Ukrainian Defence Forces repel over 20 attacks on Novopavlivka front – General Staff report
The Russians launched 87 missile strikes and 110 airstrikes, and fired from multiple-launch rocket systems 39 times during the day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 22 March
Quote: "Today, the enemy carried out the largest attack in recent times – during a combined attack, the occupiers launched 63 UAVs and 88 missiles of various types. As a result, a number of regions experienced problems with power supply, and the enemy deliberately targeted our country's energy facilities."
Details: On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops, supported by their aircraft, carried out three unsuccessful assaults on the positions of the Ukrainian defenders near the settlements of Synkivka, Tabaivka and Berestove (Kharkiv Oblast).
On the Lyman front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five Russian attacks near the settlements of Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Spirne (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russians, supported by their aircraft, tried to break through the Ukrainian defences.
On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian troops repelled two Russian attacks near the settlement of Klishchiivka (Donetsk Oblast).
On the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled nearly 10 Russian attacks near the settlements of Berdychi, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast).
On the Novopavlivka front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces are continuing to hold back the Russians near the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane and Urozhaine (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russians, supported by their aircraft, tried to break through Ukrainian defences 20 times.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops, supported by their aircraft, attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders seven times near the settlements of Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast) and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).
On the Kherson front, the Russians did not conduct offensive (assault) actions.
Quote: "During the day, Ukraine's Air Force hit 13 areas where enemy military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated.
[Ukraine's] Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two clusters of [Russian] military personnel, an air defence system and four of the enemy’s crucial facilities."
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