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Russia launched 38 missile and 75 air strikes, — General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[LB] During the past day, 72 combat clashes took place. Ivanna Kapustyanska The seven hundred and sixty-sixth day of Russia's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. During the past day, 72 combat clashes took place.  This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff. In total, the enemy launched 38 missile and 75 air strikes, carried out 98 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. A number of high-rise buildings, medical facilities, cars, a school, a kindergarten and other objects of civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged. At night, the Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine again, using "Shahed" type UAVs and cruise missiles of various types. Data on the attack is being verified. During the past day, airstrikes took place in the villages of Kirikivka, Sumy region; Bochkove, Uspenivka, Khrypuny, Izyumske, Zybyne, Liman of the Kharkiv region; Novoyehorivka in Luhansk Oblast; Terny, Yampolivka, Andriivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Oleksandropil, Karlivka, Kurakhove, Berdychi, Nevelske, Novobakhmutivka, Mezhove, Yasnobrodivka, Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region; Orihiv, Novodanilivka and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia. About 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire. On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes. In the Siver and Slobozhan directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage activities to prevent our troops from moving to dangerous directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled 16 attacks in the Terna settlements of the Donetsk region and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 4 attacks in the areas of Klishchiivka and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region. In the Avdiivsk direction, our defenders repelled 20 attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Umanske, Tonenke, Semenivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske settlements, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to knock out our units from the occupied lines. On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Novomykhailivka, and Vodiane settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried 25 times to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Orihiv direction, the occupiers launched 4 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our defenders in the districts of Staromayorskyi of the Donetsk region and north-west of Verbovoy of the Zaporizhzhia region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the past day, he attacked the positions of our troops 3 times. During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces struck 1 command post, 1 anti-aircraft defense system, and 10 areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons, and military equipment. Units of missile troops damaged 2 areas of concentration of personnel, two means of anti-aircraft defense and artillery means of the occupiers. Posted by: badanov 2024-03-31 |
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