Russia's war on Ukraine. 01.03.25
Operational situation
On the Kursk direction, battles continued in the area of Staraya Sorochina, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknia, and Kurilovka. Russian forces attempted to capture Nova Sorochina and Nikolskiy and advance toward Lebedevka. The 83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade of the enemy attacked along the international border near Basivka and Novenke (north of the city of Sumy) and is attempting to cut off Ukrainian supply routes.
The "Siversk" Operational Tactical Group (OTG) counterattacked near Lebedevka and Sverdlivkovo.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces continued their offensive in the areas of Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces conducted offensive operations in the area of Kindrashivka and launched an airstrike using a FAB-1500 glide bomb on the bridge over the Oskil River near Osynove.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces advanced near Zelena Dolyna, Ivanivka, Yampolivka, Torske, and Kolodyazi, attempting to push forward near Yampolivka and Novolyubivka.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces advanced in the areas of Bilohorivka and Verkhnyokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces advanced near Chasiv Yar, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Vasyukivka, and Predtechyne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully counterattacked in the "Novopivnichnyi" district of Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian forces continued their attacks near Toretsk, Krymske, Dachne, Shcherbynivka, and Leonidivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked on the western outskirts of Toretsk and in Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces attacked near Pokrovsk, Tarasivka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Berezivka, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Nadiivka, Uspenivka, Pishchane, Preobrazhenka, Bohdanivka, and Novooleksandrivka. They advanced into the center of Pishchane and captured the hamlet of Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a thermobaric ammunition depot on the eastern outskirts of Selydove and counterattacked in the areas of Novooleksandrivka and Novoserhiyivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces advanced in the area of Konstyantynopil and moved north of Andriivka.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces advanced east of Burlatske and attacked near Dniproenerhiya, Skudne, Burlatske, Shevchenkove, Vilne Pole, Pryvilne, Novodarivka, Rivnopil, and Novopil, attempting to capture Burlatske. The 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division is trying to reach the eastern outskirts of Pryvilne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Pryvilne and Vilne Pole.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces conducted offensive operations in the areas of Charivne, Stepove, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, and Pyatykhatky.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the command post of the 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army near Nesteryanka.
On the Prydniprovskyi direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the forward command post of the 14th Army Corps near Ivanivka.
General conclusion:
Russian forces are unable to transfer combat equipment to Toretsk and are forced to move through the city in small infantry groups due to the threat of Ukrainian drone strikes. In effect, Toretsk has become a large gray zone.
Russian forces have intensified offensive actions near Pyatykhatky. However, there are no signs of preparations for a large-scale offensive operation in the western part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Russian military command continues to transfer armored vehicles to the Novopavlivka direction.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 91 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Kupyansk direction, there were two enemy attacks. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled assault actions near Zahryzove and Lozova.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked twice, attempting to advance near Ivanivka and Yampolivka.
On the Siversk direction, the enemy attempted twice to push Ukrainian Defense Forces from their positions near Bilohorivka and Verkhnyokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk direction, two enemy assaults took place near Orikhovo-Vasylivka.
On the Toretsk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 16 attacks in the areas of Krymske, Dachne, Toretsk, and Leonidivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 26 enemy assaults in the areas of Baranivka, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Pishchane, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, and Andriivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks focused on the areas of Konstyantynopil and Skudne.
On the Huliaypole direction, with support from assault and bomber aviation, the enemy attempted three times to displace Ukrainian Defense Forces from their positions near Pryvilne and Rivnopil.
On the Orikhiv Direction, the invaders launched three attacks in the areas of Pyatykhatky and Kamianske.
On the Kursk direction, the Operational Tactical Group "Siversk" repelled 18 enemy attacks. The enemy conducted 25 airstrikes.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Mediterranean Sea: 4 ships, including 3 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 26 cruise missiles.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 34th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army operates near Staraya Sorochina. The 137th Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division is engaged near Sverdlivkovo, while the rest of the division’s units are near Lebedevka. The 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 18th Motorized Rifle Division of the 11th Army Corps is active near Pogrebki.
The 31st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division of the 25th Combined Arms Army operates Near Yampolivka.
The 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps operates near Dyliivka.
The 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army operates near Novodanylivka.
Possible operation situation developments:
Once the enemy sufficiently expands its bridgeheads on the Chornyi Zherebets River, the 25th Army, with forces of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division and the 164th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, will sharply intensify actions toward Torske and Yampolivka. This will mark the second stage of pushing "Khortytsia" OSG out of the bridgehead east of the Chornyi Zherebets River on the Lyman direction.
On the Toretsk direction, the enemy command is finalizing the deployment of the 8th Combined Arms Army within the operational zone of the 51st Combined Arms Army and is expected to launch an operation shortly, aiming to break through toward the area south and west of Kostyantynivka.
The operational plan of the 8th Combined Arms Army on the Kostyantynivka direction is to envelop the tactical group of the "Khortytsia" OSG, which is defending south of Kostyantynivka between Oleksandropil and Tarasivka from the flanks. The enemy aims to encircle and destroy this group or, if unable to do so, force it to withdraw from the area south of Kostyantynivka in a northwestern direction under the threat of encirclement. The ultimate goal of these actions is a two-pronged breakthrough from the southwest and southeast toward the area of Stepanivka – Berestok – Pleshchiivka – Yablunivka, followed by a simultaneous assault on Kostyantynivka from this area and from the direction of Chasiv Yar.
After the first stage (reaching the Poltavka–Pleshchiivka line), the enemy’s 3rd Combined Arms Army, reinforced by an airborne forces group, will attempt a rapid breakthrough from the bridgehead on the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal in the Chasiv Yar area, advancing from the northeast toward Kostyantynivka.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 01.03.25
Personnel - almost 875,610 (+1,050);
Tanks – 10,233 (+11);
Armored combat vehicles – 21,149 (+15);
Artillery systems – 23,908 (+61);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,304 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,088 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 39,101 (+107);
Aircraft - 370 (0);
Helicopters – 331 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 27,402 (+128);
Intercepted cruise missiles – 3,065 (0)
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of March 1, the enemy attacked with 154 strike UAVs, 103 of which were shot down by Ukrainian defenders. Another 51 are "locationally lost." Debris from downed drones affected Kharkiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, and Kyiv Oblast.
On the night of March 1, the Russian army launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv. Strikes were recorded in the Kyivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Kholodnohirskyi districts. Twelve people were injured, including two children. Three medical facilities were damaged.
Three people were injured on the night of March 1 due to enemy shelling of Antonivka in Kherson Oblast. During the day, two more residents of the Kherson community were taken to the hospital after being wounded in a drone attack.
In Odesa Oblast, a Russian drone strike on the night of March 1 killed one person and injured three others.
During the day on March 1, the enemy attacked Dniprovskyi District of Kherson with a drone, injuring a man.
During the day, Russian forces dropped explosives from a UAV on Dariivka, Kherson Oblast, injuring an 11-year-old child. In the evening, Russian troops shelled a private house in the city of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast, killing a 63-year-old woman.
As a result of a ballistic missile strike on Odesa on Saturday evening, port infrastructure was damaged, along with a civilian vessel under the flag of the Republic of Panama, owned by a European company. Two port employees were injured.
On Saturday evening, Russian forces carried out a drone strike on a residential apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, causing a fire. Information on the consequences is being clarified.
Over the past day, in Mykolaiv Oblast, the Kutsurub community was hit by Russian artillery and drones—damaging private houses, outbuildings, and agricultural equipment. A fire broke out on the premises of one of the enterprises.
In February, Russian forces increased not only the number of airstrikes in the operational zone of the Operational Tactical Group "Luhansk" but also the number of bombs dropped during each strike. In January, the enemy carried out 253 airstrikes, while in February, this number increased to 333. If in January the enemy used an average of 2-3 Guided Aerial Bombs per airstrike, today this number has grown—reaching 4-5, and in some cases, up to 9 bombs per strike.