The General Staff of the AFU told about the operational situation on the fronts and the situation in the regions as of the end of the 13 days of defense and deterrence of attacks by Russian occupation troops.
This was reported in FB by the General Staff of the AFU as of the beginning of March 9.
In the Polessk direction the enemy continues to hold previously occupied lines and captured settlements, in particular Borodyanka, Kopylov, Bucha, Demidov.
In the direction from Dymer no active actions from the occupants were noted. In the Pripyat area with the forces of up to two BTGr, the enemy occupies the defense. In the direction of Babintsy, with up to five BTGr, the occupants carried out offensive actions, but were stopped and turned to the defense in the area of Bucha.
In the Buzov area, up to four BTGr from the 36th Army (two BTGr each from the 5th Independent Tank Brigade and 37th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade), despite suffering numerous losses, advanced to the Yasnogorodka area.
On the Siversky direction the invaders do not abandon the attempts to capture Chernigov. From the area of Gluhov, up to five BTGr from the 90th Tank Division and four BTGr from the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, the enemy tried to cut into the defense of the operational grouping of the AFU troops, but was stopped.
In order to ensure the offensive in the direction of Kozelts, the enemy is trying to set up and hold a pontoon-bridge crossing.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to blockade Kharkiv from the north, but has no significant success, while launching missile and bomb attacks on civilian infrastructure to intimidate civilians.
The battle for Izyum continues. The enemy leads pontoon-bridge crossings over the Seversky Donets and Bereka rivers.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues its offensive in the directions of the Dnieper and Zaporizhzhya to reach the admission borders of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions. After an unsuccessful offensive in the Troitsk area, the occupiers attempt to restore the offensive in the direction of Zaporizhia and seize the city of Mariupol.
In the Tauride and Southern directions, the enemy with up to 17 BTGr held Kherson, Energodar, and Vasilievka, and regrouped its forces for a further offensive towards Zaporizhzhia. Three BTGr forces took control of the village of Polohy.
From the Black Sea and Azov operational zones it is expected to strike civilian and military objects with cruise missiles from the ships of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla, the General Staff noted.
During the day the enemy slowed down the tempo of the offensive, mainly using rocket and bomb strikes against civilian infrastructure. During the fighting, the occupiers continue to suffer significant losses.
"Thus, according to available information, the 14th Separate Special Purpose Brigade (Khabarovsk) has lost more than 400 servicemen (to be specified), the BTGr of the 25th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Luga) of the 6th All-Army Army has withdrawn to Russian territory due to loss of combat effectiveness," the report says.
Earlier, it was reported that a Russian general and a number of senior officers were liquidated during the fighting near Kharkiv.
