The hottest directions remain Novopavlovsk and Avdeevsky.
The mortar crew of the 93rd Kholodny Yar brigade is working on the repulsed.
During the day, 70 military clashes took place at the front. In total, the enemy launched 2 missile and 68 air strikes, carried out 37 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report on March 13.
And the aviation of the Defense Forces attacked 7 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Also, one X-31 missile was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means.
Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on the area where enemy personnel were concentrated.
The situation at the front as of 18.00 is as follows:< /
- in the Volyn and Polessk directions the operational situation is without significant changes. No signs of the formation of offensive groups were identified;
- on Severskaya and Slobozhanskayathe enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Volnoye, Bolshaya Pisarevka, Popovka, Sumy region; Volchansk, Kharkov region. About 30 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Rozhkovichi, Golubovka, Seredina-Buda, Krasnopolye, Zapsilie, Popovka, Sumy region; Granov, Strelka, Borisovka, Kharkov region;
- on Kupyanskyour defenders repelled 4 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka, Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to oust units from their positions. An air strike was carried out near the village of Nadezhda, Lugansk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region;
- on Limanskyrepelled 5 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy launched an air strike in the Belogorivka area of the Lugansk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Belogorivka, Lugansk region; Terny Spirnoe, Razdolevka, Donetsk region;
- on Bakhmutskyrepelled 3 enemy attacks in areas east of Vremenny Yar, Bogdanovka and Kleshchievka, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve its tactical position. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Predtechino, New York, and Druzhba in the Donetsk region. Also, about 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Bogdanovka, Chasov Yar, New York, Donetsk region;
- on Avdeevskyrepelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Alexandropol, Keramik, Novobakhmutovka, Novoselovka Pervaya, Novoaleksandrovka in the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Alexandropol, Keramik, Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka in the Donetsk region;
- on NovopavlovskThe defense forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 19 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Maksimilianovka, Vodyanoye, and Maksimovka in the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders, including Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka, Ugledar in the Donetsk region; our defenders in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, west of Verbovoy and Robotiny, Zaporozhye region. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Neskuchnoye, Donetsk region, and Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Poltavka, Krasnoe, Belogorye, Robotino in the Zaporozhye region;
- in the area of responsibility of the Odessa OSUS, in the Kherson direction, the enemy did not abandons the intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, during the day the enemy carried out 2 unsuccessful assaults on the positions of our defenders. About 30 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Sadovoe, Nikolaevka in the Kherson region.