AFU repelled 102 attacks by occupiers in five directions, - General Staff
Last day, the Defense Forces repelled 102 enemy attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariiika, and Shakhtarsk directions.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00 a.m. on March 13 regarding the Russian invasion.
Thus, the three hundred and eighty-third day of the Russian large-scale invasion began.
The Russian aggressor does not abandon his intentions regarding the occupation of Ukraine. Despite significant losses, the enemy continues offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions. Last day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 102 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.
The Russian Federation continues to use terror tactics, carries out indiscriminate shelling of populated areas, thereby grossly violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile strikes, in particular, on the object of civil infrastructure in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk region. Also, the enemy carried out 8 airstrikes and launched 49 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The level of missile threat remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
In the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk, and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. The enemy maintains a military presence near the state border of Ukraine, but the formation of offensive groups has not been detected. Works on the engineering equipment of enemy positions in the border areas of the Belgorod region are ongoing. During the day, the occupiers shelled the areas of the Volfyne settlements of the Sumy region and Strilecha, Mali Prohody, Krasne, Velyky Burluk, and Bologivka settlements of the Kharkiv region.
The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Dvorichna, Nevske, Chervonpopivka, Kreminna, Dibrova, Bilohorivka, and Verkhnyokamianske settlements. He carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Dvorichna, Zapadne, Masiutivka, Kupiansk, Krokhmalne, Pischane, and Cherneshchyna settlements of the Kharkiv region; Novoselivske, Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova, and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, as well as Siversk and Spirne in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop trying to capture the city of Bakhmut. Also, our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Vasiukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, and Ivanivske settlements. In particular, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Predtechine, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, Druzhba, Mayorsk, and New York of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
On the Avdiivsk, Marinsk, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kamianka, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Severne, Pervomaiske, Mariinka, and Pobeda settlements. Areas of settlements near the contact line, including Berdychi, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Vodiane, Heorhiivka, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Hostre, Pobeda, Vuhledar, Vremivka, and Neskuchne of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy shelling.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is conducting defensive operations. Areas of settlements near the contact line, in particular, Olhivske, Malynivka, Huliaypole, Bilohiria, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were shelled; Beryslav, Poniativka, Dniprovske, and Bilozerka in the Kherson region and Tamarina and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region.
The Russian invaders continue to plunder the temporarily captured territories. Recently, in Energodar, the occupiers began to remove from the educational and training center of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant educational equipment, which was used to improve the qualifications of personnel.
Against the background of large losses of personnel in the war, the enemy uses alternative sources of replenishment of manpower. So, last week, the movement of a train with first-class carriages for the transportation of prisoners was noted towards the Donetsk region. One of the wagons contains condemned women.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex, as well as 6 strikes - on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.
Units of rocket troops and artillery hit the control post, 2 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the enemy, as well as 2 ammunition warehouses and a warehouse of fuel and lubricants.
