Over the past 24 hours, 78 military clashes took place at the front between the Defence Forces and the Russians, most of all in the Avdiivka direction.
This is stated in the morning report of the General Staff.
Over the past 24 hours, 78 military clashes took place.
In total, the enemy launched 10 missile and 68 air strikes, carried out 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
Over the past day, Popivka, Vilne, Oleksandrivka, Velyka Pysarivka, Lukashivka, Dmytrivka in Sumy region; Baranivka, Zolochiv, Pokaliane, Petropavlivka in Kharkiv region were hit by air strikes; Nadiya, Bilohorivka in Luhansk region; Siversk, Semenivka, Kalynivka, Chasiv Yar, Keramik, Novobakhmutivka, Novoselivka Persha, Orlivka, Umanske, Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Pobeda, Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhya region.
About 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were under enemy artillery fire.
At the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas and conducts sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of our troops to threatened areas.
In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Joint Forces Operation Centre, in the Kupyansk sector, the Defence Forces repelled three enemy attacks near the settlements of Synkivka and Tabaivka in Kharkiv region, where the enemy was trying to improve its tactical position.
In the Liman sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 9 enemy attacks near the towns of Bilohorivka in Luhansk region and Terny and Rozdolivka in Donetsk region, where the enemy, supported by air power, tried to break through the defences.
In the Bakhmut sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three enemy attacks near Andriivka and Klishchiyivka in the Donetsk region.
In the area of responsibility of the Tavria Brigade, in the Avdiivka sector, the defenders repelled 26 enemy attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Orlivka, Tonenke and Pervomaiske.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka and Novomykhailivka, where the enemy, supported by aviation, tried to break through the defences of Ukrainian troops 24 times.
In the Orikhivsk sector, the occupants attacked Ukrainian positions 7 times near Staromayorske in Donetsk region and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhya region.
In the area of responsibility of the Odesa Joint Forces Operation Centre, in the Kherson sector, the enemy made 3 unsuccessful assaults on the positions of the Defence Forces.
At the same time, over the past day, the aviation of the Defence Forces struck 7 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Also, on the night of 16 March, the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed 2 of 2 Shahed attack drones in Kharkiv region.