At the end of the eighteenth day of Ukraine's opposition to the Russian military invasion, the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold back the enemy's advance and force the Russian troops to retreat due to critical losses of equipment and manpower. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this in the night code..

" They are trying to gain a foothold in the captured positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain directions.. Cases of mass refusal of Russian military personnel from “business trips to Ukraine” to participate in hostilities are recorded, despite promises to grant the status of a “war veteran”, additional daily payments and an increased official salary, ”the report says..

To build up groupings in the Polessky, Tavrichesky and Yuzhnobuzhsky operational regions, the enemy is forming and moving strategic reserves to our borders.

Disregarding the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the Russian invaders continue to destroy stationary objects of military and civilian infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine. So, on March 13, missile strikes were carried out on targets in the settlements of Uman, Ivano-Frankivsk, Starichi using strategic aircraft.. In addition, launches of the Iskander OCR from the territory of Belarus continue..

In the Volyn direction, the enemy carried out demonstration actions by units from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus along the State Border of Ukraine.

In the Polesye direction, units of the occupying forces carried out activities to restore combat capability and regroup troops, improve logistics. In order to exclude surprise actions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is actively conducting reconnaissance.

In the Seversky direction, the enemy concentrated on regrouping, replenishing supplies, preparing for the resumption of the offensive in the direction of Brovary.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is trying to gain a foothold on the achieved lines, regrouping troops and making attempts to resume offensive operations on the cities of Kharkov and Sumy.

In the Izyum direction, as a result of active offensive actions by Ukrainian defenders, the enemy suffered losses in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe settlements of Topolskoe, Shpakovka, Donetsk and retreated.

In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, enemy units are trying to conduct assault operations, concentrating their main efforts on advancing in the direction of Severodonetsk.

Unsuccessful are attempts to capture Mariupol.

In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the enemy is trying to conduct raid operations and gain a foothold on the achieved lines.

[see_also ids\u003d"

Russian troops have been destroying Ukrainian cities and killing civilians for the 18th day. The occupiers are preparing additional units for military operations against Ukraine.