Russian invaders will try to resume advance on Brovary and Boryspil - General Staff

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a statement posted on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

As of 24:00 on March 24, the Russian invaders' tasks of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, encircling the city of Kyiv, and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine have not been fulfilled.

The enemy managed to partially succeed in the Donetsk operational district in continuing the temporary maintenance of the land corridor between the Rostov region and the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

According to the statement, the enemy continues to replenish losses by training and relocating reserve units of the Russian armed forces.

The enemy did not carry out offensive operations in the Volyn direction.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy did not carry out offensive operations, continuing to carry out artillery and air strikes and attempting to restore the position of its forces near Kyiv and Makariv.

In the north-eastern direction, the enemy is trying to concentrate forces and means to resume offensive operations with the help of certain units. It makes unsuccessful attempts to block Chernihiv. In the Brovary direction, it moved to the defense and carries out engineering equipment of positions.

The enemy will probably try to resume offensive operations in the direction of Brovary and Boryspil in order to block the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, from the east.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is blocking the cities of Sumy and Kharkiv. It launches air strikes on civilian infrastructure and is attempting to resume offensive operations near the town of Izium where it suffers losses.

Certain units of Russian troops operating in the area are being withdrawn to Russian territory due to the loss of more than 50% of the manpower.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is holding its positions. Main efforts are being made to capture the cities of Popasna, Rubizhne and Mariupol.

Up to five BTGs moved to defense in the Zaporizhia direction.

In the Southern Bug direction, the enemy is digging in and trying to take measures to restore the combat capability of units and replenish stocks.

In the Azov operational zone, according to updated information, the large landing ship Saratov was destroyed during an attack on the enemy-occupied port of Berdiansk. Large landing ships Caesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk were damaged. Other enemy losses are being clarified.