General Staff: Russian troops for a day 84 times attacked the positions of Ukrainian forces

From the beginning of the day, the Russian military attacked the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine 84 times, most actively acting in the Pokrovsky and Toretsky directions, the Ukrainian General Staff reported in the summary as of 16:00 on March 13.

“In the Toretsky direction, Russian invaders conducted 11 storms of the positions of our defenders in the areas of Toretsk and friendship. Three combatants continue to this time. The hottest in the Pokrovsky direction today: since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have already made 32 attacks on the positions of our defenders in the areas of settlements Elizabeth, Promin, Lisivka, Kotlyne, Lucky, Uspenivka, Novoaleksandrivka, Novosergiyivka, Kotlyarivka, Oleksivka. The forces of defense, holding back the hostile pressure, reflected 25 enemy attacks, seven hostages continue so far, ”the message reads.

In addition, according to the General Staff, the fights took place in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Kramatorsk, Novopavlovsky, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv directions.

“In Kurshchyna, in the present information, our defenders reflected five invaders attacks, and four more are ongoing. In addition, the enemy struck 18 times by dropping 27 managed aviation bombs, and made 106 artillery shelling, in particular one of the rocket launchers of the volley fire, ”the message reads.

The report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW), published on the night of March 13, states that geolocation shots indicate that Russian troops recently seized a judge in Kurshchyna in the Russian Federation, a city that has been controlled by Ukrainian forces for a long time.

Meanwhile, on March 12, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky stated that in the suburbs of Sudzhi and districts around it, active fighting continues, the Armed Forces will “keep defense in Kurshchyna as much as it will be appropriate and necessary.”

UK intelligence as of March 10 reported that the Russian military increased pressure on defense forces on the Kursk speech from the west, north and east. The Armed Forces probably retain control of an area of ​​about 300 square kilometers. At the same time, in other areas of the front, the Armed Forces “appeared to counter”.