General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: operational information on the Russian invasion (as of 06.00 23.03.2023)

23.03.2023 09:30

We bring to your attention the operative information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00:23.03.2023 on March XNUMX, XNUMX regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

Glory to Ukraine! The three hundred and ninety-third day of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.

The Russian Federation continues its armed aggression against Ukraine, and does not abandon its intention to fully occupy the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Marin, and Shakhtar directions, while defending in the others. Last day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 83 enemy attacks on the eastern part of the front.

The Russian aggressor continues to use his usual tactics of terrorizing the civilian population, shelling populated areas and critical infrastructure facilities.

Over the past day, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia. Russian rockets hit a residential high-rise building. There are dead and wounded among civilians. Also, the enemy carried out 48 airstrikes, in particular, on civilian objects of critical infrastructure in Zhytomyr Region and Kyiv Region. The occupiers used 21 Shahed-136 UAVs from the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, 16 of these drones were shot down. Civilians have been killed and wounded as a result of enemy UAV strikes. In addition, the invaders launched 75 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The threat of further strikes by the enemy remains throughout the territory of Ukraine.

On the Volyn, Polis, Siver and Slobozhan directions operational situation without significant changes, the formation of offensive groups of the enemy was not detected. The Russian leadership continues to use the infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus to train its troops. The enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas. During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Hrinivka, Arkhipivka and Mikhalchyna Sloboda settlements of Chernihiv region; Demyanivka, Esman, Atynske, Iskriskivshchyna, Bilopylla, Volfine, Pavlivka, Basivka, Yunakivka and Krasnopillya in Sumy region and Basove, Hoptivka, Strelecha, Vesele, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, Krasne Pershe and Kindrashyvka in Kharkiv region.

On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions the enemy continues to try to break our defenses. He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Makiivka, Belogorivka and Verkhnokamianske settlements. Conducted artillery shelling of Krokhmalne settlements in Kharkiv region; Novoselivske, Nevske, Bilogorivka — Luhansk, as well as Terna, Kolodyazi, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions, losing a significant amount of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Our defenders repel numerous enemy attacks around the clock in the Bakhmut, Bohdanivka and Predtechyny areas. More than 15 settlements near the contact line, including Vasyukivka, Mynkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Oleksandro-Shultyne, North and South of Donetsk region, came under enemy shelling.

On the Avdiyivskyi, Marinskyi and Shakhtarskyi directions the enemy carried out offensive actions in the areas of settlements of Novokalynove, Stepove, Berdychi, Avdiyivka, Lastochkine, Severne, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, and Pobyeda — without success. More than 20 districts of settlements, in particular, Avdiyivka, Tonenke, Severne, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Netaylove, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka and Vugledar of the Donetsk region, came under enemy shelling.

On the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions the enemy conducts defensive actions. Areas of more than 45 settlements near the contact line, including Malynivka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhia region, as well as Havrylivka, Ivanivka, Zelenivka, Dniprovske and the city of Kherson, were shelled.

In the settlements of Reshetylivske, Chumatske and Kostyantynivka of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian occupiers conducted a tour of the houses of local residents and warned them about the need to stay in safe places and not to leave their homes. The mentioned may indirectly testify to the efforts of the Russian occupiers to make it impossible for the local population to observe the enemy's planned transfer of its manpower and military equipment to the line of battle.

The Russian Federation does not give up the war of aggression, despite the numerous victims. Constantly takes measures to replenish manpower losses. Thus, in one of the military units stationed in South Ossetia, active work is being carried out with conscripts regarding their signing of contracts and further participation in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. It was established that over 1 Russian conscripts signed the contract between March 10 and March 50. They, having not received proper combat training, were sent to Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region. 

During the day, the Ukrainian aviation struck the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex, as well as 12 strikes on the areas where the personnel and military equipment of the occupiers were concentrated. And our units of missile troops and artillery hit one command post, three enemy personnel concentration areas, an ammunition depot and one enemy radio-electronic warfare station.

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