Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6.00 a.m., March 12, 2023

Day 382 of the full-scale russian military aggression has begun.

The criminal russian government does not give up its intentions to occupy the territory of Ukraine by using both its own armed forces and the PWC, as well as the armed formations of the quasi-republics, continuing to conduct large-scale armed aggression.

Over the past day, the enemy launched 12x air strikes and 5x missile strikes, 2 of which hit the city of Zaporizhia. The russian occupiers used the S-300 air defense system against the civilian infrastructure. As a result, one building was destroyed. There were no casualties or injuries among the civilian population. In addition, the enemy carried out 56x attacks from MLRS. One is at the object of the civil infrastructure of the city of Kherson. There are victims among the civilian population: two killed and three wounded.

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

During the past day, the main objective of the enemy remained attempts to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. For this purpose, the enemy focused its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mar’yinka, and Shakhtars’k axes. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, our defenders repelled 92x enemy attacks on the indicated axes.

Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: The operational situation remained stable. The russian federation continues to maintain a significant military presence on the territory of the republic of belarus, but without the obvious formation of offensive groups. At the same time, the enemy continues to engineer terrain in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk Oblasts. The enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the areas of 8x settlements, namely: Chervona Zorya, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk and Kam’ianka of the Kharkiv Oblast.

Kupyansk and Lyman axes: the enemy maintained a significant military presence in the areas bordering Ukraine in order to prevent our units from moving to other axes. Also, during the previous day, the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to break through the defense of our troops, carrying out artillery shelling of the areas of 13x settlements along the line of military confrontation. In particular, Dvorichny, Hryanikyvka, Masyutivka, Kislivka and Pischany of the Kharkiv Oblast; Novoselivsky, Nevsky, Kuzmyny, Bilogorivka, and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk Oblast, as well as Dibrova, Rozdolivka, Spirnyi, and Yagidny in the Donetsk Oblast.

Bakhmut axis: the enemy did not stop the assault on the city of Bakhmut. Near the contact line, the enemy shelled, in particular, Vasyukivka, Zaliznyanske, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Kostyantynivka, Bila Hora, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Aleksandro-Shultyne, Zalizne, and New York of the Donetsk Oblast. In general, 15x settlements in the Bakhmut axis were affected by the shelling of the occupiers.

Avdiivka, Mar’yinka, and Shakhtars’k axes: the enemy attempted offensive actions in the axis of the settlements of Kam’ianka, Severna, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, and Mar’yinka in the Donetsk Oblast. Didn’t have any success. 18x settlements near the contact line, including Berdychi, Lastochkine, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Bogoyavlenka, Vugledar, Zolota Niva, Alexandropol, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka, were subjected to numerous enemy shelling, including Velika Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast.

Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the enemy continues to defend. At the same time, they carried out intensive shelling of populated areas, namely: Malynyvka, Gulyaipol, Biloghirya, Malya Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriyivka, Maly Shcherbakiv, Olhivskyi, Chervonyi, Charivnyi, Tavriyskyi, Prydniprovskyi, Plavniv, Kamianskyi and Stepovy in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Novopolya – Donetsk Oblast, as well as Novodmytrivka, Mykhailivka, Dudchan, Zmiivka, Vesely, Ivanivka, Antonivka, Bilozerka, Dniprovskyi, Republikanets, Krasnoy Mayak, Novosilka, Odradokamyanka, Olgivka, Tyaginka, Tokarivka, Poniativka, Romashkovo and the city of Kherson. In total, almost 40 settlements were affected.

During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces struck 6x areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, and units of missile forces and artillery hit 4x areas of concentration of enemy personnel, one ammunition depot and 2x deployment sites of enemy EW stations.

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