Rybar Ukraine Report English: March 4-5, 2023.

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 4-5, 2023.

▪️In Crimea near Hvardiis'ke in the Simferopol district, Russian air defence systems shot down an unidentified projectile. The explosion from the fall did not cause significant damage. The downed object could have been a Ukrainian drone.

▪️Regular shelling of border areas in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region proceeds. Volfino and Krasnooktyabr'skiy were hit by AFU, and both settlements were de-energized. There are no civilian casualties.

▪️Positional fighting and artillery strike exchange along the entire contact line are recorded in Starobil's'k direction. The tensest situation remains at the Lyman sector, where Russian motorized riflemen continue to fight in the forests near Kreminna.

▪️Wagner PMC squads continue the assault of Bakhmut: over the past weekend, at least 20 enemy strongholds were captured in the city. The advance of Russian forces was recorded almost along the entire perimeter of the besieged city.

▪️Being under the threat of complete encirclement, AFU began partially withdrawing troops from the central and western districts. The Ukrainian command is withdrawing the most combat-ready units, leaving the non-shot parts of the territorial defence units for cover.

▪️During the withdrawal from the fortified area in Ivanivske, two enemy groups were intercepted and destroyed by Wagner PMC units. As a result of the swift battle, Ukrainian losses amounted to about 30 people killed and more than 60 wounded.

▪️Ukrainian units shelled Volnovakha using HIMARS MLRS south of the Donetsk People's Republic. The former building of the commandant's office and several civilian buildings were hit, and nobody was injured.

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