March 20, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff: About 700 Russian troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 18 Russian tanks or APC’s destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of March 20, 2024 on the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalov.

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

During the past day, there were 80 combat clashes.

In total, the Russian invaders carried out 4 missiles and 86 air strikes, carried out 114 shelling from jet volcano fire systems 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.

During the past day, the Russian occupiers’ air strikes have suffered settlements: Velika Lukashivka, Bilopillya of Sumy region; Kozacha Lopan, Mokra Rokitna, Vesele and Izbytske of Kharkiv region; Serebryanske Forestry and Bilogorivka of Luhansk region; Rozdolivka, Vesele, Konstantinivka, Ocheretyne, Tonenke, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, Novoselivka the First, Uman and Staromayorske Donetsk region St. Antonivka of Kherson region.

About 150 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts were under artillery fire by Russian occupiers.

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

In the northern 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 Belgorod region.

In the Kupians стіkomu direction, Russian occupiers carried out 10 unsuccessful assaults of the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the area of Synkivka Kharkiv region.

In the Limansky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka Luhansk region, Tern and Spirne Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops.

In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 7 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Predtechyne, Klishchiyivka, White Mountain of Donetsk region.

In the Avdiyiv direction, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 13 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Berdychy, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomais кеke, Nevels відke Donetsk region.

In the Novopavlívs воkomu direction, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorívka, Georgíivka, Novomyhajlivka, Vodânogo, Urožaynogo, where the enemy, supported by aviation, 29 times tried to break through the defense of our troops.

In the Orekhiv direction, the enemy 6 times attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Staromayorsk Donetsk region and Robotine of Zaporizhia region.

In the Kherson direction, Russian occupiers are trying to knock out Ukrainian units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Over the past day, Russian occupiers carried out one unsuccessful assault of Ukrainian troops positions.

At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers continue to actively cause the occupation troops losses in manpower and equipment, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.

Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck 6 areas of concentration of personnel, armament and military equipment of the enemy.

Rocket Troops units affected 2 ammunition warehouses, ground unmanned control point and enemy radio-electronic combat station.

Last day, the total losses of the enemy were 700 Russian invaders, 9 tanks, 9 combat armored vehicles, 16 artillery systems, 37 operational-tactical bpla, 7 vehicles and 3 special equipment units.

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