“The pace of the offensive of Russia is reduced on a monthly basis since November 2024, when the troops were captured by more than 700 square meters. km, say in the Ministry of Defense of Britain”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The Defense Ministry emphasized that in March the army of the Russian Federation seized 43 square meters. km of the Ukrainian territory, which is an average of less than 5 square kilometers per day.
“The pace of the offensive of Russia is reduced on a monthly basis since November 2024, when the troops were captured by more than 700 square meters. km. Most of the Russian troops’ promotion in March 2025 took place in the central part of the Donetsk region, but Russia failed to improve its operational position. Ukrainian troops also conducted tactical counterattacks, won part of the territory around Pokrovsk, ”the report said.
In intelligence, Britain says that the intensity of land attacks of the Russian Federation has decreased over most of March.
“At the end of the month, the attacks of the Russian Federation began to grow, but this did not lead to a higher rate of promotion,” – summed up in intelligence.
The Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region remains one of the hottest areas of the front. Over the last year, the largest number of combat clashes is mainly recorded there.
On March 26, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “trying to win time and prepares for a spring offensive.” According to him, “Putin prepares a new offensive, in particular in Sumy and Kharkiv region.”