[Vesti] March 24 is the 394th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
06:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians carried out a massive attack on Krivoy Rog with kamikaze drones. There are five drone hits. One drone was shot down. There are no dead or injured.
07:00 . During the day, the Russians launched 37 air and four missile strikes, one of which was against Kramatorsk, the General Staff reported. The enemy also made 82 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems.
The main efforts are being concentrated on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. Thanks to professional and well-coordinated actions, our defenders repulsed more than 79 attacks. Ukrainian aviation inflicted 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment in a day. Also, our defenders shot down two X-59 guided missiles and 4 UAVs of various types.
08:00 . Donetsk region. Three people were killed as a result of a Russian missile hitting the "invisibility point" in Konstantinovka. The shelling was carried out from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Three women died under the rubble, who were internally displaced persons from Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar and Experienced. Two more citizens were wounded.
Kherson region. During the day, the Russians carried out eight attacks on the Kherson city territorial bulk, using 30 shells. Hits were recorded in Kherson (Korabelny district), Sadovy, Naddnepryansky, Antonovka. In addition, the island and coastal parts of the Kherson MTG were shelled. One person died.
09:00 . Sumy region. At night , the Sumy region was under massive shelling : the Russian Federation used about ten fighter jets, artillery and Shahed drones. Two people were killed in the city of Belopolye, nine more were wounded.
10:00 a.m. Kherson region. Russian troops fired on the Belozersk community - one person was killed , four were injured.
11:00 am . Ukraine returned the bodies of another 83 dead soldiers.
12:00 . Ukraine unilaterally handed over to Russia all seriously wounded prisonerscaptured since the beginning of a full-scale war, who could be transported. This is not about an exchange, but about repatriation-the return of the seriously wounded without any conditions, as provided for by international humanitarian law. Russia is still holding captive Ukrainian citizens who should have been returned by repatriation, in particular the seriously ill and wounded, civilians, children, women and the elderly.
13:00 . Kherson region. Kherson was subjected to another shelling. The floods were hit, one person died, another was injured. The Russian army also fired at the warehouse. The fire was quickly extinguished.
Seven children were returned to the Kherson region, who were forcibly taken away by the Russian military in October 2022. Then they were allegedly sent for "recovery" to a children's camp in Evpatoria.
14:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. Russia shelled Marganets.
Chernihiv region. The Russians fired on the border areas - in the village of Gorodishche, a local resident was killed and a private house burned down.
15:00 . Donetsk region. The shelling of Orlovka and Pervomaisky. A woman was wounded in Pervomaisky.
17:00 . Kherson region. The Russian military fired on Berislav - they dropped explosives from a drone. We got into one of the administrative buildings - the windows were broken in the room, there were no wounded or dead.
18:20 Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00, main points:
During the day, the enemy launched 40 air and five missile strikes , carried out more than 20 attacks from the MLRS on the civilian infrastructure of settlements, civilians were killed.
Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 16 strikes per day on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Russian Federation. Our defenders shot down enemy UAVs "Shahed-136" and "Lancet". Ukrainian rocket and artillerymen hit two command posts, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, two air defense systems, an ammunition depot, an artillery unit in a firing position and two electronic warfare stations.
On the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of ​​the Serebryansky forestry and near the settlements of Gryanikovka and Belogorovka. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues the assault actions of Bakhmut, but the city is held by our defenders, as well as in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye and Stupochki of the Donetsk region.
On the Avdievka, Maryinsky and Mining directions, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the direction of the settlements of Keramik, Stepnoye, Avdeevka, Severnoye, Pervomayskoye and Pobeda of the Donetsk region, but was not successful . On the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the enemy is on the defensive.
In the Lugansk region, the invaders "closed" the village of Plugatar, which now can only be entered with special passes.
19:20 The Russian Federation used an analogue of the American "smart bomb" during a night attack on the Sumy region, according to Defense Express, based on the wreckage of an air bomb. They noticed the surviving UMPC module, which can answer key questions, experts say. The aggressor country, apparently, has established the production of ammunition, which is an analogue of the American JDAM-ER.
21:20 Zelensky created three new military administrations in the Lugansk region - in Severodonetsk, Popasna and Gorsky.