March 13 became the day of the intensification of Russian strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine and places of concentrations of foreign mercenaries and supplies that arrive to the country from its ‘foreign partners’.
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On March 13, Russian missiles pounded the Yavorovo military range in Lviv Region. The range is a part of the military facility used in the area by NATO to train Kyiv’s forces in the previous years. After the start of the Russian military operation, the area became a hub and training center for foreign mercenaries that came to Ukraine.
Lviv authorities claimed that at least 8 missiles hit the facility calling this the ‘act of Russian aggression’.Impact of the strikes on the camp:
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Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry released footage of the destruction of a command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv Region. The “Krasnopol” guided artillery shell hit the command post and completely destroyed the target, according to the Russian side.Destruction of the command center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kyiv Region:
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In the region of Donbass, the Russian Armed Forces and unist of the people’s militia of Donetsk and Lugansk continued their offensive operation to get rid of Kyiv’s forces in the area.
Especially intense clashes were recently reported in the area of the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk agglomeration. A series of intense artillery and air strikes also hit high points and military infrastructure objects around Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. Units of Kyiv’s forces deployed on Karachun Mount, near Slovyansk, appeared to be among the targets of these strikes and suffered casualties.According to the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian-led forces have already blocked Severodonetsk from the eastern and southern directions. This indicates that the settlement of Borovske, south of Severodonetsk is also fully blocked. The northern vicinity of the town of Popasnaya is in the hands of units of Russia and the Lugansk People’s Republic. They have been developing the offensive in the area.
Strikes on positions of Kyiv’s forces in the area of Karachun Mount:
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At the same time, units of the Russian Armed Forces established control over the southern areas of the settlements of Blagodatne, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka and Nikolskoe located near Volnovakha.
In the area of Nikolskoe Russian forces freed about 300 civilians that were held hostage by fighters of the Aidar battalion of Kyiv’s forces in the area of the Uspensky Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery. Aidar units established firing positions just in the area of the monastery. Units of these criminals were eliminated or dispersed. Hostages and the monastery area were liberated.
The Russian military also reported that recently aviation and air defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian air force in the Lyubimovka region and two unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to a representative of the authorities of the Crimean Republic of Russia a Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone (developed in the Soviet era) was also shot down near Crimea in the recent days. The drone was launched from the direction of Odessa.
The Russian side reports that since the start of the operation a total of 3,687 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities have been put out of action. In the same period Russian forces destroyed: 99 aircraft, 128 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,194 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 121 multiple rocket launchers, 443 field artillery pieces and mortars, 991 units of special military vehicles.
The prospects of any really effective diplomatic agreement between Moscow and Kyiv in the current conditions are shady. However, the further elimination of Kyiv’s forces and Ukrainian military infrastructure will likely make the diplomatic settlement of the conflict much closer than it is now.
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