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[Regnum] Almost 70 mm of precipitation fell in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in one day, which is more than 60% of the monthly norm. This was reported on the morning of March 24 by the city's head, Yevgeny Belyaev.
"Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky remains in the grip of a cyclone. Road services are working in an enhanced mode: about 50 units of equipment are working on the roads. Snow removal is complicated by the fact that there are many abandoned personal cars along the roads," Belyaev wrote on his Telegram channel.
The mayor called on residents to refrain from driving on roads unless necessary. According to him, over 60% of the monthly precipitation norm fell in 24 hours. Wet snow makes it difficult for equipment to operate, Belyaev added. In addition, due to snowfall in the mountainous areas of the city district, the avalanche danger regime has been extended until March 27 inclusive.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 9, a blizzard and snowfall impeded traffic in six districts of Bashkiria. At 15:50 local time (13:30 Moscow time), freight and passenger transport were prohibited from entering the federal highway M-7 "Volga" from the 1231st to the 1331st km, in the Ufimsky, Kushnarenkovsky and Dyurtyulinsky districts. At 16:00 (14:00 Moscow time), a similar restriction was introduced on the regional road Birsk - Tastuba - Satka from the zero to the 144th km, in the Birsky, Mishkinsky and Karaidelsky districts.
On February 25, passengers of several planes flying to Sochi were unable to reach their destination. The planes diverted to alternate airfields due to heavy snowfall.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22.41 Ukraine and Russia are close to starting a full ceasefire, "closer than ever before." The United States continues to work on this issue. This was reported by the US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
22.24 The Contract 18-24 program will be extended to another branch of the armed forces. The issue of joining units of the State Border Service and the National Guard of Ukraine is currently being considered. This was stated in the evening address of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
21.47 Ukraine hopes that the talks with the US in Saudi Arabia will help move towards real peace with Russia. This was stated in the evening address of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
19:37 Propagandist of the pro-government Russian publication Izvestia Alexander Fedorchak was liquidated at the front in Ukraine. This was stated by the Russian media themselves.
19.07 Russian statements about peace are empty, since the aggressor country continues to mercilessly strike peaceful cities of Ukraine. This was written by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha on the social network X. In his opinion, any diplomacy with Moscow should be supported by firepower, sanctions and pressure.
18.59 Transportation of oil through the Kropotkinskaya station, which was attacked last night, is impossible in the near future. This was stated by the press service of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.
18.26 In Sumy, 40 children and 16 adults were evacuated from the site of a Russian missile strike. This was reported by the State Emergency Service. According to the city council, there are currently 88 known victims , including 17 children.
17:59 Russia is constantly trying to modernize its "shaheeds" to bypass Ukrainian electronic warfare systems. This was stated by the head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuriy Ignat, on the air of Unified News , commenting on the discovered Russian attack drones equipped with a Chinese 16-channel antenna.
17.52 In the Ternopil region, a lyceum student rejected an offer in a messenger to work part-time on sabotage. The boy received an offer on his phone to paste up leaflets with provocative texts for 150 hryvnia or "to smash and break everything" for 1000 dollars, and told his mother about it.
16:50 As a result of a missile strike by Russian aggressors on the city of Sumy, at least 65 people were injured, including 14 children. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office.
16.29 Since the beginning of the current day, 87 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Russian troops are attacking in 10 directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary as of 16:00.
15:58 The Russians managed to influence some people in the White House team with the information that the Ukrainians allegedly do not want to end the war, and something needs to be done to force them. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with The Time .
15.29 Russian troops on March 24 hit the center of Sumy with missiles, there is destruction. This was reported by the press service of the Sumy OVA.
As a result of the missile strike on the city center, 28 people are already known to have been injured, including four children.
14.34 Russian-American talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, are in full swing. This was stated in a commentary to Interfax by Grigory Karasin, a member of the Russian delegation and head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs. According to him, the talks are "being held creatively" and "interesting discussions of fairly topical issues" are continuing.
14:10 According to the evidence of the Security Service, 10 traitors who fought against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk region received real prison terms. The court sentenced the militants to 15 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
13.42 Information that China is discussing a peacekeeping role in Ukraine "does not correspond to reality," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press conference .
13.30 National Guardsman Ivan Petrovsky lost 40 kilograms during his time in captivity. The 30-year-old fighter shared photos before and after captivity on Instagram .
"I'm home. The difference is 1,037 days of captivity and minus 40 kilograms," the caption under the photo says.
According to the defender's mother, her son returned to his homeland as part of the prisoner exchange that took place on March 19.
13:12 Since the beginning of the year, the Ukrainian military has neutralized 748 Russian tanks in all directions of the front. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky, who published a video of the combat work of Ukrainian units. According to him, thanks to the coordinated combat work of Ukrainian defenders, 1,609 armored combat vehicles have also been neutralized since the beginning of the year.
13:00 The Security Service's military counterintelligence detained an FSB agent in Odessa who was preparing coordinates for new Russian missile and drone strikes on the city.
On the enemy's orders, the woman was supposed to adjust the air attack on the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' marines. The occupiers also hoped to obtain the coordinates of the temporary stay of Ukrainian border guards and police officers performing tasks on the southern front.
The adjustment was carried out by a 39-year-old local unemployed woman who was expecting the occupation of Odessa. She wrote about this in the comments under pro-Kremlin publications in Telegram channels.
12:52 The National Agency for Asset Search and Management (ARMA) transferred 1.87 billion hryvnia to the fund for the liquidation of the consequences of armed aggression of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the agency's press service.
12.43 Ukrainian military have liberated part of the territory near the village of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region. These are "very important, but small operations," said Oles Maliarevich, a representative of the 429th separate regiment of unmanned systems, Akhilles.
12.18 The Black Sea Initiative is being discussed at the talks between the US and Russian delegations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing . According to him, the US and Russia have a common desire and readiness to follow the path of a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine, but there are "technical issues."
12:09 Residents of the village of Repekhovka in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation accused Russian soldiers of mass looting. This was reported by Russian media on Monday, March 24.
According to them, Russian soldiers, who are in the region due to fighting with the Ukrainian army, robbed at least 20 houses.
12:05 Over the past week, 1,226 citizens applied to the recruitment centers of the Ukrainian army. This is the best weekly figure in March of this year.
The total number of consultations provided reached 46,883. Of the total number of applicants to the centers, 9,550 candidates began the process of registration for military service.
In particular, over the past week, 171 citizens decided to join the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
11:52 The Austrian State Intelligence and Protection Agency (DSN) has exposed a large-scale Russian disinformation campaign in the country that spread disinformation about Ukraine, the Austrian Interior Ministry reported.
11:23 The Ukrainian delegation remains in Saudi Arabian Riyadh after talks with US representatives. This was reported on air by Fakty ICTV correspondent Olga Chayko, who is at the scene. The Ukrainian delegation is waiting for the results of the US-RF meeting, but it is not yet known for sure whether the trilateral meeting of the delegations will take place.
10:55 Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are trying to expand the zone of penetration into Sumy Oblast and transfer military operations from Kursk Oblast to Ukrainian territory. This was stated on television by the spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko.
10.41 The partner countries of the drone coalition have decided to allocate 20 million euros from the common fund for tactical-level reconnaissance UAVs (ISR) for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
10:24 Law enforcement officers detained another FSB agent operating in Kharkov. He prepared explosives for terrorist attacks and adjusted the aggressor's missile and bomb strikes on the regional center. This was reported by the SBU.
10:23 Russian invaders stole at least 164 archaeological treasures from the temporarily occupied Crimea, found during excavations of the ancient cities of Nymphaeum and Panticapaeum. This was reported by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The Main Intelligence Directorate will publish data on 14 Russian museum workers engaged in propaganda and facilitating the theft of Ukrainian cultural treasures in the temporarily occupied territories.
09:55 More than 2,421 children have suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of March 24, 2025, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 604 children have died and more than 1,817 have been injured to varying degrees of severity.
09:40 Representatives of the United States and Russia have begun another round of talks in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). The meeting will be closed. Journalists have been asked to leave The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where the talks will take place.
According to media reports, the goal of the conversation will be to achieve a ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure free shipping.
9:30 Over the past 24 hours, 140 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders have been recorded at the front. Over the past 24 hours, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three UAV control points, one air defense system, three artillery systems and one important Russian facility. This was reported on March 24 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:49 The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 57 Russian drones, and another 36 enemy UAVs were lost. This was reported on March 24 by the Ukrainian Air Force.
7:57 The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022 to March 24, 2025 in the war against Ukraine amount to about 904,760 people. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,280 Russian occupiers. This was reported on March 24 by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
01:21 Russian troops shelled Zaporizhia. A fire broke out in the city. The blast wave and debris damaged the windows of multi-story buildings, a garage, and private homes nearby. A 54-year-old woman was injured in the enemy attack.
0:49 Russian military carried out a drone strike on the village of Bolshaya Babka in the Chuguevsky district of Kharkiv region. As a result of the attack, two people were injured: a 25-year-old pregnant woman and a 25-year-old man.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades close to Miropolye, Ugroyedy, Turya, and Krasnopolye (Sumy region).
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 175 troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and four artillery guns including a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops engaged three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Kamenka, Shiykovka, Zagoruykovka, Tishchenkovka, Kondrashovka, Cherneshchina (Kharkov region), Novoye, Kolodezi, Yampol, and Redkodub of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 250 troops, a tank, four armoured fighting vehicles including two M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and a U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle. Four motor vehicles, three Western-made artillery guns including a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, three electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots have been neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian elements damaged six mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades near Seversk, Novomarkovo, Verolyubovka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Kurdyumovka, Ulyanovka, and Tarasovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost more than 310 troops, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five pick-up trucks, five field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and a fuel depot.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian formations engaged three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a national guard brigade near Dimitrov, Zverevo, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Novosergeyevka, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two French-made VAB armoured personnel carriers, eight motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of a mountain assault brigade and an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defence brigade close to Razliv, Volnoye Pole, Novopol (Donetsk People's Republic) and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns including a German-made 155mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. Units of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades have been hit near Novodanilovka, Malye Shcherbaki, Lobkovoye, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
Up to 90 troops, a tank, three motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot of the enemy have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the military airfield infrastructure, ammunition depots, production plants, storage and training sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 142 areas during the day.
Russian air defence systems have shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and three HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day as well as 227 fixed-wing drones.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost 659 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 48,312 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,471 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,530 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,946 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,323 units of support military vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces engaged a tank brigade, a mechanised brigade, an assault brigade, two air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya. One AFU counter-attack was repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery strikes hit enemy manpower and hardware in the areas of Gogolevka, Gornyal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya as well as Alekseyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Velikaya Rybitsa, Veselovka, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Zapselye, Loknya, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novonikolayevka, Obody, Sadki, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
During the day, AFU losses amounted to more than 190 troops, three infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, three artillery guns, three mortars, an electronic warfare station, and three UAV command posts.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 69,700 troops, 400 tanks,326 infantry fighting vehicles, 289 armoured personnel carriers, 2,219 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,532 motor vehicles, 583 artillery guns, 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, a self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 121 EW stations, 18 counter-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 03/24/2025 to 00:00 03/25/2025.
Three facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were no reports of civilian injuries.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Three armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of eight units of different ammunition were fired.
21:25 Having received the coordinates, the artillery crews of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the East group of forces in a matter of minutes struck targets in the areas of Volnoye Pole and Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic.
20:26 The enemy is trying to break through the state border in the Belgorod region and is gathering strength for a new attack
Fighting is taking place in Popovka, Belgorod Region. In addition, enemy forces are being concentrated in the Miropolye area on the border of Kursk and Sumy Regions.
Possible attempts to break through the state border in the direction of Kondratovka are expected.
20:12 Russian paratroopers raised and installed Orthodox cross damaged during fighting on the border of the Kursk region
19:53 Around 18:15 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea.
19:33 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired upon three settlements of the Belgorod region
In the Belgorod region, in the village of Yasnye Zori, an enemy drone struck the building of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, damaging the dome. In addition, one of the buildings of an agricultural enterprise was damaged by the munition.
In the village of Cheremoshnoye, as a result of the shelling, windows were broken, the roof, facade and fence of a private house were damaged. The power line was cut.
In the city of Shebekino, as a result of an FPV drone explosion, the glazing of an apartment building and a social facility was damaged. Three cars were cut by fragments.
According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.
18:41 Around 17:50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:33 FPV drone crews of the 155th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the North group of forces destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod border area. The enemy was trying to break through to Russian territory.
17:05 March 24 at about two o'clock in the morning the Kyiv regime accomplished an attack using a UAV on the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in the Krasnodar region.
As a result of the actions of Russian air defense systems, a Ukrainian attack UAV was intercepted seven km from an international energy infrastructure facility, with fragments falling in the area of the Kavkazskaya railway station.
14:52 RF Armed Forces knocked out Ukrainian soldiers from Rozovka (Alexandropol) of the DPR, and occupied most of the settlement, – MAP.
13:37 Around 11:35 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Kursk region.
13:05 Artillery crews of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed UAV control center and Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker near the settlement of Grigorovka in the DPR.
11:12 Servicemen of the "Center" group of troops told
on the destruction of Leopard tanks in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
"The Leopard was destroyed. I was flying on duty, I saw a tank driving along a forest belt, I fired at it, it stopped. I flew the second drone, fired at the turret and burned it," said UAV instructor Alexander Baletsky.
10:33 TOS-2 "Tosochka" crew of the "Yuzhnaya" troop group supports
assault units in the Chasov Yar area.
10:12 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center are striking personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region.
09:43 Crew of the strike UAV "Cube" of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed a Western-made mobile artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
09:25 Around 08.05 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
08:26 Artillery crews of the "North" troop group in the Belgorod border area continue to carry out fire missions around the clock.
The crew of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled gun of the 44th Army Corps inflicts pinpoint fire damage on military equipment and manpower of Ukrainian militants.
07:15 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
▪️12 UAVs over the Bryansk and Rostov regions,
▪️two UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
▪️one UAV over the territory of Krasnodar Krai and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
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[REGNUM] While Russia and Ukraine are discussing a possible ceasefire with the United States and preparing for direct peace talks, fighting continues in the SVO zone.
In the Kursk region, the Russian Armed Forces continue to clear the region of enemy forces. After the liberation of the city of Sudzha on March 13, the operation entered its final stage.
After the defeat in the Kursk direction and the retreat from the Sudzha area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to destabilize the situation again in several areas of the Russian-Ukrainian border. Over the past few days, the enemy has made several attempts to break through with infantry groups into the territory of the Krasnoyarsk and Rakityansky districts of the Belgorod region.
CLASHES ON THE BORDER
The fighting continues in the area of the settlements of Grafovka and Demidovka, located in close proximity to the border. A number of Ukrainian sources have reported several times about the capture of one or both settlements, but in fact the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not managed to achieve any significant success.
According to information from the field, by the morning of March 23, Ukrainian troops were able to occupy a small bridgehead south of Demidovka and attempted to take the settlement by storm. The situation is complicated by constant shelling of the settlement from Ukrainian territory, as a result of which most of the buildings were completely or partially destroyed.
By March 24, Russian troops managed to push the enemy back from the Demidovka area, after which the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated to the territory of Sumy Oblast. Combat operations in this area continue.
In the Grafovka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using drones to adjust artillery and remotely mine roads, trying to make it difficult to supply the Russian group. Sources report that separate enemy formations remain in the border zone, which may be involved in new provocations.
South of Grafovka, clashes continue in the area of the settlement of Prilesye. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are using small sabotage groups that enter Russian territory and, having encountered resistance, retreat.
At the same time, the enemy is experiencing serious supply problems, since there are no major highways in the area, and the few country and dirt roads are under constant fire from Russian artillery and drones.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also not leaving their positions in the Kursk region, holding a small bridgehead in the area of Oleshnya, Guevo and the village of Gornal. Russian troops continue to push the enemy out of their positions. Combat operations are taking place in the area of the Sudzha checkpoint on the border with the Sumy region.
The scattered formations of Ukrainian troops were thus cut off from the border and surrounded in the area of the village of Gogolevka.
Nevertheless, despite the lack of prospects for any offensive in the border area, Kyiv retains some of its forces in the border area. In this way, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is trying to prevent the transfer of Russian troops from the border area to another section of the front, for example, to Donbass or to the Kupyansk area.
At the same time, the majority of forces located in the Sudzha area were either withdrawn for rotation to the rear, or transferred to the Donbass - to the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) area.
THE LIBERATION OF DONBASS CONTINUES
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to build on the successes achieved after the liberation of the strategically important settlement of Constantinople. The loss of control over the settlement led to a disruption of communications between the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in this section of the front.
According to information from the field, during the offensive, assault units of the Russian army liberated the settlement of Sribnoye. The information from field sources was later confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry.
"As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the "Center" group of forces, the settlement of Sribnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated, " the department noted. The offensive of Russian troops continues to the north - in the area of the settlements of Uspenovka and Udachnoye. The latter section of the front is strategically important, since Udachnoye is located on the highway connecting Pokrovsk with the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Over the past months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have tried several times to push Russian troops back from the highway in order to restore full supplies to Pokrovsk. However, all attempts to advance were repelled, after which the Russian Armed Forces launched a counterattack. According to the latest information, military actions continue on the eastern outskirts of Udachny.
In the long term, success in this direction may allow the final stage of the operation to encircle Pokrovsk to begin, front-line sources at Regnum News Agency note.
"Our area may come to life in the near future, since the weather has become favorable. Once the ground dries out, we can expect an intensification of military operations. The key task now is to expand the bridgehead west of Pokrovsk, near Kotlino and Udachny. Then there will be an opportunity to break through to the north, to the E50 highway, which connects Pokrovsk with Pavlovsk and Dnepropetrovsk," the source told the publication.
According to sources, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is aware of the gravity of the situation in Pokrovsk, and is therefore transferring units withdrawn from the Kursk region to this area.
"For both us and them, control over large populated areas, any built-up area in general, and especially over heights, is of key importance. They understood this and held the front line firmly, and did not withdraw some troops from this direction. Now we have begun to put pressure on them, and military actions are continuing in Malye Shcherbaki and Lobkovo," the agency's interlocutor noted.
Ukrainian sources, in turn, believe that the intensification of military operations in the Zaporizhzhya direction could become a prologue to a full-scale offensive. There are several scenarios for the further development of events. The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command expects an offensive on the city of Orekhov in the near future - the only large settlement in the predominantly flat theater of military operations.
Kyiv also does not rule out that the Russian army will move along the Dnieper to Kamenki and Stepnogorsk.
Successful advancement in one or both directions creates prospects for a further offensive on Zaporizhia. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing defensive fortifications on the approaches to the city along the Konka River. At this line, Kyiv will try to stop the Russian offensive if Stepnogorsk, Orekhov and Kamenskoye are abandoned.
However, for now, military operations in this direction are local in nature.
Overall, the Russian Armed Forces continue their successful offensive in all directions, pushing back the enemy. The Ukrainian army, in turn, is no longer seeking to seize the initiative, launching counterattacks with small forces only in certain sections of the front.
After the defeat in the Kursk direction and the retreat from the Sudzha area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to destabilize the situation again in several areas of the Russian-Ukrainian border. Over the past few days, the enemy has made several attempts to break through with infantry groups into the territory of the Krasnoyarsk and Rakityansky districts of the Belgorod region.
DIRECTION - TO ZAPOROZHYE
After a long pause, military actions also resumed in the Zaporizhia direction. After the liberation of the settlement of Stepovoe, Russian troops began an assault on the village of Lobkovoe. North of Stepovoe, military actions are taking place on the streets of the settlements of Shcherbaki and Malye Shcherbaki.
In the Stepnogorsk direction, Russian troops advanced in the area of the settlement of Kamenskoye, dislodging the enemy from a number of fortified positions they occupied. According to sources of the Regnum news agency, the offensive in the Stepovoye and Kamenskoye area became possible after the Ukrainian Armed Forces seriously weakened this section of the front in favor of the Kursk direction and Donbass.
"For both us and them, control over large populated areas, any built-up area in general, and especially over heights, is of key importance. They understood this and held the front line firmly, and did not withdraw some troops from this direction. Now we have begun to put pressure on them, and military actions are continuing in Malye Shcherbaki and Lobkovo," the agency's interlocutor noted.
Ukrainian sources, in turn, believe that the intensification of military operations in the Zaporizhzhya direction could become a prologue to a full-scale offensive. There are several scenarios for the further development of events. The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command expects an offensive on the city of Orekhov in the near future - the only large settlement in the predominantly flat theater of military operations.
Kyiv also does not rule out that the Russian army will move along the Dnieper to Kamenki and Stepnogorsk.
Successful advancement in one or both directions creates prospects for a further offensive on Zaporizhia. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing defensive fortifications on the approaches to the city along the Konka River. At this line, Kyiv will try to stop the Russian offensive if Stepnogorsk, Orekhov and Kamenskoye are abandoned.
However, for now, military operations in this direction are local in nature.
Overall, the Russian Armed Forces continue their successful offensive in all directions, pushing back the enemy. The Ukrainian army, in turn, is no longer seeking to seize the initiative, launching counterattacks with small forces only in certain sections of the front.
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[Regnum] Six people, including Izvestia journalist Alexander Fedorchak, were killed as a result of artillery shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported on March 24 by the head of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Leonid Pasechnik.
"Today, another crime by Ukrainian Nazis occurred. Six people were killed as a result of artillery shelling of the Kremensky municipal district by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Among them were three employees of federal media outlets working in the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic: Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, cameraman and driver of the Zvezda TV channel Andrei Panov and Alexander Sirkeli," Pasechnik wrote on his Telegram channel.
He added that the victims were trying to tell the world the truth about what was happening. Pasechnik expressed his condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the shelling.
According to the head of the LPR, a 14-year-old teenager was also injured in the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He received shrapnel wounds. He was quickly taken to a medical facility.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the following grounds regarding the deaths of journalists and civilians as a result of shelling by Ukrainian forces of the village of Mikhailovka in the LPR : murder; obstruction of the lawful professional activities of journalists; intentional destruction or damage to someone else's property. The Investigative Committee assured that all measures would be taken to identify and prosecute those involved in these crimes.
Zvezda TV channel cameraman Andrey Panov and the film crew driver Aleksandr Sirkeli died in a special operation zone on LPR territory on March 24. The death occurred as a result of a strike on a civilian car by two HIMARS missiles. Izvestia military correspondent Aleksandr Fedorchak was also with them.
The death of Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak in the area of the special operation is another crime of the Kiev regime against freedom of speech. Russia will seek an international reaction to what happened, commented the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on March 24.
"I can assure you that the latest crime of the Kiev regime against freedom of speech and journalism will not be consigned to oblivion by "strategic silence" paid for by Western curators. We will not only bring information to the attention of the relevant international organizations, but we will seek their reaction. The OSCE and UNESCO, as well as other specialized international institutions, are obliged to react," the diplomat told Izvestia.
Zakharova expressed her condolences to the family and friends of the deceased journalist.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Alexander Fedorchak died as a result of an artillery strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of the LPR on March 24. Previously, he worked in the Kupyansk direction. His last report from the Kharkiv region was published on March 23.
The head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov expressed condolences in connection with the death of his fellow countryman Alexander Fedorchak, calling him a talented journalist and a courageous man. The chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia Vladimir Solovyov also addressed words of condolence. The correspondent of "Russia 24" Evgeny Nipot added that he will remember his deceased colleague as a truly brave patriot and professional.
The UN opposes the murders of journalists and demands their thorough investigation, Deputy Spokesman for the Head of the World Organization Farhan Haq commented on the death of Alexander Fedorchak on March 24.
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media will provide support to the relatives and friends of Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, who died in the special operation zone, said the head of the department, Maksut Shadayev.
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