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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 p.m., March 12, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 12 March 2023 18:33

    Day 382 of the russian full-scale invasion continues.

    The enemy does disregards its own losses as it strives to achieve its goals. The invaders’ main focus is the offensive operations on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mar’inka, and Shakhtars’ke axes.

    The russian federation continues to use terror tactics, conducts indiscriminate shelling of settlements in gross violation of the rules of International Humanitarian Law.

    During the day of March 12, the adversary launched 1x missile attack on a civilian infrastructure facility in Slovyansk (Donetsk oblast). The enemy also launched 4x air strikes and around 20x MLRS attacks.

    The level of missile threat across Ukraine remains high.

    Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no significant changes. No formation of the enemy offensive groups were found. Engineering development of enemy positions is ongoing in the border areas of Belgorod oblast (russia). During the day of March 12, the enemy shelled the vicinities of settlements of Volfyne (Sumy oblast), Strilecha, Krasne, Velykyi Burluk, and Bolohivka (Kharkiv oblast).

    Kup’yans’k and Lyman axes: the adversary attempts to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops. The enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives towards Dvorichna, Dibrova, and Serebryans’ke forestry. The invaders fired artillery at the vicinities of settlements of Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kup’yans’k, Krokhmal’ne, Cherneshchyna (Kharkiv oblast), Makiivka, Nevs’ke, Dibrova, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Sivers’k, and Spirne (Donetsk oblast).

    Bakhmut axis: the enemy continues attempts to capture the city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian defenders repelled adversary attacks in the vicinities of settlements of Min’kivka and Orikhovo-Vasylivka. In particular, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Maiors’k, and New York (Donetsk oblast) came under enemy fire.

    Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Shakhtars’ke axes: the adversary conducted unsuccessful offensive operations towards the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Kam’yanka, Sjeverne, Nevel’s’ke, Mar’inka, Pobjeda, and Vuhledar (Donetsk oblast).

    In particular, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Tonen’ke, Vodyane, Heorhiivka, Nevel’s’ke, Hostre, Pobjeda, Vuhledar, Vremivka, and Neskuchne (Donetsk oblast) came under enemy fire.

    Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the adversary is defending. In particular, Ol’hivs’ke, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka (Zaporizhzhia oblast), Beryslav, Bilozerka (Kherson oblast), Tamaryne, and Ochakiv (Mykolaiv oblast) were shelled by the enemy.

    The russian occupants are looting certain settlements of the temporarily occupied Kherson oblast. The russian invaders are trying to sell the looted gadgets and household appliances to civilians, but in different settlements.

    The adversary continues to suffer losses. On March 11, about 30x bodies of the occupiers were delivered to a local morgue in Enerhodar. At the same time, the russian military leadership is taking measures to replenish the casualties. Thus, new troops from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous district (russia) arrived in Yalta (Donetsk oblast) on March 10. The enemy personnel is reportedly low-motivated and unwilling to participate in combat operations.

    During the day of March 12, Ukrainian Air Force launch 1x air strike at the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile system, as well as 6x air strikes at the concentrations of its personnel and military equipment.

    The Ukrainian missile troops and artillery units hit 1x command post, 2x concentrations of personnel and military equipment of the adversary, as well as 1x ammunition depot.

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