The two sides updated the war report on the 12th, and the Russian armed forces continued to advance slightly in the Donbass region
At 19:00 on March 13, Moscow time, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov released an update on the special military operations of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Since the start of military operations on February 24, the Russian armed forces have attacked a total of 3,593 Ukrainian military targets, destroying 1,159 tanks and armored vehicles, 436 artillery and mortars, 118 multiple rocket launchers, 973 special military vehicles, 61 helicopters and 126 drones.
In the past day, the Aviation and Air Defense Forces of the Russian Air Force shot down 5 unmanned aerial vehicles (including 2 TB-2), 1 Mi-24 helicopter gunship and 1 9K79 "Polka dot" tactical ballistic missile, and on the same day the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 4 command posts and communication centers, 2 sets of anti-aircraft weapon systems, 3 multiple rocket launchers, 1 set of electronic warfare systems, 6 ammunition depots or fuel depots and 54 equipment assembly points.
The Russian army also used long-range precision guided weapons on the 12th to strike two military airfields in Kiev Prefecture Vasilykov and Wolin Oblast Lutsk, of which Lutsk is currently the westernmost military airfield in Ukraine that the Russian army is currently attacking, and it is less than 85 kilometers away from the Polish border.
Allegedly the scene of the attack on the Lutsk military airport Image source: social media
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine claimed in a war report released on the 12th that more than 12,000 "Russian occupiers" were "killed" and "lost a total of 362 tanks, 1205 armored vehicles, 135 artillery, 62 rockets, 58 aircraft and 83 helicopters, 7 drones, 585 military vehicles and 33 sets of anti-aircraft weapon systems."
In the map of military operations attached to the briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the local front situation in the southwest region of Donetsk Oblast is shown.
Local situation map of the southwest direction of Donetsk on the 12th Source: Russian Ministry of Defense
Compared with the operational map released the previous day, on March 12, the Russian armed forces made a breakthrough on the line from Shepchenko to Blagodanoye, completely controlled Shepchenko, Yegolovka and the larger settlements of Kirilovka, New Andreyevka and Valerianovka, approached Pavlovka, Nikolaiskoye and Vladimirovka along the T0509 Highway, and continued to encircle Blagodanoye on three sides. The T0509 road to the east will be cut off from the Great Novosilka, so that the Ukrainian army in the Great Novosilka will be deployed to threaten the possibility of the H20 road between Donetsk and Mariupol.
Once the settlements of Pavlovka and Nikoskoye were captured, it would be difficult for the Ukrainian forces in Velikiy novosika to threaten the H20 road to the east
It is worth noting that in the situation map released today, the Olenovka northeast of the map is also marked with black characters on a yellow background, in these two days of the situation map, Orenovka has always been the closest settlement on the H20 highway to the Area controlled by the Ukrainian Army, and the positions around Slavnoye-Taranchuk in the west have the presence of the Ukrainian army, which poses a certain threat to Orenovka and the H20 Highway, and may carry out certain actions in the future.
According to the operational map given by the Russian Ministry of Defense, there are still Ukrainian positions on the west side of Orenovka, which is closer to the north-south road
Combined with the official website of the "Luhansk People's Republic" and other information, the luhansk military and political forces have been patrolling the captured Strobiersk (also translated as old Bielsk), and there are still large settlements such as Novodonitesk and Slavyansk-Kramatorsk in the direction of the northern line of Donbass under the control of the Ukrainian army.
Ukraine requested S-300 missiles from NATO, Azerbaijan suggested that Russia and Ukraine hold talks in Afghanistan, and Zelenskiy proposed that Jerusalem be the right place to negotiate.
After the European Union unsuccessfully planned to supply the MiG-29 to Ukraine by several former Warsaw Pact member states, Ukraine made another request for the supply of the soviet Union's S-300 surface-to-air missile. According to the Washington Post, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to travel to Brussels and Slovakia next week to meet with NATO allies. Proposals for the supply of S-300 missiles to Ukraine are under discussion, and it is reported that Slovakia currently has a relatively large number of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, and among other NATO countries, Greece and Bulgaria are also equipped with a certain number of S-300 missiles.
S-300 missile in Slovakia (file photo)
According to the Russian news agency, The Azerbaijani presidential assistant Hikmet Gagiyev said that if the two sides have intentions, Azerbaijan will be prepared to hold talks between Russia and Ukraine in its own country, and the Ukrainian side has made similar proposals. Not long ago, Russian and NATO delegations met in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Gagiev said azerbaijan is neither a member of NATO nor a member of Russia's group of CCE, and based on this, he believes neither side will be uncomfortable with the negotiations here.
According to Russia Today RT report, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Bennett, Zelenskiy said that it is "still not appropriate" to negotiate with Belarus in Russia, zelenskiy said that Jerusalem is the right place for such negotiations.
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