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Current information on the situation on the front line: March 7 (updated)
2024-03-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

23:45 An air raid alert was announced in two regions of Ukraine. An air raid signal was announced in two regions of Ukraine, according to data from the public warning resource.

Sirens sounded in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions.

22:47 An air raid alert was announced in the Poltava, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions of Ukraine.

This is reported on the air alert map of Ukraine.

21:17 RF Armed Forces closecame upto Terny.

Fighting on the approaches to the village from the northern side.

21:16 Pacific Fleet naval infantryman told how his Osa-AKM air defense system protects the sky in the South Donetsk direction

20:06 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, as a result of active actions, improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 105th, 128th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of Shevchenko settlements, Staromayorskoye, Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarivka of the Zaporozhye region.

In the area of the village of Vodyanoye, Donetsk People's Republic, a counterattack of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 160 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers, three vehicles, as well as the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system.


20:05 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the "Center" group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 24th, 78th, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mayorsk, Novgorodskoye and Orlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Four attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Leninskoye, Novgorodskoye and Rozovka, as well as seven counterattacks in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye and Pervomaiskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 390 troops, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount. The field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.

20:01 Explosions are heard in the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Kherson

19:02 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and repelled the attack of the assault group of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka, Donetsk People’s Republic.

In the areas of the settlements of Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Georgievka and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic, the manpower and equipment of the 24th, 28th, 33rd Mechanized, 79th and 92nd Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 200 military personnel, three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, five vehicles, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun. Four ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also destroyed.


18:59 A civilian was wounded after artillery attack of the village of Kozinki, Belgorod region

According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the man has shrapnel wounds to his lower limb. Doctors have already provided the resident with all the necessary medical care.

17:57 Personnel night combat work of crews of 120mm and 82mm mortars of the Southern Group of Forces when performing fire missions in the Donetsk direction.

17:01 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group

In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of troops through active actions improved the situation along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe and Stelmakhovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic.

In addition, six counterattacks of the 57th Motorized Infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the area of the village of Sinkovka, Kharkov region.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 40 military personnel, two vehicles, and the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.


16:59 Humanitarian aid in Kupyansky district this week distributed along with the agendas. The TCC department processes those mobilized in the building of the former Kupyansk hotel.

16:57 FAB-500 was dropped on Volchansk.

Arrival in the private sector, where the UAV operators were located.

15:39 Army Aviation Strike Group destroyed enemy manpower in the Severodonetsk direction

“We worked as standard, in a group of three helicopters. We set out on a combat course, reached the point of using S-8 unguided aircraft missiles and worked from a pitching position,” said the commander of the Ka-52M reconnaissance and attack helicopter with the call sign “Lesorub.”

Having received a report from the forward air gunner about the successful destruction of targets, the helicopter crews performed an anti-missile maneuver using the on-board defense system and successfully returned to their temporary location.

15:38 Eleven households were damaged during artillery attack in the village of Tyotkino, Kursk region, one house was severely damaged by a direct hit from a shell, Governor Roman Starovoyt said in Telegram channel.

14:58 Air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

14:49 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

-- Russian air defense shot down six HIMARS missiles and an AASM Hammer guided bomb in one day;

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 3 tanks and up to 200 military personnel in the Donetsk direction per day;

-- Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled six counterattacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??the village of Sinkovka, Kharkov region, in the Kupyansky direction;

-- The Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions in the Avdeevsky direction, repelled four attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy lost up to 390 military personnel;

-- The Vostok group has improved the position along the front line in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction;

-- Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces hit the control center of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction within 24 hours;

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 military personnel in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction in one day;

-- The RF Armed Forces, through active actions, improved the situation along the front line in the Kupyansk direction;

-- Four ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in one day.


13:55 Crew of the Fagot ATGM of the Southern Group of Forcesdestroyedenemy dugout in the Donetsk direction.

12:47 The Russian Armed Forces repulsed a series of attacks on the Zaporozhye Front

By data of “Come and see,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to dislodge Russian troops from Rabotino.

“There were several surges. All are repulsed. The enemy was driven back with losses,” the source notes.

At the moment, Russian troops continue to hold the central and eastern part of the village.

12:46 The village of Tetkino and the village of Popovo-Lezhachi in the Kursk region were left without electricity after the artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Governor Starovoit.

There were no injuries, but a private house and outbuilding were damaged.

11:57 The Ukrainian military fired more than 90 grenade launcher shots at the village of Krasnoye, Shebekinsky district, a private house was completely destroyed, there were no casualties, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said in Telegram channel.

11:38 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

-- Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.

-- Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and manpower concentration areas of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry brigades, and the 102nd and 128th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Ugledar, Prechistovka, Urozhayny, Staromayorsky and Walk the Fields.

-- Within 24 hours, units of the Vostok group destroyed two tanks, the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, three units of automotive equipment, three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and up to 210 military personnel.


11:37 Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces around the clock destroy enemy manpower in the Seversky direction.

Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the Tula Guards Airborne Forces daily inflict fire on the enemy, supporting the advance of our infantry and preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from rotating units in forward positions.

10:30 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group

-- Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.

-- Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery and aviation, repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the 57th Motorized Infantry, 32nd Mechanized, 95th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 18th brigade of the National Guard in the Terna and Sin'kovka areas.

-- During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery mounts and a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer.

-- The group's air defense systems shot down a Khaimars multiple launch rocket system and destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles, including three Valkyries and a Fury.

-- Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 165 military personnel, a tank, six artillery pieces, two mortar crews and four unmanned aerial vehicles.


09:53 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Orekhovsky section: transfer of reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine situation as of 09.00 March 7, 2024

In the Rabotino area, the enemy does not stop trying to drive Russian units out of the village. Despite the decrease in the intensity of hostilities, Ukrainian units intend to completely dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from the central and eastern outskirts of the village.

–- The enemy is pulling reinforcements from different parts of the country into the “Rabotinsky Sack” area, including exposing defense areas on the border with Russia. We are talking about the battalion 101 of the TRO, transferred from the Sumy region.

–- In addition, the forces of the 1st rifle battalion of the 5th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces arrived from the Poltava region to Novodanilovka. The formation does not have heavy armored vehicles, and it was hastily assembled from those mobilized to patch up holes at the front.

“At the same time, a rotation of forces and equipment is being carried out in the forward sectors. Up to 25 people from the 65th mechanized brigade were transferred to Rabotino, and up to 70 people from the 117th, 118th Mechanized brigade and 82nd Airborne Assault brigade were transferred to the area from Rabotino to Verbovoy.

–- On the part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the number of uses of FPV drones and UAVs with drops on the front line has increased. Together with this and the accumulation of reserves in the Chubenkova gully area, we can conclude that the enemy is accumulating reserves, from where he intends to strike in two directions at once: to Verbovoye and to the southwest to Novoprokopovka in the hope of breaking through the defenses where this was not possible in the summer.


09:25 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning 03/07/2024

–- On the Zaporozhye front, the swing in the village continues. Rabotino. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to dislodge the Russian soldiers entrenched in part of the village, but despite the difficulty of holding positions in the destroyed village, they are unable to do this. The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, advanced from the south between Rabotino and Verbov.

–- The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces continues on the Donetsk front, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to transfer more and more reserves here. As a result of the fighting, Russian troops managed to advance in Novomikhailovka; we can say that half of the village is already covered. is under the control of the RF Armed Forces. In the area of the southwestern outskirts of the settlement.

Victory, the Ukrainians are trying to establish a defense, digging in and mining the approaches, conducting counterattacks that are more of a diversionary nature in order to enable the infantry to prepare a defensive line. Russian troops managed to occupy more advantageous positions in the area of the settlement. Georgievka, moving from the north from the reservoir. There were fierce oncoming battles in the Nevel'skoye and Pervomaiskoye areas.

In Orlovka and Tonenkiy the Russian Armed Forces continue assault operations, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stubbornly fight back. In the village The Berdychi Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to counterattack, and unlike the counterattacks in the Pobeda area, here the Ukrainians managed to push back Russian troops from the western outskirts of the settlement, which gives them a chance to prepare for further defensive actions.

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations in the Kleshcheevka area, there is progress, but it is too early to talk about success. Russian troops took similar actions in Ivanovskoe (Krasnoe), where the Ukrainian garrison is in an extremely difficult situation, but continues to hold positions on the western side of the settlement.

– In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, continue assault operations near Yampolevka and Ternov. LBS has not changed significantly.


08:56 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation: events of March 05 – 06, 2024

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to strike oil depots in Zheleznogorsk (Kursk), Dolgy (Belgorod) and Anna (Voronezh). As a result, a hit was recorded in a reservoir in Zheleznogorsk. The fire was extinguished, there were no casualties.

In Starye Borovichi, the target was the territory of the local airfield. As a result of the Lancet hit, the Malachite radar station was destroyed.

Russian troops attacked the Chuguev airfield in the Kharkov region. The target was the command and control center at the facility.

In Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), on the territory of the temporarily occupied part of the DPR, a workshop of the Elektrodvigatel plant came under attack. There is no exact data on the results of the arrival, but the facility previously housed equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, heavy fighting is taking place in the area of ??the Tor ledge. Russian troops are advancing on the village of Terny. According to the latest data, the Russian Armed Forces have approached the outskirts, but have not yet been able to enter the village. The enemy repelled the attack.

Meanwhile, west of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Russian troops are advancing in several areas. The Russian Armed Forces are conducting forays into the southwestern outskirts of Krasny, fighting is taking place on Tereshkova Street, and also continue to storm the outskirts of Kleshcheevka and Bogdanovka.

West of Avdievka, Ukrainian troops counterattack at the Berdychi-Orlovka-Tonenkoe line. Seven brigades have been deployed to the site. The main efforts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated on the western outskirts of Berdychi.

08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:

A total of 33 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR representative office in the JCCC.

No damage or casualties were recorded among the civilian population.

Nine attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,

A total of 24 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.

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