Russian invaders still seek to occupy Ukraine, so they continue offensive operations, regardless of the losses. The main efforts of the Kremlin are focused on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtyorsky directions.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted that due to the inability to overcome the Ukrainian Defense Forces, Russia is using terror tactics. The occupiers are shelling settlements, grossly violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law.

During the day, the invaders launched 3 missile strikes, including on a civilian infrastructure facility in Kharkov. They also carried out 26 air strikes and more than 23 multiple rocket launchers. The probability of subsequent enemy strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.

What happened in different directions

In the Volynsky, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the situation has not changed significantly – the formation of offensive groupings of the enemy was not detected.

At the training grounds in Belarus, units of the Russian occupation forces are being trained. The enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas. During the day, the occupiers shelled the areas of settlements:

• Khrenovka, Chernihiv region; Atinskoe, Volfinskoe, Stepnoe, Kondratovka, Pokrovka and Grabovskoe Sumy region,
• Arrow, Krasnoye, Staritsa, Volchansk, Bochkovo, Budarki, Barn and Well in the Kharkiv region.

In the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the Russians do not abandon their attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops. During the day they carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka and Spirno. The enemy also carried out artillery shelling of areas of settlements:

• Two-year-old, Gryanikovka, Kupyansk and Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkov region;
• Novoselovskoe, Nevskoe, Dibrova and Belogorovka, Luhansk region,
• Wells, Seversk, Disputed and Fedorovka, Donetsk region.

Ukrainian fighters repulse enemy attacks / Photo by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In the Bakhmut direction, the invaders continue to storm the city of Bakhmut. Our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka and Bogdanovka. Enemy shelling was subjected, in particular:

• Privilege,
• Orekhovo-Vasilovka,
• Grigorovka,
• Bogdanovka,
• Bahmut,
• Hours Yar,
• forerunners,
• Alexander-Shultino,
• Kurdyumovka,
• Ozaryanovka,
• Noises of Donetsk region.

On the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Mining directions, the enemy carried out useless offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Stepnoe, Kamenka, Severnoye, Maryinka and Vugledar. Enemy attacks were subjected to:

• Kamenka,
• swallowkino,
• Avdiivka,
• thin,
• Georgievka,
• Nevelskoe,
• Victory,
• carbon,
• Vremevka,
• Velyka Novoselka and several other settlements of the Donetsk region.

In the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the invaders are conducting defensive operations. Shelling was carried out on areas of settlements located not far from the line of collision, in particular:

• Olgovskoye, Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Novoandreevka, Kamianske, Zaporozhye region,
• Tokarovka, Antonovka and the city of Kherson.

The defense forces are holding back the Russian invasion / Photo by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Residents of a village in the Kherson region are accused of killing an occupier

Due to their own impotence, the Russians are fighting civilians in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region.

After an effective fire defeat on March 12-13 in areas where the enemy was concentrated and, as a result of heavy losses, the invaders intensify security measures in individual settlements. Russian occupiers usually move in civilian vehicles taken from local residents, the General Staff reported.

In addition, on March 14, the movement of the column of invaders towards the Crimea was noticed. the occupiers fled with the looted property.

“In another locality of Kherson, the enemy is carrying out counter-sabotage measures. Justifying their actions, they accuse the villagers of killing a Russian military man whose body was found,” the report says.

During the day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the invaders. Also on this day, our soldiers shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft. In turn, units of the missile forces and artillery struck in a day:

• command centre,
• 3 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the enemy,
• 2 radar stations,
• electronic warfare station
• anti-aircraft missile system in firing position.

The defenders inflict considerable losses on the invaders / Photo by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine