Battlefield sees 168 clashes, most intense fighting on Pokrovsk and Huliaipole fronts – Ukraine’s General Staff
A total of 168 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the most intense fighting recorded on the Pokrovsk front (34 attacks) and the Huliaipole front (18 attacks).
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 24 March
Details: Over the past 24 hours, the Russians launched a missile attack using four missiles and 75 airstrikes, dropping 255 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 9,027 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,727 strikes on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including 86 from multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Air Force and Rocket Forces and Artillery units hit six clusters of Russian military personnel, a UAV command post and another command post belonging to the Russians.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, 13 combat clashes were recorded over the past day. The Russians conducted 85 strikes on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including three from MLRS.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces conducted five assaults near the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Starytsia and Okhrimivka.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops conducted six attacks near the settlements of Petropavlivka, Borivska Andriivka, Novoplatonivka and Bohuslavka.
On the Lyman front, Russian soldiers conducted five attacks, trying to penetrate Ukrainian defences near the settlements of Lyman, Dibrova and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Yampil, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Platonivka and Riznykivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian forces conducted 17 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Kleban-Byk, Sofiivka and Ivanopillia and towards Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 34 Russian assaults near the settlements of Toretske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Filiia, Udachne and Molodetske and towards Novooleksandrivka and Svitle.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted 10 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Stepove, Novohryhorivka, Krasnohirskе and Zlahoda.
On the Huliaipole front, 18 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Olenokostiantynivka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, Varvarivka, Zelene, Sviatopetrivka and Myrne.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian forces did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian defenders repelled a Russian attack near Bilohrudyi Island.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there have been no signs of Russian offensive groups being formed in the area.
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