[Korrespondent] In the Maryinsky direction, defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomikhailovka area of ​​the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 23 times.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Saturday evening, February 24.
During the day, 69 military clashes occurred. In total, the enemy launched 7 missile and 54 air strikes, carried out 77 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In the Liman direction, our soldiers repulsed 1 enemy attack in the area of ​​the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, defense forces repulsed 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Lastochkino, Severnoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomikhailovka area of ​​the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 23 times.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our soldiers repelled 1 enemy attack in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, defense forces repulsed 4 enemy attacks in the Robotinoy area of ​​the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, 2 attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops.
Over the course of 24 hours, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces destroyed 1 enemy radar station.
Let us remind you that the Ukrainian defenders suffered five times less losses than the Russian ones. This statement was made by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed a strike on a concentration of Russian forces near Podo-Kalinovka, Kherson region. This is the second blow to the accumulation of Russian forces in recent days.