General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: operational information on the Russian invasion (as of 06.00 24.03.2023)

24.03.2023 12:00

We bring to your attention the operative information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00:24.03.2023 on March XNUMX, XNUMX regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

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

Over the past day, the Russian occupiers launched 37 air strikes and four missile strikes, one of which hit Kramatorsk. Also, the enemy launched 82 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The probability of launching missile strikes remains quite high throughout the territory of Ukraine.

The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Marin, and Shakhtar directions. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, our defenders repelled more than 79 enemy attacks against them.

On the Volyn, Polis, Siver and Slobozhan directions operational situation — without significant changes. The Russian Federation continues to maintain a military presence on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. However, formations of offensive groups were not noted. At the same time, the enemy continued to engineer terrain in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions. The enemy shelled more than 20 districts of settlements with mortars and barrel artillery, including Tymonovychy, Chernihiv region; Zarutske and Popivka of the Sumy region, as well as Morozova Dolyna, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Ternova, Staritsa, Zemlianka, Kreidyanka, Vilkhuvatka, Shevyakivka, Ambarne and Bologivka in the Kharkiv region.

On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions during the previous day, the enemy shelled the Hryanikyvka, Kupyansk, Krokhmalny, Tabaivka, and Terni districts of the Kharkiv region with artillery; Novoselivka, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevsky, Pischany and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region, as well as Hryhorivka, Verkhnokamyansky and Spirny in the Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction the enemy did not stop the assault on Bakhmut. It was in the area of ​​this city that the largest number of combat clashes took place in the specified direction during the past day. Enemy attacks were also repelled in the areas of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka and Predtechine settlements of the Donetsk region. The enemy shelled Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Predtechyne, Zalizne, Severnye and New York in Donetsk region. In total, more than 15 settlements were affected by such criminal actions of the occupiers.

On the Avdiyivskyi, Marinskyi and Shakhtarskyi directions the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severne, Pervomaiske, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region. Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Kamianka, Avdiyivka, Netaylove, Lastochkine, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, Orlivka, Novomykhailivka, and Prechistivka of the Donetsk region were subjected to numerous enemy attacks.

On the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions the enemy continues to defend. At the same time, he carried out intensive shelling, in particular, of Olhivsky, Malynyvka, Chervony, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Charivny, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orikhov, Novoandriivka, Stepovoy, and Kamiansky in the Zaporizhzhia region; Krasnoy Mayak, Beryslav, Lviv, Novotyaginka, Antonivka and the city of Kherson.

Due to the significant losses that the occupiers suffer every day, the enemy has decided to increase the number of beds in the existing hospitals operating in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. In particular, in the settlement of Troitske, the number of beds in the military hospital was doubled from 200 to 400. At the same time, all wounded officers were evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation by helicopters in the period from March 17 to 18.

An increase in the number of deaths among wounded invaders was noted in the period from March 17 to 21 due to an increase in the number of cases of receiving serious injuries and poor medical care, in particular, due to insufficiently professional medical personnel.

Over the past 12 hours, the Ukrainian aviation has carried out 59 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Our defenders also shot down two Kh-XNUMX guided air missiles and four UAVs of various types.

Units of missile forces and artillery simultaneously hit the command post, the area where the enemy's manpower, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, the anti-aircraft missile complex and two warehouses of fuel and lubricants.

In total, last day our defenders eliminated 1020 Russian invaders, destroyed four tanks, 23 armored combat vehicles, eight artillery systems, three air defense systems, five UAVs of operational-tactical level, two missiles, 12 vehicles and four units of special equipment.

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