Ukrainian troops repelled 41 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk sector yesterday, with the situation changing dynamically: in some areas the enemy achieved limited tactical success due to intense fire, while in others Ukrainian troops regained lost ground.
Russian troops are trying to break through and block Siversk to create conditions for an offensive on Sloviansk, but their advance in this direction is relatively halted, while Chasiv Yar remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Russian occupants are focusing their efforts on breaking through Ukrainian defenses west of Bakhmut, but they have not yet managed to cross the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas Canal.
Ukraine's Armed Forces have made progress in the Lyman sector, improving the tactical situation in the area of Serebryany forestry, said a spokesman for the Khortytsia Regional Military Command.
In Donetsk region, Russian troops shelled 1967 times, including 10 localities, killing 4 civilians, wounding 8 and damaging 61 civilian objects, including residential buildings, garages, cars and power lines.
The informant of the Russian Wagner military group was detained by the SBU in Donetsk region.
Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine: the enemy has deployed up to four brigades in the Pokrovske and Kurakhove directions, trying to advance west of Avdiivka and Maryinka in the direction of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.
The occupiers recognized almost 100 of the 114 mines in eastern Ukraine as unprofitable and mobilized almost 60% of the miners. A significant number of these enterprises were brought to disappointing economic performance by the invaders themselves.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy left his autograph on the stele at the entrance to Donetsk region during a visit to meet with Ukrainian defenders. Earlier, this stele was "updated" by volunteers who erased all the commemorative inscriptions of Ukrainian soldiers who signed here before going to the front line.
Politico asked a Ukrainian army spokesperson about the threat if the occupiers manage to capture Chasiv Yar.
Russian troops attacked 5 settlements in Donetsk region, damaging infrastructure, high-rise buildings, houses and cars.
Russians hit a residential area of Sloviansk with a Grom-E1 missile, damaging houses and cars, but no casualties were reported.
On the 10th anniversary of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi thanked the soldiers who defended Ukraine from Russian aggression.
In the Donetsk region, one local resident was killed and nine wounded in Russian attacks, and a woman and a child may be trapped under rubble in Kostyantynivka after Russian guided bombs hit the town.
This afternoon, the outskirts of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, came under russian fire. Three people were wounded in the attack.
The expert assessed the possibility of an enemy attack on Kharkiv.
In several cities in Donetsk region, water supply has been cut due to emergency repairs to the main water supply system.
Forensic experts have identified the remains of 4 victims and expect a fifth victim to be confirmed tomorrow of a Russian missile strike on a civilian industrial facility in Kharkiv on March 20 that caused a massive fire.
The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Special Operations Forces and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conducted successful drone strikes on the Slaviansk oil refinery in Russia, causing a large fire in the area of the atmospheric columns.
A 51-year-old man was killed and another person was wounded as a result of Russian shelling of Novoselivka Persha in Ocheretynska community, Donetsk region, which is cut by the front line.
Russian troops launched a rocket attack on Sloviansk, Donetsk region, damaging an industrial building and 3 trucks, and shelled the region's settlements 18 times over the past day, wounding one civilian and damaging residential buildings, a school, a business and infrastructure.
The enemy is attacking Chasovyi Yar around the clock, but there are no tactical territorial successes so far, said the deputy commander of the 92nd separate mechanized air assault battalion.
Two fsb informants were detained in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, who were trying to obtain intelligence on Ukrainian air defense systems, HIMARS deployment locations, and weaknesses in the city's defense for potential russian attacks.
Repairs to the main water pipeline in Donetsk Oblast have been completed and water supply to Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka will be restored in full within two days.
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Repair work continues in Pokrovsk to restore a gas pipeline that was damaged by Russian shelling, leaving about 1,900 consumers without gas.
Due to damage to the main water pipeline by Russian shelling, water supply in the cities of Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region will be temporarily reduced by 25%.
The Russian army is shelling the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces about 2,000 times a day with various types of weapons in the Donetsk region, where 80-120 combat clashes occur daily.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained an informant who was collecting intelligence on the location of Ukrainian troops and equipment for her son, a militant of the "Donetsk People's Republic".
Three people were killed and two injured in a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk that destroyed two houses and damaged 137 others.