Battlefield sees 130 clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 130 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. Russian forces have attacked the Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole fronts almost 40 times in total, while Ukrainian defenders have repelled 22 assaults on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 9 March
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Russian forces carried out one airstrike, using two aerial bombs, and conducted 129 attacks, eight of them from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian troops attempted one assault on the positions of Ukrainian units towards the settlement of Zybyne.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians attacked twice towards the settlement of Kurylivka.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces attacked three times, attempting to break through Ukrainian defences towards the settlements of Stavky, Drobysheve and Lyman.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped eight attempts by the Russians to advance near Zakitne, Riznykivka and Platonivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians attacked twice near Nykyforivka and Chasiv Yar.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian troops carried out 19 attacks near the settlements of Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Byk, Rusyn Yar and Sofiivka and towards Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 22 assault actions by the Russians near Shakhove, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne and Molodetske and towards the settlements of Shevchenko, Serhiivka and Novopidhorodne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian forces attacked five times near the settlements of Ternove, Zlahoda and Vorone and towards Andriivka-Klevtsove and Pryvillia.
On the Huliaipole front, 19 Russian attacks took place near Myrne and towards Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka, Hirke and Sviatopetrivka.
On the Orikhiv front, one combat clash occurred near Stepnohirsk.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian units repelled one Russian attack towards the Antonivka Bridge.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
Ukrainian defenders continue systematically wiping out Russian forces and are putting up effective resistance across all sections of the front.
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