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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6.00 a.m., March 8, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 08 March 2023 07:07

    Day 378 of the full-scale russian military aggression has begun. 
    The occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive operations on the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtars’k axes. Unsuccessful offensive actions continue in the districts of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Kamianka, Avdiivka and Mar’yinka of the Donetsk Oblast.
    During the last day, our defenders repelled more than 100x enemy attacks on the indicated axes.
    The invaders launched 24x air strikes and 1x missile strike. In particular, during the airstrikes, the enemy used 1x UAV of the Shahed-136 type. It was shot down. The occupiers also launched more than 60x attacks from MLRS.
    Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the operational situation has not changed significantly. The formation of hostile offensive groups was not detected. At the same time, the enemy continues to maintain its units near the state border of Ukraine. During the past day, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the areas of Senkivka and Karpovichi settlements of Chernihiv Oblast; Starikove, Bilopillya, Golyshivske, Pavlivka, Volfine and Grabovske - Sumy Oblast and districts of 18x settlements of Kharkiv Oblast. Among them are Udy, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Krasne, Zelene, Ustinivka, Aniskine, Shevyakivka, Dvorichna and Zapadne.
    Kupyansk and Lyman axes: the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in vicinities of Hryanikyvka, Bilogorivka, Spirne, Vyimka, Nevske, and Fedorivka. Conducted artillery shelling of Putnykovo, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, and Krokhmalne settlements of Kharkiv Oblast; Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Chervonopivka and Dibrova - Luhansk and Terna, Yampil, Rozdolivka and Fedorivka in Donetsk Oblast.
     Bakhmut axis: the enemy, despite significant losses, continues to storm the city of Bakhmut. They also carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Berkhivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka settlements. Over the past day, the enemy made more than 30x unsuccessful attacks near Orihovo-Vasylivka alone. The areas of the settlements of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Stupochki, Predtechine, Oleksandro-Shultine, Diliivka, Zalizne and New York were shelled with artillery.
    Avdiivka and Shakhtars’k axes: the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Oleksandropil, Kamianka, Severne, Vodyane, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk Oblast. The enemy launched more than 20x attacks near Mar’yinka alone. More than 25x settlements, including Berdychi, Orlivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, and Prechistivka were under enemy fire.
    Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the enemy is on the defensive. russians shelled the areas of more than 30x settlements near the contact line, in particular, Olhivske, Zatyshsha, Charivne, Pavlivka, Prymorske of the Zaporizhia Oblast, as well as Kachkarivka, Mylove, Zmiivka, Ivanivka, Kherson, and Inzhenerne.
    In the village of Ulyanivka of the Vasylkivskyi district of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, by the order of the so-called "russian occupation administration", grain crops from the neighboring farms and farms of the district are brought to the local hangar. The occupiers, under the guise of buying at significantly reduced prices, simply confiscate grain.
    Aviation of the Defense Forces made 7x strikes on the areas of the enemy forces concentration during the day. Also, our defenders shot down an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the "Orlan-10" type. At the same time, missile and artillery forces struck 1x Buk-M1-2 anti-aircraft missile system, 5x areas of concentration of the enemy's manpower, 3x warehouses of fuel and lubricants and 1x radar reconnaissance and control system "Zoopark".
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