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Over the past 24 hours, there have been 147 combat engagements on the front line

Over the past 24 hours, there have been 147 combat engagements on the front line

30 March 2026, 08:28

Over the past 24 hours, there have been 147 combat engagements on the front line — Ukrainian soldiers inspect a destroyed Russian tank. Photo: General Staff

Russian troops are continuing their attacks across various sectors of the front. Over the past 24 hours, 147 combat engagements have been recorded.

The 1,496th day of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out one missile strike, 70 air strikes and dropped 237 guided bombs. It also deployed 9,355 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,912 attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, including 61 using multiple launch rocket systems.

Air strikes were recorded, in particular, in the areas around the settlements of Vilna Sloboda in Sumy Oblast, Lisne, Pokrovske, Pysantsi, Novooleksandrivka, Gavrylivka, Pidhavrylivka, and Khrystoforivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as well as Zalivne, Kopani, Huliaipilske, Charivne, Marianivka, Sofiivka, Zorivka, Vozdvyzhenske, Shyroke, Dolynka, Huliaipole, Myrne, and Zarichne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Defence Forces aviation struck three areas where enemy personnel were concentrated and a drone control centre.

In the Northern Slobozhanskyi and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out 111 attacks, four of which involved the use of multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi sector, three assaults were recorded near Vilcha and in the directions of Zybino and Okhrimivka.

In the Kupiansk direction, 12 attacks took place in the areas of Novoosynove, Petropavlivka, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Bohuslavka, Novoplatonivka and Borivska Andriivka.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy carried out five attacks towards Cherneshchyna, Lyman and Novosergiivka.

In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian units repelled six attempts by the enemy to advance near Rai-Oleksandrivka, Platonivka, Zakitne and Kalenyky.

In the Kramatorsk sector, two attacks were repelled in the areas of Fedorivka Druha and Mykolaivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, 26 attacks were recorded near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Stepanivka, Rusyn Yar, Novopavlivka and Sofiivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 31 enemy assaults in the areas of Bilytske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Hryshyne, Udachne, Toretsk, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Novomykolaivka, Bilyakivka, Molodetske, Dachne, Filiya and Novopavlivka, as well as in the direction of Hannivka.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy launched ten attacks in the areas of Andriivka-Klevtsove, Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Zlagoda, Ternove, Vyshneve, Rybne and Krasnohirsk.

A further ten attacks took place in the Huliaipole sector near Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Huliaipole and Myrne.

In the Orikhiv sector, an attack was recorded in the Primorsky area. No offensive operations took place in the Dnipro sector.

In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces suffered 870 casualties. Four tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 48 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 2,471 unmanned aerial vehicles and 183 vehicles were also destroyed.

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