[Korrespondent] The defense forces are using active defense tactics where possible, and are moving forward in some areas of the front, noted Alexander Syrsky.
The main tasks for the Ukrainian army remain holding the defensive lines and stabilizing the situation in the threatening directions of the front. This month, successes were achieved in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky in Telegram following a meeting on Monday, March 31.
"Thanks to the management decisions taken and the steadfastness of Ukrainian soldiers, this task was partially accomplished, in particular, with regard to the Pokrovsk direction. Here, in the operational zone of the Donetsk OTG, the enemy is concentrating its main offensive efforts, but is actually stalling in place," he wrote.
Syrsky noted that the Defense Forces, where possible, are using active defense tactics, advancing forward in some areas of the front, improving the tactical situation, restoring dozens of positions, and tying down significant enemy forces.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also summed up the results of fire damage to enemy forces in March.
"Since the beginning of March, the artillery of the Defense Forces has carried out about 100 thousand fire missions, and UAV operators have carried out more than 81.7 thousand special combat missions, including 158 hits using DeepStrike," he said.
Syrsky listened to reports from the heads of military command bodies on problematic issues – staffing units and restoring their combat capability, forming new army corps, logistics and repair of military equipment, etc., and set tasks for April.
He drew attention to the need to increase the number of fiber-optic drones that are resistant to enemy electronic warfare systems.
"In addition, he defined the tasks for staffing combat brigades with personnel. He emphasized the need to improve the quality of training, because the preservation of the lives of our soldiers depends on this direction," the commander-in-chief noted.
He also noted that the basic general military training course had already been optimized and an adaptation period had been introduced for new recruits.
"The BZVP and increased its duration to 1.5 months, introduced a mandatory adaptation period for newcomers in combat brigades, and this gives positive results - this month we recorded a decrease in losses compared to previous ones. However, there is still work to do. It is worth achieving the highest standards of training," Syrsky said.
The issue of maintaining and preparing weapons for use in the spring-summer season, increasing the protection of various types of military equipment from FPV drones and maximizing the use of combat capabilities of equipment was also considered.
Let us recall that on March 30, 171 combat clashes took place on the front in 24 hours . The Russian army lost more than 1,200 soldiers killed and wounded. The total losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the war are approaching 1 million people .