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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 23, 2025
2025-03-24
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] 22.19 During the day, further Russian attacks on Nikopol and Sinelnykivshchyna continued, resulting in damage. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak.

There were no casualties.

20.47 Russian troops attacked civilian infrastructure of the Miropol community during the day. As a result of the shelling, a civilian was killed and another person was wounded. This was reported by the prosecutor's office of Sumy Oblast.

18:57 On the evening of March 23, an explosion occurred in a police station in Belyaivka, Odessa region, killing a woman. This was reported by the press service of the National Police.

It is noted that law enforcement officers of the Odessa region are working at the site of the explosion in the police building.

17.18 Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost many more tanks against Ukraine. According to confirmed visual evidence, Russian forces have lost around 3,800 tanks destroyed, damaged, abandoned or captured, according to Oryx data.

While Ukraine's losses are estimated at 1,100 units, analysts say the real figures could be higher for both sides.

At the same time, analysts note, the battles near Kursk indicate a difficult situation for Ukrainian forces. During eight months of fighting, tank losses have become almost equal: 66 in Russia versus 55 in Ukraine.

15:19 The General Staff confirmed that on March 21, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck and destroyed a combined company providing for the crossing of the 205th separate guards motorized rifle brigade in Dnepryany, in the military territorial waters of the Kherson region. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff.

14.53 The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully counterattack in Toretsk. This was reported on television by Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the operational-strategic group of forces Khortitsa.

14:20 Since the beginning of this year, the Kremlin has significantly increased payments to volunteers for signing their first contract to participate in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

12.58 On the evening of March 22, as a result of a Russian airstrike with two air bombs on the private sector of Kramatorsk, a man was wounded. Also, 28 houses were damaged. This was reported by the State Emergency Service, publishing the consequences of the shelling. It is noted that due to the Russian strike, fires broke out in a private house and in an open area.

12.30 The Third Assault Brigade reported the liberation of the settlement of Nadiya in the Svatovsky district of the Luhansk region. "The Third Assault Brigade reports: the brigade's forces, primarily the 1st Assault Battalion, have restored control over the settlement of Nadiya," the report says. It is noted that the total area liberated from the enemy is three square kilometers.

"Taking Nadiya cost the enemy two months of effort and two mechanized regiments wiped out - the 752nd and 254th 20th Army of the Russian Federation," noted the commander of the Third Army Corps, Andrei Beletsky.

10:51 Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 17 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an artillery asset, two air defense assets, an electronic warfare asset, two drone control points and one more important target. On the front of the past 24 hours, 147 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian occupiers were recorded. This was reported on March 23 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10.27 On March 21, Ukrainian Air Force aircraft successfully hit the area of ​​concentration of forces of the Russian 1st separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the 103rd motorized rifle regiment in a shelter and basement of a shelter in the city of Torets in Donetsk Oblast. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this in a video .

9.59 A total of 59 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were allegedly destroyed over Russian territory last night. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry. It is noted that 29 UAVs were shot down over the Rostov Region and 20 over the Astrakhan Region. Three more were recorded over the Voronezh and Volgograd Regions, one each over the Kursk and Saratov Regions. Two drones were allegedly shot down over occupied Crimea.

9.30 On the night of March 23, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 147 Shahed-type attack UAVs and different types of drone imitators from five directions. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force. The downing of 97 Shahed-type attack UAVs (other types of drones) in the south, north, west and center of the country was confirmed. In addition, 25 enemy drone imitators were lost.

8:50 In Kiev, the fall of Russian drone debris was recorded in five districts, three people were killed, including a five-year-old child. Ten people were injured. This was reported by the Kiev City Military Administration. It is noted that among the dead are a father and his little daughter. And the youngest victim of the Russian attack is only 11 months old.

7.59 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,470 Russian occupiers in one day. The total combat losses of the Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to March 23, 2025 amount to about 903,480 people. This was reported by the General Staff on March 23.

7.48 The Russians have increased the number of Kalibr carriers in the Black Sea. This was reported by the Ukrainian Navy. It is noted that as of 06:00, March 23, three enemy ships were recorded in the Black Sea. All of them are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 12 units.

7.23 In Russia, on the night of March 23, explosions were heard in Volgograd. Drones tried to attack a local oil refinery. This was reported by Russian Telegram channels. According to local residents, at least three explosions were heard in the Kirovsky district of Volgograd. It is claimed that the air defense system allegedly shot down air targets as they approached the local oil refinery. According to eyewitnesses , they heard the characteristic sounds of drones and saw flashes in the sky.

3.21 In Kiev, two people were killed as a result of a UAV attack. Seven more were injured. The fire broke out in the Dniprovsky, Podolsky, Goloseevsky, Desnyansky and Shevchenkivsky districts. Two more people were injured in the Bucha district of the Kiev region.

0.50 A Russian drone hit a multi-story building in the Dniprovsky district, a fire broke out on the upper floors.

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