Rocket event in Donetsk, Chasiv Yar area, Ukraine on Wed 13th March 2024

Over the past day, 70 combat clashes occurred at the front, with the Russian army inflicting two missile strikes and 68 airstrikes, as well as 37 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 13 March Quote: "During the day, the Air Force of the Defence Forces targeted seven clusters of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the enemy. In addition, the military assets and personnel of the air defence of Ukraine destroyed one Kh-31 missile. Units of the Rocket Forces and Artillery struck one cluster of enemy personnel." Details: On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled four Russian attacks in the settlement of Tabaivka, Kharkiv Oblast and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk Oblast, where the Russians attempted to drive the Ukrainian units from their positions. On the Lyman front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolivka, Donetsk Oblast. On the Bakhmut front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled three Russian attacks in areas east of Chasiv Yar, Bohdanivka and Klishchiivka, Donetsk Oblast, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to improve their tactical position. On the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlivka, Tonenke and Pervomaiske in Donetsk Oblast. On the Novopavlivka front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the Russian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried 19 times to break through Ukrainian defences. On the Orikhiv front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions five times with aviation support, specifically in the vicinity of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast, as well as west of Verbove and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Within the area of responsibility of the Odesa Operational Strategic Group on the Kherson front, the Russians have not abandoned their plan to drive Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Thus, during the day, the Russians attempted two unsuccessful assaults on the Ukrainian defenders' positions.