The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian occupation forces continue strategic offensive operations against Ukraine.
The tasks of defeating the Armed Forces of Ukrainian groups, reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine have not been fulfilled.
The aggressor has partially reached the goal in the Donetsk direction but was stopped near Mykolaiv.
The enemy is trying to move additional reserves of the Eastern Military District.
Due to significant losses in the southern region, the command of the aggressor country's armed forces refused to strengthen the regroupment of troops in Polissya with additional reserve units from the 5th Combined Arms Army.
The enemy did not carry out offensive operations in the Volyn region. Air reconnaissance with the use of the Orlan-10 UAV was noted.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus plan to rotate units that cover the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
In the last 24 hours, the enemy has attempted to advance towards Kyiv. The occupiers failed and turned to defence. The enemy is trying to resume offensive operations in the direction of Vyshhorod.
The enemy was stopped in the Siverskyy region.
The occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the achieved frontiers, reassemble troops, and restore the combat effectiveness of their units.
The enemy has not abandoned attempts to capture the city of Chernihiv but is not conducting active offensives. The Russians are regrouping troops and organizing logistics but without success.
In the direction of Brovary, there is a movement of small groups of occupiers' equipment within the occupied area of Bogdanivka and Velyka Dymerka. The occupiers are carrying out air reconnaissance of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of UAVs "Orlan-10".
In the Slobozhanskyy region, the occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the occupied frontiers, regrouping troops and replenishing stocks of ammunition and fuel and lubricants.
The enemy continues to block the cities of Sumy, Lebedyn and Okhtyrka but is not carrying out active offensive actions. The occupiers continue unsuccessful attempts to block Kharkiv.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, as a result of assaults in the Popasna area, the enemy suffered losses and was forced to retreat for regrouping.
In the area of Severodonetsk, the occupiers conducted reconnaissance by fire, but had no success trying to gain a foothold on the eastern and western outskirts of the city of Rubizhne. At the same time, according to available information, on 15 March, the enemy's aircraft fired on the positions of their troops near the village of Smolyanynove.
In the Volnovakha region, the occupiers are trying to develop an offensive towards Velyka Novosilka.
In the Kryvyi Rih region, the enemy is trying to resume the offensive towards Velyka Kostroma, Mala Kostroma and Kryvyy Rih. As a result of the fire damage inflicted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, the enemy was stopped, suffered losses and has retreated to unfavourable borders.
Enemy aircraft continue to launch missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Sumy and Donetsk oblasts, actively using the airfield network of the Republic of Belarus and the occupied Crimea.
In the Black Sea Operational Zone, warships shelled the coast near the settlements of Lebedivka, Sanzhiyka, Zatoka and Bilenke.