Battlefield sees 286 combat clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 286 combat clashes have been recorded on the battlefield over the past day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, information as of 08:00 on 18 March
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, four combat clashes occurred. The Russians launched 1 airstrike using 2 aerial bombs and conducted 121 strikes, including 18 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces carried out 13 attempts to break through Ukrainian defences near the settlements of Vovchansk, Starytsia, Lyman and Pishchane and towards Okhrimivka and Bochkove.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops conducted 18 attacks near the settlements of Petropavlivka, Kurylivka, Novoosynove, Hlushkivka and Novoplatonivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted eight attacks, trying to penetrate Ukrainian defences towards the settlements of Lyman and Chervonyi Stav and near Kolodiazi and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Yampil, Platonivka and Zakitne and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian forces stopped two Russian assaults near the settlements of Minkivka and Novomarkove.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian troops conducted 46 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Sofiivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Rusynoho Yaru, Stepanivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 72 Russian assaults near the settlements of Bilytske, Dorozhnie, Nove Shakhove, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Myrnohrad, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Muravka, Novopidhorodne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Filiia and Dachne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted three attacks near the settlements of Zlahoda, Zelenyi Hai and Krasnohirske.
On the Huliaipole front, 31 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, Myrne, Olenokostiantynivka, Huliaipilske, Zelene and Dobropillia.
On the Orikhiv front, two combat clashes occurred near the village of Stepove.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian forces repelled one Russian attack.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
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