As of noon on March 3, the occupiers continue to use the civilian population of Ukraine as a human shield, taking hostages.
This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Contrary to the norms of international humanitarian law, the enemy uses high-capacity cluster and fragmentation munitions during bombings. During the artillery strikes on the settlements, the occupiers actively used MLRS “Grad”, BM-30 Smerch, and self-propelled multiple rocket launcher system “Uragan”.
In the Volyn direction, the enemy with up to 2 BTGs moved to defensive operations and tried to stay on the border Bihun, Ovruch, Pyrohy, Riznia, Ukrainka.
In Polissya, the occupiers concentrated their main efforts on the Kyiv direction, incurring losses in personnel and equipment, but did not abandon attempts to block Kyiv from the northern and north-western directions.
In the direction of Korosten, the enemy suffered from heavy losses and stopped. It does not carry out any offensive actions.
In the Sivers'kyi region, the enemy tries to stay in the areas of the settlements with the forces of 41 all-military armies, 90 tank divisions of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of CHERNIGIV-KYIV. With the forces of 5 BTGr and 2 tactic groups of missile forces and artillery (MFA) it tries to take a root in Lyubech and Mena districts. At the same time, the forces of 2 BTGr are moving in the direction Kotsyubynske - Honcharivske (Kyiv).
Occupying troops are forced to put reserves into operation. To resume the offensive in the Kyiv direction, an additional BTGr was introduced.
7 BTGr, 3 TGr MFA, TGr of radiation, chemical and biological protection (RCBP) of 6 All-Military Army of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces, 2 general-military Army of the RF Armed Forces continue attempts to resume offensive operations in the Nizhyn and Pryluky areas.
In the direction of PEREMOHA - BROVARY two BTGr from the 2nd general-military Army of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces.
In Slobozhanshchyna, enemy troops from the 1st tank army of the RF Armed Forces, the 6th and 20th general military armies were stopped at the border in the areas of OKHTYRKA, BOGODUKHIV, CHUGUIV, SHEVCHENKOVE after illegally crossing the state border of Ukraine.
In the Sumy direction up to two BTGr of 200 omsbr (14 AK PF) and 90 (up to two BTGr) continues to keep under siege human settlements SUMY, LEBEDYN and OKHTYRKA.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy was forced to move to the defense with forces up to six BTGr. Up to three BTGs will probably make another attempt to surround KHARKIV from the south.
In the Svativsky direction, forces with up to two BTGs will probably attempt to advance in the direction of IZYUM and gain a foothold at any frontier. The main reason for such actions is the continuation of the offensive in the directions of the Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.
Mariupol is stable in the Donetsk region, and the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are inaccessible for the enemy.
In the Tavriya direction, the enemy introduced part of the operational reserves - to BTGr, trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, part of the forces - in Mariupol.
Ship groups of the Black Sea, Northern and Baltic Fleets are actively conducting demonstration activities.
In the Sumy region, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced along the State Border of the Sumy region.