Rybar Ukraine Report English: March 18-19 2023.

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 18-19, 2023.

▪️Ukrainian units again shelled the Kursk region border areas. Residential buildings and state institutions were hit in Krasnooktyabr'skoe, Elizavetovka and Troitskoe; civilians were not wounded.

▪️In the northeast of Bakhmut, Wagner PMC's assault units methodically reveal the AFU's defence in Orikhovo-Vasylivka. Russian artillery and aviation are launching intense strikes at enemy positions, and reserves are being redeployed.

▪️Severe battles proceed on the territory of Artemivsk non-ferrous metal processing plant in Bakhmut.
The liberation of the facility will allow Russian forces to advance towards the city's administrative centre.

▪️ONorth of Avdiivka, Russian troops continue their further offensive west after the liberation of Krasnohorivka. In recent days, the hills near the railway line at Stepove have come under Russian Armed Forces' control.

▪️On the southern flank, Ukrainian units attempted a counterattack on the positions at Vodiane and Opytne. Russian servicemen dodged the attack, and the enemy retreated to the initial lines with losses.

▪️In the Dnipro region, Russian drones hit a fuel storage facility in Novomoskovs'k. As a result of a real hit, a large fire broke out at the facility, the glow visible for several kilometres.

▪️In Zaporizhzhia's direction, the AFU conducted regular reconnaissance in force attempts near Robotyne and Charivne. The advance of enemy groups was stopped by adjusted artillery fire.

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