Occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on five directions, per day they have carried out more than 70 attacks, - General Staff
Last day, the enemy carried out more than 70 attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, 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 17 regarding the Russian invasion.
Thus, the three hundred and eighty-seventh day of the Russian large-scale invasion began.
The Russian Federation does not give up its intentions regarding the occupation of Ukraine, continues to conduct offensive actions, regardless of losses. The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions. During the past day, the enemy launched more than 70 attacks on them.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 5 missiles and 18 air strikes, as well as launched 73 attacks from rocket salvo systems. As a result of another shelling of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured, more than 20 houses, a school, and other objects of civil infrastructure were damaged.
The probability of Russian missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
In the Volyn, Polissia, Siversk, and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly, the formation of enemy offensive groups has not been detected. On the training grounds of the Republic of Belarus, units of the Russian occupation forces are being trained. During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Berylivka, Khrynivka, Yeline, and Tymonovychi settlements of the Chernihiv region; Starykove, Atynske, Volfyne, Stepne, Kindrativka, Pokrovka, and Hrabovske in the Sumy region, as well as more than 20 districts of settlements in the Kharkiv region. Among them are Strilecha, Krasne, Morokhovets, Ohirtseve, Mala Vovcha, Mylove, Obukhivka, Novomlynsk, Kutkivka, and Shevchenkove.
The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Hrianykivka, Kreminna, Kuzmyne, Verkhnokamianske, and Spirne settlements. Conducted artillery shelling of the Dvorichna, Hrianykivka, and Krokhmalne settlements of the Kharkiv region; Novoselivske, Nevske, and Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region; Spirne and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop trying to storm the city of Bakhmut. Numerous enemy attacks were repulsed in the areas of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, and Hryhorivka settlements. More than 15 settlements near the contact line came under enemy fire. Among them are Vasiukivka, Zaliznianske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Predtechine and Oleksandro-Shultyne of the Donetsk region.
On the Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kamianka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, and Mariinka settlements. On the specified section of the front during the past day, the enemy carried out the most attacks in the Mariinka area - 12. All of them were repulsed. More than 20 settlements, in particular, Paraskoviivka, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Tonenke, Severne, Pervomaiske, Netaylove, Mariinka, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, and Vuhledar of the Donetsk region, came under enemy fire.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is conducting defensive operations. In particular, Chervone, Charivne, Novodanilivka, Preobrazhenka, Stepove, and Novosilka of the Zaporizhzhia region came under fire; Mykhailivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kachkarivka, Mylove, Odradokamianka, Mykolaivka of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Forced passporting of the population of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region continues. In particular, in the city of Melitopol, the so-called Russian occupation authorities, together with representatives of the Russian Federal Tax Service, prohibited any payments and settlements to citizens who do not have a registration number of a Russian taxpayer registration card. It, in turn, can be obtained only in the presence of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
The enemy continues to suffer losses. So, on the territory of the Oleshkiv district hospital of the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, more than 20 seriously injured occupiers were brought for treatment.
During the past day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces made 7 strikes on the areas where the occupiers were concentrated, and units of missile troops and artillery hit 5 control points, 5 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the enemy, a warehouse of fuel and lubricants, 2 radar stations, a radio-electronic warfare station and an anti-aircraft missile complex in a firing position.
