March 3, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff:  Around 1,160 Russian Troops killed or wounded in 24 hours; 44 tanks and APC’s destroyed or disabled

Ukraine Defense Ministry

Operational information as of 10.00 March 03 2024 on the Russian invasion

Glory to Ukraine! Seventy-hundred thirty-ninth era of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.

During the past day, 71 combat encounters took place. In total, the enemy executed 1 rocket and 50 aviation strikes, carried out 112 shelling from the reactive systems of volcano fire on the positions of our troops and settlements.

During the past day, the settlements of Svesa Sumy region; Brestove Kharkiv region; Northern, Terny, New York, Georgiyivka, Vodâne, Urožayne, Bogoyavlenka and Staromayors тяke Donetsk region; Willow, Mala Tokmačka and Robotine of Zaporizhia region.

More than 120 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts were under artillery fire.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “North” 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 area of responsibility of the OSUV “Khortytsia” in the Kupians ніkomu direction, the enemy carried out 4 unsuccessful attacks in the area of the settlement of Tabayivka of Kharkiv region.

In the Limansky direction, our soldiers repelled 8 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Tern and Yampolivka of Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, the defense forces repelled 15 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanivka, Ivanivka, Klishchiyivka and Andriyivka.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “Tavria” in the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 14 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Berdychie, Orlivka, Tonenke and Nevelske Donetsk region.

In the Novopavlívs вкиkomu direction, the defense forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorívka, Georgíivka, Pobeda and Novomyhajlivka, where the enemy tried 25 times to break through the defenses of our troops.

In the Orihiv direction, the enemy carried out 4 unsuccessful attacks in the area of the settlement of Robotine and western Novoprokopivki of Zaporizhia region.

In the area of responsibility of the OSUV “Odessa” in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to maintain positions. The enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to assault in the area of the settlement of Krinki Kherson region.

At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in live force and equipment to the occupying troops, exhausted the enemy along the entire front lines.

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 8 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. The Air Forces of Ukraine shot down Russian fighter-bomberduval -nik su-34.

Units of the rocket troops were affected by 1 enemy artillery.

In total, last day total losses of Russian zagarbnikív amounted to 1160 people. Also, the enemy lost 16 tanks, 28 combat armored vehicles, 35 artillery systems, 1 aircraft, 14 Bpla OTR, 65 vehicles and 3 special equipment units.

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