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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 31, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. [Korrespondent] 22:13 In the morning, Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone in Berislav, Kherson region - a nurse who was walking along the street was wounded. In the evening, the enemy fired at Stanislav - one of the shells hit near a private house, a local resident was injured, the prosecutor's office reported.  22:02 The Russians hit civilian infrastructure in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov with a guided projectile, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. No casualties were reported. 20:46 British intelligence writes that Russian troops have “almost certainly” captured Tonenkoye and Orlovka in the Donetsk region and are continuing their gradual advance west of Avdiivka. Analysts also note that Russia is recruiting about 30 thousand people a month into the army, and “most likely will continue to do so in order to compensate for losses and continue attacks aimed at exhausting Ukrainian forces.” 18:11 During the day, air defense forces of the Pivden air command destroyed an X-59 guided missile, a Supercam reconnaissance drone and a Lancet attack UAV. 14:40 The Russian army fired artillery at the city of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region - two people were killed, one was wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. 11:38 Up to 80% of DTEK’s capacities were damaged or destroyed as a result of Russian shelling, said the company’s executive director Dmitry Sakharuk. According to him, five of the six stations accessible before the latest large-scale attacks were very badly damaged. Some blocks are almost completely destroyed, others - partially. 08:47 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 30:
08:28 Over the past 24 hours, 72 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 25 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Vodyanoye of the Donetsk region. Another 20 attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Umanskoye, Tonenkoye, Semenovka, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 attacks in the areas of Ternov, Donetsk region and Belogorivka, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutskoye - four attacks in the Kleshcheevka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region and north-west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks. 08:06 In the Poltava region, during a night attack by drones, several hits were recorded on an infrastructure facility in the Poltava region, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin. No people were hurt. 07:39 In the morning, the Russians hit Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region with a kamikaze drone, damaging an infrastructure facility, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. In addition, at night, fragments of a downed UAV fell on the territory of the elevator - a fire started, which was promptly extinguished, no people were injured. 07:23 Air defense at night destroyed nine of the 12 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kherson, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions. In addition, at night the Russians attacked the Donetsk region with four S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles. Posted by: badanov 2024-03-31 |
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