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Ukrainian forces have retreated from five towns in Zaporizhzhia amid intense Russian artillery attacks, with over 400 strikes daily, as Russian forces attempt to encroach further into Ukrainian territory; heavy fighting continues around key settlements.
A Russian border region is facing sustained Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes, leading to the closure of schools and colleges and a major evacuation plan. Ukraine's offensive is aimed at pressuring the Kremlin, but it lacks ammunition due to a shortfall in Western supplies. The attacks have embarrassed the Kremlin, with casualties reported and Putin vowing support for affected civilians. The European Union plans to use frozen Russian assets to provide weapons and funds for Ukraine, while the U.S. Congress remains stalled over military funding. Additionally, the Czech government is sourcing artillery shells for Ukraine, as the conflict continues to escalate with casualties reported on both sides.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have successfully repelled 78 Russian attacks in multiple sectors, including Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian military intercepted one enemy missile and inflicted fire damage on Russian occupiers. Russian troops launched missile strikes, air strikes, and fired multiple launch rocket systems on Ukrainian positions and settlements, resulting in casualties among civilians and damage to infrastructure. The operational situation remains challenging in eastern and southern Ukraine, with ongoing military presence and sabotage activities by Russian invaders.
Over 40,000 Russian troops are deployed in the Avdiivka sector, with the Russian command reportedly losing up to 400 soldiers daily. The Avdiivka and Marinka areas are experiencing the most clashes, with the enemy employing armored support and aviation. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 20 units of Russian military equipment, including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. The enemy has launched airstrikes, artillery strikes, and engaged in combat clashes. The Ukrainian forces continue to disrupt the enemy's logistics and reduce their offensive potential. Russia's death toll since the invasion has reached 337,220, with 990 soldiers and officers killed in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine's Defense Forces have engaged in 30 military clashes with Russian troops, with the enemy launching air strikes, using loitering munitions, and firing multiple launch rocket systems. Russian attacks have resulted in casualties among civilians and damage to infrastructure. The threat of missile and air strikes persists across Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are holding back the enemy in various directions, successfully repelling attacks near Avdiivka. The enemy has targeted numerous settlements with artillery strikes. Ukraine continues its offensive operation in Melitopol and Berdiansk, while the enemy conceals losses using mobile crematoriums. Ukrainian Air Force and missile/artillery units have launched strikes on enemy targets.
A rocket fired from Lebanon exploded in Israeli territory near the village of Ghajar, prompting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to carry out artillery strikes against the area where the rocket was launched. The UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, could not verify the rocket fire but sent peacekeepers to investigate. Tensions have been rising on the border after Hezbollah set up tents inside Israeli territory last month. Hezbollah claims to have shot down an Israeli drone recently.
Over 35 military clashes have occurred in the Lyman, Bakhmut, and Marinka directions in the past 24 hours, with Russian troops focusing their efforts there. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine downed two Russian Kalibr missiles and seven Shahed-136/131 drones. Russian troops launched 36 air strikes and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 17 times. The threat of Russian missile and air strikes is persisting all over Ukraine, according to the General Staff.
Russian invaders launched 19 artillery strikes on Vuhledar and four missile attacks on Druzhkivka, damaging several buildings and disrupting water supply. Other areas in Donetsk region were also hit, resulting in casualties and damage to private houses and power lines. The conflict continues to escalate in the region.
Russian troops have focused their efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, and Marinka directions, resulting in 36 military clashes in the past 24 hours. The enemy has used six S-300 guided missiles to attack civilian objects in the Zaporizhzhia region, causing casualties among civilians and damaging residential houses, household and administrative buildings, and private cars. The Ukrainian military has launched eight strikes on enemy personnel clusters and destroyed six Russian reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles.
Russian troops attempted to advance in five directions in Ukraine but were unsuccessful. Over 27 military clashes occurred in the past 24 hours, with the enemy focusing efforts on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions. The threat of Russian missile and air strikes is persisting all over Ukraine.
A new report by the Global Surgical and Medical Support Group, which has worked in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, warns that the US military’s medical community needs to prepare for wars defined by artillery, not the homemade bombs seen in Afghanistan. The report describes the experience of frontline Ukrainian special forces surgeons and suggests that US medics must learn from Ukraine’s harsher war, including how to treat casualties amid ever-more-accurate artillery strikes, how to deal with electronic jamming, and how to ward off attacks on medical vehicles.
At least 21 people were killed and 48 wounded in Russian artillery strikes on Ukraine's southern Kherson region, hitting a railway station, a crossing, a house, a hardware store, a grocery supermarket, and a gas station. The strikes came as Ukraine prepares for a spring offensive. The city of Kherson, which was captured by Russian troops in the first days of the February 2022 invasion and remained under Russian occupation until November 2022, is located near the front line in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities announced a 58-hour curfew in the city starting on Friday.