The enemy continues to gather forces for new attacks. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Facebook page..
As of the end of the day on March 30, ships equipped with Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles are in the Black Sea. Replenishment of Kalibr-type SLCM ammunition on the Admiral Makarov frigate completed at Sevastopol Naval Base.
Also, the enemy is moving additional units of the Russian armed forces for a role in the war..
It became known that the overwhelming majority of military personnel remained at the points of deployment of military units and subunits of the Eastern Military District, which indicates the exhaustion of opportunities to form additional units.
In order to control the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine, the enemy is trying to create military-civilian administrations and has begun preparations for holding a referendum on the creation of the so-called "
On the Volyn direction. In the areas of the settlements of Pinsk, Luninets of the Republic of Belarus, it was recorded by units of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, which, probably, were withdrawn from the territory of Ukraine.
A planned regrouping of units of the Eastern Military District is underway in the Polessky direction. They are expected to move units to other areas.
In the Seversk direction, the enemy did not take active actions. The occupiers have focused on the work of the DRG and continue to take measures to establish logistics. In the near future, increased fire on Ukrainian units is expected to cover the movement of troops, followed by the task of blocking the city of Chernihiv.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to blockade Kharkov, and also conducts artillery shelling of the city. Moves artillery units in the area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Izyum, creates strike groups, including from the previously withdrawn troops.
In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the occupiers are further focused on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, as well as the capture of the hero city of Mariupol. The enemy tried to storm the areas of Popasnaya, Rubizhnoye, Novobakhmutovka, Marinka, Zolotaya Niva. Didn't have success.
In Mariupol, the invaders continue to conduct assault operations. Attempts are expected to carry out an offensive in the directions of Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk, as well as a concentration of efforts in the direction of Svetlodarsk.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy is working to restore combat capability and replenish supplies.
The units of the Defense Forces regained control over the settlements of Orlovo, Zagradovka, Kochubeevka.
In an attempt to regain lost positions, the enemy is trying to conduct offensive operations in the direction of Aleksandrovka.
According to available information, with the beginning of the armed aggression against Ukraine, the command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation lost several military leaders from the composition of senior officers: the commander of the 1st tank army, Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel, who was removed from his post, the commander of the 6th combined arms army, Lieutenant General Vladislav Yersh; Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 35th Combined Arms Army, Major General Sergei Nirkov, was seriously wounded;
Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army, Major General Andrey Seritsky, was seriously wounded; Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Andrey Sukhovetsky, died; Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Yakov Ryazantsev, died; commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Mikhail Zusk, was removed from his post and arrested.
As it became known earlier, any ships cruising in the Black and Azov seas may become victims of mines scattered there by the Russians..