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Ukrainian General Staff: More than 60 military clashes occurred in one day
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders bravely repulse enemy attacks. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Pobeda, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 25 times. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of the evening of Sunday, March 17.  “During the day, 63 military clashes were recorded. In general, the enemy launched 7 missile and 55 air strikes, carried out 62 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were dead and injured among the civilian population. Multi-storey and private buildings were destroyed and damaged,” the report says. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made two unsuccessful assaults on the positions of the Defense Forces in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, our soldiers repulsed one enemy attack in the area of the village of Rozdolovka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repulsed seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovskoye and Klishchievka, Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Orlovka, Alexandropol and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Pobeda, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 25 times to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 5 times in the areas of Robotinoye and north-west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, during the day the enemy made three attacks on the positions of our troops on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 6 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on 2 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Let us recall that since the beginning of the aggressive war against Ukraine, Russian troops have lost 430 thousand soldiers killed. Over the past 24 hours alone, the aggressor country has lost 1,160 military personnel. Posted by: badanov 2024-03-18 |
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