The Hottest Spots on the Front Lines

The hottest spots on the front lines are currently at Avdiivka and Novopavlivka directions. Russian forces attempted to break through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 25 times on the Novopavlivka direction during the day.

Enemy Advancement

Russian occupiers continue to attack Ukrainian forces. The enemy is advancing practically along the entire front line, but no assault operations were conducted by the enemy on the Kupyansk, Orekhiv, and Kherson directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the evening summary on Friday, March 1.

Summary of Attacks

During the day, Russian forces carried out six missile and 79 aviation strikes, conducted 62 shellings from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian forces and civilian settlements.

On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy did not conduct assault operations.

On the Lyman direction, soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terni, Rozdolka in Donetsk region, and Biloheorivka in Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense with aviation support.

On the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bohdanivka and Andriivka in Donetsk region, where the occupiers tried to improve their tactical position.

On the Avdiivka direction, defenders repelled 20 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychiv, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske, Nevelske in Donetsk region.

On the Novopavlivka direction, the Armed Forces continue to restrain Russian forces in the areas of Krasnogorivka, Georgiivka, Peremohy, Novomykhailivka, and south of Zolota Niva in Donetsk region, where the enemy attempted to break through the defense 25 times.

On the Orekhiv and Kherson directions, Russians did not conduct assault operations.