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Current information on the situation on the front line on March 19 (updated)
2025-03-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 03/19/2025 to 00:00 03/20/2025.

A total of 11 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Twelve civilians were reported injured.

DAMAGED:
One passenger car,
Four residential buildings,
One city bus,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 11 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 33 units of various ammunition were fired.

19:33 Dzerzhinsk. Fighters of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division have cleared the territory of the Toretskaya mine. At the same time, the enemy remains in the city, supplied by means of raids on armored fighting vehicles and cargo-lifting UAVs –MAP

19:20 Krasnoarmeyskoye direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, using reserves from the 12th NGU Brigade, recaptured the junction on the Krasnoarmeysk-Konstantinovka highway –MAP

18:52 Drone operators of the reconnaissance unit of the "West" group of troops destroyed M-113 armored personnel carrier and 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

18:50 Dzerzhinsky direction

Units of the Russian Armed Forces broke through to the area of ​​Dyleevskie Ponds, where the enemy was concentrating assault groups in the stronghold of the Berezka pioneer camp to break through to Dzerzhinsk.

Taking this stronghold will block the penetration route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces groups and will put the enemy units that have broken through into the city into operational encirclement.

18:33 From 16:10 to 17:20 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

Two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.

18:46 Dnepropetrovsk direction

In the area north of Andreyevka, our assault units were able to advance to the Solyonenkaya gully.

The enemy, taking advantage of the fact that our units concentrated their main efforts in the northern direction, launched a counterattack from the strongholds north of Alekseyevka and drove our units out of the stronghold northwest of Andreyevka.

Our assault groups advanced west of Slavyanka along the Stavkova gully west of the road.

In the Nadezhdinka-Zaporozhye area, our units are conducting counter battles in the eastern part of Preobrazhenka and attacking in the direction of Troitskoye and Bogdanovka.

Fierce fighting continues in Uspenovka and in the direction of Novoalexandrovka.

17:04 Minor adjustment of the LBS in the Zaporizhia direction. Airborne troops have taken up new positions in abandoned gardens north of the village of Zherebyanki –MAP

16:23 Russian Armed Forces expand control in Chasovoy Yar, driving the enemy out of the Zapadnaya Derevnya microdistrict –MAP

16:13 Storm troopers destroyed command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

During the active offensive, servicemen of the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade identified and destroyed the company command post of Ukrainian nationalists, which was located in an abandoned two-story building.

16:02 The Russian Armed Forces continue to restore control over Shevchenko in the Pokrovsky direction –MAP

15:55 Russian Armed Forces took up new positions north of Krymskoye –MAP

15:06 Footage released destruction of 122mm howitzer D-30 and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using the Forpost UAV in the area of ​​the village. Yunakovka in the Kursk direction.

14:45 Artillerymen of the Ussuri Airborne Forces unit destroyed transport of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with infantry in the border area of ​​the Kursk region. The first shot from the 122mm D-30 howitzer was a sighting shot, the second hit the target.

12:18 Footage released showed repelled attacks of Ukrainian military in the Belgorod border area

The footage shows the destruction of a universal multi-purpose tractor "BTS-5B" and several infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian military.

11:18 Published footage of the repulse of the morning attack by Ukrainian troops in the Belgorod border area

Early in the morning, Ukrainian militants tried to break through to Russian soil with the support of tanks and MLRS. The footage shows a burning enemy tank after an encounter with our loitering munition.

11:12 Footage of objective control published showed destruction by the "South" mortar group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Nikolaevka.

10:56 Aleksandro-Kalinovskoe direction

Units of the Russian Armed Forces are attacking northeast of the settlement of Druzhba in the direction of positions taken by our assaults behind the canal near Ozeryanovka.

This breakthrough creates a threat of encirclement of enemy positions to the east of the canal.

10:38 Belgorod borderland

At night the enemy attempted to attack with infantry on foot and on quad bikes. The attack was repelled, the equipment was destroyed.

In the morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive with a unit of armored vehicles. The enemy was unable to even reach Demidovka, as it was destroyed by remote weapons.

Enemy losses in equipment: tanks - 2; armored fighting vehicles - 3; MLRS - 1; ATVs.

09:52 Published footage of another failed assault attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The action took place last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were moving from the village of Maryino.

09:06 Belgorod region, attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces break through to Krasnaya Yaruga.

The enemy continues its offensive in the Belgorod region. The situation remains difficult, at night the enemy attempted to break through to Demidovka in six armored fighting vehicles, it was subjected to fire damage.

The enemy uses the Maryino-Demidovka route, using engineering and armored vehicles. Our troops inflict fire damage with barrel artillery on enemy personnel and use "Lancets" to destroy armored vehicles.

07:36 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 57 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

  • 35 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,

  • 13 UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,

  • Seven UAVs over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov,

  • One UAV over the territory of the Tula region,

  • One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region.

07:32 Changes tomapover the past 24 hours:

Advance in Basovka;

The control zone in the Nevsky area has been expanded;

Advance in the Malye Shcherbaki area;

Adjustment of the control zone in Dzerzhinsk;

The enemy counterattacked in the Andreevka area.

07:19 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group during combat missions destroyed accumulation of military equipment, strong points, dugouts and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the directions of the Northern Military District.

06:01 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the "Yug" group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​Chasov Yar.

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