As of March 17, it is the 387th day of the Russian large-scale invasion. The aggressor country does not give up its intentions to occupy Ukraine and continues to conduct offensive operations, regardless of losses.

The enemy continues to shell peaceful settlements. Also, the invaders are trying to attack in 5 directions of the front.

Where the enemy comes

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians are concentrating their main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtyorsky directions. In particular, over the past day , the enemy has made more than 70 attacks there.

In addition, over the past day, the invaders launched 5 missile and 18 air strikes, as well as 73 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems.

As a result of another shelling of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, 6 residents were injured. More than 20 houses, a school and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed.

What is the situation on the routes

In the Volynsky, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes, the formation of enemy offensive groupings has not been detected. Training of units of the Russian occupation troops continues at the training grounds of Belarus.

During the day, the enemy shelled areas of settlements in the Chernihiv region, Sumy and Kharkov regions.

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

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to storm the city of Bakhmut. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled numerous enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Grigorovka. More than 15 settlements near the collision line were subjected to enemy shelling.

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. Most of all, the enemy tried to advance in the Maryinka area, where our defenders repelled all 12 enemy attacks.

On the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the enemy leads to the defense of action. In particular, Krasne, Volshebnoe, Novodanilovka, Preobrazhenka, Stepne and Novoselka of the Zaporozhye region were subjected to shelling; Mikhailovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kachkarovka, Milovo, Odradokamenka, Nikolaevka, Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

What is the situation in the temporarily occupied territories

In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region , forced passportization of the population continues . In particular, in the city of Melitopol, the Russian occupation authorities prohibited any payments and settlements to citizens who do not have a Russian taxpayer registration number.

It, in turn, can be obtained only if you have a passport of a citizen of Russia.

The General Staff does not get tired of repeating that the enemy continues to suffer losses. Consequently, more than 20 seriously wounded occupiers were brought to the territory of the Oleshkovsky district hospital of the Kherson region for treatment.

APU destroy the occupiers

Over the past day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers.

In turn, units of missile forces and artillery hit:

• 5 control points,
• 5 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the enemy,
• composition of fuels and lubricants,
• 2 radar stations,
• electronic warfare station
• anti-aircraft missile system in firing position.