Operational information as of 18.00 - AFU General Staff

Operational information as of 18.00 - AFU General Staff

Operational information as of 18.00 - AFU General Staff

Operational information as of 18.00 21.03.2022 on the Russian invasion.

The twenty-sixth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is underway.The occupation troops operating on the territory of Ukraine are in dire need of repair and restoration of damaged weapons and military equipment. According to available information, the work of the Uralzavod Corporation and the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has been suspended due to a lack of supplies of foreign-made components. These enterprises specialize in the production and repair of tanks and other armored vehicles for the needs of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

Defections from the occupation troops continue to be recorded. For example, near the village of Havronshchina, Makarovsky District, Kyiv Oblast, a group of Russian invaders seized vehicles from local residents, changed into looted civilian clothing, and drove towards the border with the Republic of Belarus.

Continuing their illegal activities in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the invaders are making covert preparations for pro-Russian district and city administration elections in certain localities.

In order to organize so-called "Russian humanitarian convoys," the occupiers concentrated a column of white tilt-covered KAMAZ trucks of the Russian Emergencies Ministry at the port of Berdyansk. Such trucks were used for concealed transportation of ammunition to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This may indicate the intentions of the occupants to organize similar "humanitarian convoys" to Zaporizhia region.

On the territory of one of the settlements of this region, the enemy deployed an armored vehicles repair facility with the involvement of equipment and workers of defense enterprises of the Russian Federation. Up to 20 units of armored vehicles are in repair.

In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, the Kafirs conduct document checks at checkpoints in the city to identify and detain local residents who participated in the ATO/AOS.

In addition to heavy losses directly during combat operations, there is also a high percentage of deaths among seriously wounded Russian invaders.