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Ukrainian General Staff: the enemy is storming the Avdiivskyi to Novopavlivskyi directions, almost 40 attacks per day
2024-03-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

70 combat clashes took place during the day.

by Ivanna Kapustyanska


The seven hundred and forty-third day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state continues. During the day, 70 combat clashes took place, according to the evening summary of the General Staff.

In total, the enemy launched 3 missile and 43 air strikes, carried out 46 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other infrastructure objects, were destroyed and damaged.

On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Babelivka, Sumy Region, and Vovchansk, Kharkiv Region. About 30 settlements, including Buchki, Hasychivka of the Chernihiv region, were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks; Stara Huta, Grabovske, Popivka, Sumy region; Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk, Krasne, Neskuchne, Kharkiv region.

In the Kupyan direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 2 times in the area of ​​the Sinkivka settlement of the Kharkiv region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Ivanivka and Stepova Novoselivka settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Golubivka, Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Kotlyarivka of the Kharkiv region.

In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repulsed 7 enemy attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements of the Luhansk region; Terny, Rozdolivka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops. About 20 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of Luhansk region and Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Serebryanka of Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, defense forces repelled 5 enemy attacks in the areas of Andriivka and Klishchiivka settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve their tactical position. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Hryhorivka, Toretsk and Druzhba settlements of the Donetsk region. Also, more than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka and Andriivka of the Donetsk region.

In the Avdiivsk direction, our defenders repelled 20 enemy attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenke, Orlivka, Pervomayske, Nevelske settlements of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Ocheretine, Umanske of the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Semenivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks.

On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the districts of Georgiyivka, Pobyeda, Krasnohorivka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 19 times to break through the defense of our troops. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Kostyantynivka and Vugledar settlements of the Donetsk region. More than 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers, among them Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Paraskoviivka, and Vugledar of the Donetsk region.

The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Orichiv direction. About 20 settlements, including Poltavka, Malynivka, Charivne, Biloghirya, Novodanilivka, Pyatikhatki of the Zaporizhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar fire.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Odesa" anti-aircraft missile defense system, in the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, during the day, the enemy carried out 1 unsuccessful assault operation. More than 20 settlements, including the city of Kherson, Tyaginka, Ivanivka, Krynky, Novotyaginka of the Kherson region, were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks. The enemy launched an airstrike in the area of ​​Mykolaivka, Kherson region.

During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 11 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.

Units of the missile forces damaged 1 area of ​​concentration of personnel, 2 means of anti-aircraft defense, 1 station of radio-electronic warfare and 1 warehouse of fuel and lubricating materials of the enemy.

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