March 30, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  About 730 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours;  49 Russian tanks destroyed or disabled 

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Glory to Ukraine! Seventy-hundred and sixty-sixth era of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.

During the past day, there have been 72 combat clashes.

In total, the enemy struck 38 rockets and 75 aviation strikes, carried out

98 shelling from the reactive systems of volcano fire on the positions of our troops and settlements. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. A number of multi-storey buildings, medical facilities, cars, a school, kindergarten and other civilian infrastructure facilities have suffered destruction and damage.

At the night of March 30, 2024, the enemy struck Donetsk with 4 anti-aircraft guided missiles C-300 / C-400, as well as drones from Cape Chaud (TOT Ukrainian Crimea).

A total of 12 shahed bomb blast launches have been recorded, nine of them were destroyed within Kherson, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava oblasts.

During the past day, the settlements of Kyrykivka Sumy region suffered air strikes; Bochkove, Uspenivka, Khrypuni, Izumsk, Zybine, Lyman of Kharkiv region; Novoyegorivka in Luhansk region; Terni, Yampolivka, Andriyvka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivsk, Alexandropil, Karlivka, Kurakhove, Berdychi, Nevelske, Novobakhmutivka, Mezhove, Yasnobrodivka, Krasnogorivka, Konstantinivka, Staromayorsk Donetsk region and; Nuts, Novodanilivka and Robotine in Zaporozhye.

About 120 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire.

In the Volyn and Polish directions, the operating environment remains without significant changes.

In the Siver and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive fences along the state border.

In the kupâns пkomu direction, the enemy of aggressive (storm) actions did not lead.

In the Limansky direction, our soldiers fought off 16 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny Donetsk region and Bilogorivka in Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops.

In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 4 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Klishchiyivka and Andriyivka of Donetsk region.

In the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders hit 20 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychy, Umanske, Tonenke, Semenivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to knock out our units from the occupied borders.

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorivka, Georgiyivka, Novomykhailivka and Vodyane Donetsk region, where the enemy has 25 times tried to break through the defenses of our troops.

In the Orykhiv direction, the occupants carried out 4 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our defenders in the areas of Staromayorsk Donetsk region and the northwest Palm Zaporizhia region.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not refuse the intention to knock out our units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Attacked the positions of our troops 3 times during the past day.

Over the past day, the Defense Forces has struck 1 control point, 1 air defense device and 10 areas of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment.

The rocket troop units affected 2 areas of focus, two air defense and

to the invaders artillery.

In total, last day total losses of Russian zagarbnikív amounted to 730 people. The enemy also lost 29 tanks, 20 combat armored vehicles, 15 artillery systems, one anti-aircraft vehicle, 45 Bpla OTR, 24 rockets, 25 vehicles and 7 special equipment units.

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