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Monday, 31 March
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Ukrainians continue to control part of Russia's Kursk region

The 1129th day of the large-scale war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine continues. Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the aggressor, inflicting significant losses on him. Over the past day, 209 combat clashes were recorded, and the enemy carried out massive strikes on the positions of our troops and peaceful settlements.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

In total, the enemy carried out 98 air strikes, dropping 157 guided bombs. There were 6,430 shellings, including 222 from multiple rocket launcher systems. 2,911 kamikaze drones were also used for the strikes.

Ukrainian fighters continue the operation in the Kursk region, destroying enemy equipment and manpower of the occupiers in their rear. Over the past day, the enemy in this region carried out 22 air strikes, dropped 25 guided bombs, and carried out 382 shellings, 26 of them from multiple rocket launchers. Ukrainian defenders repelled 18 assault attacks of the invaders. Thanks to the coordinated actions of our military, the enemy suffers significant losses, which complicates his ability to support offensive actions in other directions.

The operational situation on other fronts is as follows.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried to break through the defenses towards Vovchansk and Figolivka six times.

In the Kupyansk direction, 26 attacks were repelled in the areas of Stepovaya Novoselivka, Zagryzove, Petropavlivka, Pishchanye, Novaya Kruglyakivka, and Boguslavka.

There were 32 enemy attacks in the Lymansky direction, in particular in the areas of Nadiya, Kolodzyav, Myrne, Yampolivka, Novosergiivka, Olhivka, Dronivka, and Hryhorivka.

In the Siversky direction, three enemy attacks were repelled near Bilogorivka and Verkhnyokamyanske.

The fiercest fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction. 68 assault actions by the occupiers have been recorded.

In the Torets, Novopavlovsk, Hulyaipil, and Orikhiv directions, the enemy continues assault operations, but without success.

Thanks to the effective work of Ukrainian soldiers, 1,860 occupiers were eliminated in a day. Also destroyed were: 17 tanks, 61 armored vehicles, 122 artillery systems, 1 multiple launch rocket system, 1 air defense system, 144 drones, and 210 vehicles.

As Apostrophe reported, Russian military personnel who used a gas pipeline to launch a surprise attack on Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region suffered severe methane poisoning .