The brigade noted that some of the materials were not published for reasons of security of the operation and to prevent the enemy from becoming aware of the progress of the hostilities.
“This was the most powerful attack on this section of the front since the beginning of this year. For the assault, the enemy brought in heavy armored vehicles and a large number of personnel. Thanks to the coordinated actions of our units, as of 14.00 the situation was completely stabilized, the enemy’s assault attempts were stopped,” the post says.
According to the Ukrainian marines, the Russian Federation lost 27 military personnel (irretrievably) during the offensive, one occupier was wounded. A tank, two ATVs and two motorcycles were destroyed and hit.
“Only in the first half of the current day, the losses of enemy personnel and equipment exceeded the total figures for the previous three days of combat operations in the brigade’s operational zone,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces summarized.
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On March 17, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian defense forces eliminated the largest number of Russian occupiers in one day this year – 1 thousand 710 military personnel killed and wounded. According to the department, the Russians tried to take advantage of the fog and launched offensives on several sectors of the front, but were defeated.
On March 20, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian occupiers had increased pressure on several sectors of the front at once.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in a March 21 report that Russian troops have likely entered the active phase of a projected spring-summer offensive.
On March 22, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about the attempts of the Russian army to advance from the border in the Kharkov and Sumy regions.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of March 28, the Russian Federation has lost about 1 million 294 thousand 470 people killed and wounded. As of 16.00 on this day, the enemy made 143 attacks, 16 of them in the Alexandrovsk direction, the message said.
