The 398th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out 24 air and 12 missile strikes and fired 55 times from multiple launch rocket systems, according to a morning report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy continues to ignore the laws and customs of war, uses terror tactics against civilians in Ukraine. On 27 March, a missile attack on the infrastructure of Slovyansk (Donetsk Region) caused civilian casualties, killing several people. Multistory and private houses were damaged. In the town of Beryslav (Kherson Region), a civilian facility was damaged by an enemy air strike.
At night, the enemy employed 15 Shahed-136 combat UAVs to launch air strikes. 14 of them were destroyed by Ukrainian defenders.
The threat of further missile and air strikes remains high across Ukraine.
The adversary is focusing its main efforts on the offensive operations in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, and Marinka areas. The fiercest fighting is for Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, and Maryinka. Thanks to their professional and coordinated actions, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 62 enemy attacks on the above areas during the day of 27 March.
Volyn, Polissya, Siversk, and Slobozhansk areas: no significant changes in the operational situation, no signs of the formation of offensive groups were found. The units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue their combat training at the training grounds of the Republic of Belarus. During the day of 27 March, the enemy shelled the vicinities of settlements of Bleshnya (Chernihiv Region), Baranivka, Tovstodubove, Studenok, Holyshivske, Stukalivka, Volfyne, Turya, Mayske, Mezenivka, Popivka (Sumy Region), Tymofiyivka, Krasne, Ustynivka, and Chorne (Kharkiv Region).
Kupyansk and Lyman areas: during the day of 27 March, the adversary conducted unsuccessful offensives in the vicinities of settlements of Krokhmalne, Kreminna, Kuzmyne, Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamyanske, and Berestove. The invaders fired artillery in the vicinities of settlements of Kamyanka, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupyansk (Kharkiv Region), Stelmakhivka, Novoselivske, Nevske, Bilohorivka (Luhansk Region), Terny, Siversk, Spirne, and Vyimka (Donetsk Region).
Bakhmut area: the enemy continues to assault the town of Bakhmut that is held by Ukrainian defenders, as well as the vicinity of settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, and Ozarianivka (Donetsk Region). The invaders shelled Vasyukivka, Hryhorivka, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Predtechyne, Kurdyumivka, Ozarianivka, Druzhba, and Maiorsk (Donetsk Region).
Avdiyivka and Maryinka areas: the adversary conducted unsuccessful offensive operations towards the settlements of Stepove, Avdiyivka, Sjeverne, Pervomayske, Nevelske, and Maryinka. The occupiers used non-lethal aerosol “tear gas” grenades in the vicinities of Novokalynove, Lastochkyne, Pervomaiske, and Maryinka. The enemy shelled more than 10x settlements. Among them are Novokalynove, Krasnohorivka, Stepove, Avdiyivka, Tonenke, Sjeverne, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Maryinka, and Novomykhaylivka (Donetsk Region).
Shakhtarske area: during the day of 27 March, the enemy shelled the vicinities of settlements of Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Velyka Novosilka, and Vremivka (Donetsk Region).
Zaporizhzhya and Kherson areas: the adversary stays on the defensive. The invaders shelled Vilne Pole, Novosilka, Novopil (Donetsk Region), Poltavka, Malynivka, Hulyaypole, Zaliznychne, Bilohirya, Novodanylivka (Zaporizhzhya Region), Kherson, Kozatske, and Antonivka (Kherson Region).
The Russian occupiers continue to tighten security measures in the temporarily occupied territories. Recently, there has been a trend of restricting the free movement of Ukrainian citizens between settlements. In particular, it is impossible to get to certain settlements without local registration in Horlivka District (Donetsk Region) and Kakhovskyy District (Kherson Region).
On the day of 27 March, Ukrainian Air Force launched 9 air strikes on the concentrations of enemy troops and 1 air strike on an anti-aircraft missile system. Moreover, Ukrainian troops shot down 5 enemy reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
In the meantime, Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit 3 command posts, as well as 1 concentration of Russian troops, 1 artillery unit at its firing position, 1 ammunition depot, 1 fuel and lubricants depot, and 2 other important targets of the occupiers.