Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6.00 a.m., March 14, 2023

Day 384 of the full-scale russian military aggression has begun.

Despite significant losses, the enemy continues offensive operations on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mar’yinka, and Shakhtars’k axes. Last day, units of the Defense Forces repelled more than 100x enemy attacks on the indicated axes.

The russian federation uses terror tactics, indiscriminately shelling populated areas, thereby greatly violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law.

Over the past day, the enemy launched 5x missile attacks, in particular, on civil infrastructure facilities in the Sumy and Donetsk Oblasts. There are dead and wounded civilians. Also, the enemy carried out 35x airstrikes and launched 76x attacks from MLRS.

The level of missile threat remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.

Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the operational situation has not changed significantly. Work continues on the engineering equipment of enemy positions in the border areas of the Belgorod Oblast. During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Myhalchyna Sloboda, Chernihiv Oblast, Znob-Novgorodskoe, Seredyna-Buda, Bachivsk, Esman, Starykovo, Shalygine, Bilopylla, and Krasnopillya, Sumy Oblast, and Strelech, Hlyboke, Lukyantsi, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Dvorichna, and Kindrashivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

Kupyansk and Lyman axes: the enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops. They led unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Nevske, Chervopopivka, Kreminna, Dibrova, Bilogorivka and Berestov settlements. The adversary carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Hryanikyvka, Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Krokhmalne, Novoselivske, Kharkiv Oblast settlements; Makiivka, Dibrova and Bilogorivka – Luhansk and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast.

Bakhmut axis: the enemy does not stop trying to capture the city of Bakhmut. Our soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Vasyukivka, Minkivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Hryhorivka and Ivanivske settlements. In particular, Bondarne, Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Predtechine, Kurdyumivka, Bila Gora, Kostyantynivka, Zalizne, and New York of the Donetsk Oblast were under enemy fire.

Avdiivka, Mar’yinka, and Shakhtars’k axes: the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Kam’ianka, Avdiivka, Severna, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Netaylove, Mar’yinka, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, and Vugledar settlements. Areas of more than 15x settlements near the contact line were shelled by the enemy. Among them are Kam’ianka, Avdiivka, Tonenka, Severne, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Mar’yinka, Georgiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar and Neskuchne of the Donetsk Oblast.

Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the enemy is conducting defensive operations. Areas of more than 50x settlements near the contact line, including Olhivske, Charivne, Novoandriyivka, Stepove of the Zaporizhia Oblast, as well as Kachkarivka, Novosilka, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Inzhenerne, Kherson and Komysany of the Kherson Oblast, were shelled.

During the day, our aircraft made 10x strikes on areas where the occupiers were concentrated. Units of missile and artillery forces hit 5x areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment, 3x ammunition depots and 4x means of radio-electronic warfare of the invaders during the day.

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