The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. There were 74 military clashes at the front.
During the day, 74 military clashes took place on the front. Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 enemy attacks in the direction of Avdiivka. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this in a report on the evening of Friday, March 8.
In total, Russian troops carried out seven missile and 67 air strikes, and carried out 79 attacks from multiple rocket-launching systems on Ukrainian troop positions and populated areas. place
In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times in the areas of Sinkovka and Kislovka settlements, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, the soldiers repelled four Russian attacks in the areas of Terny and Spornoye settlements, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of Andreevka and Kleshchievka settlements, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
In the direction of Avdeevsky, the defenders repelled 14 attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. The Russians carried out air strikes in the areas of settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Progress, Novobakhmutovka, Berdichi, Donetsk region.
In the direction of Novopavlovsk, the Defense Forces continued to contain the enemy in Pobeda, Krasnohorivka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break the defense 18 times.
At the direction of Orekhovsky, the Russians attacked the positions of our defenders six times in the areas of the settlements of Robotino and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 10 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Missile force units destroyed three electronic warfare stations, including two R-330Zh Zhitels and enemy ammunition.
We remind you that in the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 880 invaders. The total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion was 422,310 military personnel.
According to British intelligence, losses in the Russian army in February reached a record since the start of a full-scale war. The invaders lost an average of 983 men killed and wounded per day.
Source: korrespondent
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