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| Russians continue to conduct active assaults in the Donetsk direction, — General Staff |
| 2024-03-03 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] During the past day, 82 combat clashes took place. by Ivanna Kapustyanska The 738th day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the past day, 82 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 9 missile and 100 air strikes, carried out 161 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas, according to the morning summary of the General Staff. At night, the Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine - using 17 unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shahed" type. 14 attack UAVs were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine. During the past day, the settlements of Druzhba, Glukhiv, and Volfyne of the Sumy region were hit by airstrikes; Okhrimivka, Vilkhuvatka, Khatnye, Topoli, Kislivka, Sadove of the Kharkiv region; Belogorivka in Luhansk Oblast; Terny, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Novokalynove, Oleksandropil, Arkhangelske, Novooleksandrivka, Ocheretyne, Progress, Novobakhmutivka, Toretsk, Katerynivka, Staromayorske, Urozhayne in the Donetsk region and Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and Robotine in Zaporizhzhia. More than 140 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire. In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Pivnich" OSU, in the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes. In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region. In the zone of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" air defense system, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions. In the Lymansky direction, our soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Terna, Yampolivka, Rozdolivka, Donetsk region, and Bilogorivka, Luhansk. In the Bakhmut direction, the defense forces repelled 8 enemy attacks in the areas of Bohdanivka, Ivanovske and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region. In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense unit, in the Avdiiv direction, our defenders repelled 24 enemy attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske settlements. On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, and Urozhany of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 29 times. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations in the Orichiv direction. In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Odesa" air defense system in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces will continue to maintain their positions. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions. At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line. During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 13 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. Units of missile troops damaged 1 area of ​​concentration of military equipment, 3 artillery means, 3 control points and 3 enemy ammunition depots. |
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