The Russian army does not abandon attempts to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The invaders are trying to surround Bakhmut, but our defenders defend their positions with dignity.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the latest information from the front line. 24 The channel analyzes the map of hostilities as of March 17

The defense forces repelled more than 70 attacks

Russia does not give up its intentions to occupy Ukraine, which is why it continues to conduct offensive operations, regardless of losses.

The main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions.

Map of hostilities in Ukraine

Over the past day, the enemy made more than 70 attacks on them. Also over the past day, the enemy launched 5 missile and 18 air strikes, as well as 73 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems.

What is the situation on the routes

On the Kupyansk and Limansk directions the enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops . The enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kremennaya, Kuzmino, Verkhnekamennoye and Controversial.

The enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Kupyansk and Liman directions: map

He carried out artillery shelling of the areas of settlements Dvurechnaya, Gryanikovka, Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkiv region; Novoselovskoe, Nevskoe and Belogorovka – Luhansk and Disputed and Razdolevka of the Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction , the enemy does not abandon attempts to storm the city of Bakhmut . Numerous enemy attacks were repulsed in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Grigorovka.

The Russians are trying to surround Bakhmut: a map of hostilities

More than 15 settlements near the line of contact were subjected to enemy shelling. Among them are Vasyukovka, Zheleznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Predtechino and Aleksandro-Shultino of the Donetsk region.

On the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Kamenka, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Maryinko.

12 occupier attacks repelled in the Marinka area: map

On the specified sector of the front over the past day , the enemy made the most attacks in the Maryinka area – 12 . Everything is reflected. More than 20 settlements were subjected to enemy shelling, in particular, Paraskoveevka, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka, Orlovka, Tonechko, Severnoye, Pervomayskoye, Netaylovo, Maryinka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Vuhledar of the Donetsk region.

On the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions , the enemy is conducting defensive actions . In particular, Krasne, Volshebnoe, Novodanilovka, Preobrazhenka, Stepnoe and Novoselka of the Zaporozhye region were subjected to shelling; Mikhailovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kachkarovka, Milovo, Odradokamenka, Nikolaevka, Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

In the Volynsky, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions , the operational situation is without significant changes , the formation of enemy offensive groups has not been identified. At the training grounds of Belarus, units of the Russian occupation troops are being trained.

During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Berilovka, Khrenovka, Elino and Timonovichi of the Chernihiv region; Starikove, Atinskoye, Volfino, Stepne, Kondratovka, Pokrovka and Grabovskoe in the Sumy region, as well as more than 20 districts of settlements in the Kharkiv region. Among them are Strelka, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, Ogurtsovo, Malaya Volchya, Milovo, Obukhovka, Novomlynsk, Kutkovka and Shevchenkovo.

The defense forces hit the Russians

• Over the past day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers.
• Missile troops and artillery units hit 5 command posts, 5 areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment.
• The composition of fuels and lubricants, 2 radar stations, an electronic warfare station and an anti-aircraft missile system at a firing position were also struck.