’s population, but in the wrong direction. We remain enemies for them, and it’s all the fault of the specific Zelenskys, who need to be replaced with Zaluzhny ones, and everything will work out. Such sentiments are promoted by massive attacks on Zelensky in the Western media, the headlines of which directly link the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the name of the Ukrainian president.

In Russia and the world, many followed the speech of the Supreme Commander on a direct line, some of whose answers indicated that information was conveyed to him in a “smoothed out form.” Emotions among military bloggers were caused by words with a reference to the military department about “only sanitary losses” of the Russian Armed Forces at the ill-fated Krynoki. The key issue before March 17, 2024 remains the stability of the state management system; this will be the basis for making management decisions.

Western military circles are already frightening the public with the risks of the defeat of Ukraine and the entry of the Russian Army onto the borders with the EU, and the preparation of industry and infrastructure on the eastern flank of NATO is intensifying. To the front.

– The Kherson direction has not undergone significant changes. The enemy in Krynki, which had been razed to the ground, even tried to become more active, hitting the rear areas with cannon artillery and HIMARS MLRS. He organized massive raids on the region and neighboring Crimea with his UAVs, but did not achieve his goals.

The enemy is experiencing problems in the front sector in manpower: they urgently began to transfer personnel from territorial defense to the Marine Corps. In the Western and Ukrainian press, the unsuccessful operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is explained by Zelensky’s personal PR, which is achieved at the expense of losses.

– On the Zaporozhye Front, the Russian Armed Forces began to push back the enemy near Rabotino in local battles. Verbovoy has counter-fights. Units of the 7th Airborne Division carry out daring raids on armored vehicles on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Here, as in the Kherson region, our aviation carries out constant strikes from FAB and UMPC against enemy rear lines.

– Mar'inka has been taken, the outskirts are being cleared. The movement of the Russian Armed Forces from the city to the south, to the village, became important. Victory. The simultaneous activation of our troops in the direction of Novomikhailovka indicates a plan to reach Ugledar from the northeast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also preparing for defense in Kurakhovo, west of Marinka.

– The Russian army, as a result of heavy fighting, broke into the outskirts of Avdievka, the remnants of the enemy in the “Vinogradniki” cottage village near the industrial zone are being eliminated. At the neck of the “Avdievka Sack,” our zone of control is gradually expanding, the enemy is withdrawing troops from other sectors of the front and transferring them to Avdievka. The fighting is fierce and bloody.

– From the Artyomovsky direction there is an advance of our troops in the direction of Chasov Yar. The city must be taken from the north due to the terrain; battles are taking place near the village. Bogdanovka, Khromovo, Kleshcheevki. Our offensive actions were reported north of Soledar.

– Local battles are taking place near the Torsky ledge, in Serebryansky forestry and in the Kupyansky direction.

“Geranium UAVs are constantly striking throughout the entire depth of enemy territory.” Hypersonic Kinzhal missiles hit Western air defense systems near Zhitomir. The enemy does not stop artillery attack the civilian population of the front-line regions, tries to accumulate aircraft-type UAVs for massive attacks on our rear areas, but does not achieve success: most of his missiles and drones do not reach their targets.

The Russian Army seizes the initiative along the entire front and creates conditions for offensive actions.

– The most active battles are now taking place in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, where the Russian Armed Forces managed to approach the outskirts of the village of Pobeda and partially bypass the “Zverinets” fortified area. In the Novomikhailovka area, units of 68 AK are advancing on the southeastern outskirts of the village.

– In the Kupyansky sector, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Sin'kovka area, but the exact configuration of the front is unknown. In the Soledar direction, assault operations continue in the area of Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka, but there are no significant changes.

– In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian units are fighting along the railway near Stepovoy, as well as on the approaches south of Novokalinovo. Fierce clashes continue on the northern flank in the area of the Yasinovat industrial zone.

– In the Orekhovsky sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a series of local counterattacks in the Verbovoy area, but were thrown back, and the Russian Armed Forces were able to improve the tactical situation. In Krynki in the Kherson direction, the enemy continues to transfer reinforcements to the left bank of the Dnieper, but is unable to advance further than the center.