War update: 151 clashes on front line, Pokrovsk sector remains most active

According to Ukrinform, this was reported in the operational update of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 22:00 on March 31, 2026, on Facebook.

"Since the beginning of the day, there have been a total of 151 combat engagements. The enemy carried out 45 airstrikes, dropping 145 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 5,927 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,611 shelling attacks on populated areas and our troops' positions," the statement said.

In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out 70 shelling attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, two of them using multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy launched three attacks near Starytsia, Vovchanski Khutory, and toward Okhrimivka.

In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy attacked once near Nova Kruhliakivka.

In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces repelled six assaults toward Drobysheve, Lyman, and near the settlements of Serednie and Nadiia.

In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy attempted to advance three times near Zakytne, Riznykivka, and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka. One assault is ongoing.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the aggressor attempted once to improve its position, attacking toward Kostiantynivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces launched 19 assaults in the areas of Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, and toward Illinivka, Sofiivka, Mykolaipillia, Novopavlivka, and Kostiantynivka.

In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy carried out 51 attacks, attempting to advance near Bilitske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Novopidhorodne, Molodetske, Nove Shakhove, Muravka, Horikhove, and toward Hryshyne, Filiia, and Novooleksandrivka. Two assaults are ongoing.

According to preliminary estimates, 94 Russian troops were killed and 30 wounded on this sector today. Ukrainian forces destroyed one tank and ten vehicles, and damaged 35 shelters, two UAV control points, and nine vehicles. A total of 179 drones of various types were destroyed or suppressed.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy carried out seven attacks near Oleksandrohrad, Zelenyi Hai, Novomykolaivka, and toward Pryvillia and Nove Zaporizhzhia.

In the Huliaipole sector, 15 enemy attacks were recorded near Huliaipole, Olenokostiantynivka, Myrne, Rivnopillia, and toward Zaliznychne. Three assaults are ongoing.

No active offensive actions were recorded in the Orikhiv sector.

In the Prydniprovske sector, the enemy carried out one assault toward Bilohruzhyi Island.

No significant changes were observed in other sectors.

As Ukrinform previously reported, over the past day Russian forces lost 970 troops and one air defense system in the war against Ukraine.

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine