On the Kursk direction, Russian forces attempt to advance towards the Sudzha checkpoint, near Veselivka, Guevo, Gogolevka, and towards Yunakivka, attacking near Oleshnia, Guevo, and Basivka.
On the Belgorod direction, Russian forces have entrenched on the eastern outskirts of Demidovka, with ongoing combat near Popovka.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked near Zolochiv, Kozacha Lopan, Lyptsi, and Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces attempted to advance near Mala Shapkivka, Krasne Pershe, Kamyanka, and Topoli, attacked near Kamyanka, Radkivka, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Bohuslavka, Zahryzove, Nadiya, and Kopanka.
The forward units of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army try to bypass Kamyanka from the northeast and southwest. The enemy attempts to attack north along the Oskil River in the areas of Dvorichna, Novomlynsk, and Kindrashivka. Due to the inability to transfer heavy weaponry to the western bank, the enemy is forced to attack with infantry, which is suffering significant losses.
The 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army is trying to expand breakthrough areas to the river by advancing along the eastern bank and unsuccessfully attempting to capture Kolisnykivka and Zahryzove.
The 4th Tank Division and the 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Tank Army unsuccessfully try to advance on a rather broad front in the direction of Borova, periodically attacking from the Lozova-Pershotravneve line.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a pontoon crossing over the Oskil River near Dvorichna.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces attempted to advance north of Novolyubivka, attacked near Olkhivka, Yampolivka, Kolodyazi, Nove, Katerynivka, Novomykhailivka, Torske, and near the Serebriansk Forest.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces continued their offensive near Verkhnyokamianske, Ivano-Dariivka, and Pereyizne.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces continued storming towards Chasiv Yar, attacked towards Mayske, near Stupochky, Predtechyne, Bila Hora, Oleksandro-Shultyne, and Kurdyumivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked south of Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian forces advanced north of Toretsk and in the city center, continuing assaults on Toretsk, Krymske, and Dyliivka.
The forward units of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army, supported by the 132nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army, attacked south of Toretsk towards Novoselivka–Oleksandropil and New York–Panteleymonivka, breaking into the defenses of the "Khortytsia" Operational-Strategic Group (OSG) by 2 km. They managed to capture Panteleymonivka and engaged in battles for Oleksandropil.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces advanced on the northeastern outskirts of Shevchenkove, on the western outskirts of Uspenivka, and attempted to advance in Novooleksandrivka, Bohdanivka, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, and Solone, attacking near Yelyzavetivka, Vodyane Druhe, Novotoretske, Promin, Myroliubivka, Kalynove, towards Malynivka, near Lysivka, Sukhyi Yar, Zelene, Novoukrainka, Kotlyne, Novoserhiyivka, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Sribne, Zvirove, Shevchenkove, and Kotlyarivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces attempted to advance in the center of Rozlyv, attacking near Konstyantynopil, Bohdanivka, Oleksiivka, and Andriivka.
In the offensive zone of the 90th Tank Division of the 41st Combined Arms Army, the enemy continues active assaults towards Nadiivka–Kotlyarivka and Sribne–Troitske, trying to bypass the positions of the forward units of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Preobrazhenka area from the south and north. The enemy partially pushed out Ukrainian units from these positions, although significant progress has not yet been achieved in these directions.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces attacked near Veselyi, Skudne, Vilne Pole, Pryvilne, Novosilka, and towards Novopil.
The 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army, forces of the 36th Combined Arms Army, the 40th and 336th Separate Marines Brigades attempt to break north along the Mokri Yaly River near Komar. The enemy failed to fully capture the key area of Shevchenko–Burlatske–Pryvilne–Vilne Pole; however, by attacking intensively northward, the enemy managed to reach Vesele from the east, from the direction of Dniproenerhiya, though its attacks from Burlatske were unsuccessful.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces attempted to advance east of Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, and Shcherbaky towards Orikhiv, attacking near Kamianske and Lobkove. The enemy is concentrating forces near Kamianske for a further assault.
On the Prydniprovskyi direction, Russian forces attacked towards Prydniprovske and Sadove.
General conclusion:
On the Kupyansk direction, the command of the enemy’s 6th Combined Arms Army continues to establish an operational foothold north of Kupyansk but currently holds only four tactical bridgeheads on the western bank of the Oskil River, captured by the 69th Motorized Rifle Division.
The 6th Combined Arms Army and the 1st Tank Army advance on adjacent flanks. The 1st Tank Army delivers its main strike in the southern part of its operational zone toward Borova, while the 6th Combined Arms Army strikes north of Kupyansk, attempting to establish a foothold.
The 3rd and 144th Motorized Rifle Divisions of the 20th Combined Arms Army have merged their bridgeheads on the Chornyi Zherebets River, making significant advances on the Ivanivka–Nove and Ivanivka–Zelena Dolyna directions. The 144th Motorized Rifle Division shifted its main attack from Ivanivka–Kolodyazi to the north toward Drobysheve, pushing over 7 km into the defenses of the "Khortytsia" OSG near Nove, reaching the outskirts of Katerynivka northeast of Nove, and advancing 4 km toward Zelena Dolyna. The 3rd Motorized Rifle Division has been unable to advance toward Hrekivka.
The combat effectiveness of some Ukrainian Defense Forces units on the Lyman direction is concerning.
It is likely that the enemy command has temporarily abandoned an offensive on Lyman, instead facilitating the advance of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division by reinforcing it with the neighboring 144th Motorized Rifle Division. This maneuver aims to outflank Ukrainian Defense Forces units in Hrekivka and southward, pushing them entirely off the eastern bank of the Chornyi Zherebets River.
On the opposite bank of the Chornyi Zherebets River, the 31st and 37th Motorized Rifle Regiments, along with the 19th Tank Regiment of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division of the 25th Combined Arms Army, launched attacks from north to south along the river toward Terny–Yampolivka and attempted to assault Yampolivka from the southeast to cut off the road between it and Torske. The 164th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army is preparing to attack south of Yampolivka. If the enemy reaches the Yampolivka–Torske line, it will significantly complicate the "Khortytsia" OSG’s defense of the Serebriansk Forest area.
Fighting on the Toretsk direction is intensifying, with Russian forces attacking on the flanks around Toretsk. Before launching an offensive on Kostyantynivka from the southeast and southwest, the enemy seeks to eliminate the salient in the Stara Mykolaivka–Sukha Balka–Oleksandropil–Kalynove area, which remains under control of Ukrainian Defense Forces. To accomplish this, the 8th Combined Arms Army command may deploy additional elements of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, which is positioned in the 51st Combined Arms Army’s operational zone. The 51st Combined Arms Army’s formation was originally designed not for a breakthrough toward Kostyantynivka but for breaching "Khortytsia" OSG’s defenses northwest of Toretsk.
Assault units of the 110th and 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades of the 51st Combined Arms Army, in coordination with the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Combined Arms Army, broke through from the east to the village of Rozlyv south of Kostyantynivka and entrenched there, significantly complicating "Khortytsia" OSG’s defense in Kostyantynivka itself. After failing to achieve success north of the Vovcha River in the Andriivka area, the enemy shifted its main strike southward.
On the Huliaypole direction, the enemy maintains a high intensity of attacks but has achieved no significant results, with minimal progress.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 147 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Kharkiv direction, three enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Vovchansk, Kamyanka, and Krasne Pershe.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy conducted six assaults towards Radkivka, Pishchane, Bohuslavka, Petropavlivka, and near Zahryzove.
On the Lyman direction, Russian invaders attacked Ukrainian positions 14 times near Nadiya, Yampolivka, Kolodyazi, and towards Nove and Novomykhailivka.
On the Siversk direction, the enemy launched five assaults near Verkhnyokamianske and Ivano-Dariivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction, two combat engagements were recorded, with enemy attacks near Stupochky and towards Bila Hora.
On the Toretsk direction, Russians attacked Ukrainian Defense Forces positions 14 times, concentrating their efforts near Krymske, Toretsk, and towards Dyliivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, occupation forces attempted to break through defenses 61 times in the areas of Oleksandropil, Kalynove, Vodyane Druhe, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Kotlyne, Udachne, Andriivka, and towards Malynivka, Kotlyarivka, Bohdanivka, and Oleksiivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked 11 times near Konstyantynopil and towards Rozlyv and Vesele.
On the Huliaypole direction, two attacks were repelled near Pryvilne and towards Vilne Pole.
On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked four times, attempting to advance towards Mali Shcherbaky and Stepove.
On the Prydniprovskyi direction, the aggressor conducted two offensive actions towards Sadove, without success.
In the operational zone in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 20 attacks. The enemy carried out 19 airstrikes.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Black Sea: 2 ships, including 2 cruise missile carriers, with a total salvo of 4 missiles.
Mediterranean Sea: 4 ships, including 3 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 26 cruise missiles.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a drone strike on an electrical substation near Podviatoe in Bryansk Oblast.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 137th Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division operates in Gogolevka, while the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps is advancing near Guevo.
The 25th BARS Detachment operates near Popovka, and the 34th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army is engaged near Demydivka.
The 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army and the 132nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army are active near Toretsk.
The 24th Separate SOF Brigade, the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps, and the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Combined Arms Army fight near Pokrovsk. The 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is being relocated, as its units have been spotted on the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Toretsk directions. The 75th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 41st Combined Arms Army operates in Kotlyne, the 16th Separate SOF Brigade is engaged near Novoserhiyivka, the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division of the 41st Combined Arms Army is active near Kotlyarivka, and the 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 90th Tank Division operates near Sribne.
The 40th Separate Marines Brigade of the Pacific Fleet and the 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army operate near Fedorivka. The 43rd Separate SOF Regiment, the 14th Separate SOF Brigade, the 656th Motorized Rifle Regiment, and part of the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Combined Arms Army operate toward Velyka Novosilka.
Possible operation situation developments:
The plan for the enemy's spring-summer offensive campaign in the Southwestern Theater of Operations may be as follows: a simultaneous breakthrough towards Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka from the south and southeast (from the direction of Toretsk and Vozdvyzhenka), as well as from the northeast (from the direction of Chasiv Yar), followed by an advance towards Kramatorsk from the south while simultaneously advancing towards Slovyansk with the forces of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies of the "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping through Lyman.
In the near future, the command of the enemy's "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping will focus on the Lyman direction, where the troops of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies have achieved significant tactical success. It is expected that reinforcements and reserves allocated to the "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping will primarily be directed to the operational zones of these two armies.
The enemy cannot establish a full-fledged buffer zone on the border of Kursk and Sumy Oblasts, so the simplest option may be an invasion of Sumy Oblast by a grouping of 22,000–27,000 military personnel along the Sumy–Sudzha highway within a 35–40 km-wide zone (stretching from Zhuravka to Myropillya). This territory has already been turned into a buffer zone by Ukrainian Defense Forces, which will greatly complicate enemy actions.
Ukrainian Defense Forces may launch an offensive in the direction of Lyman Pershyi – Horobivka – Tavilzhanka, which, if successful, will lead to either the enemy's rapid retreat from the Dvorichna bridgehead or its encirclement there. Such a development would result in the loss of combat capability of the entire enemy's 6th Combined Arms Army.
On the Kramatorsk direction, the envelopment of Chasiv Yar from the south by advancing toward Stupochky will be a priority for the command of the 3rd Combined Arms Army and the 98th Airborne Division of the enemy.
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 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.
On the Novopavlivka direction, an offensive is expected to begin towards Rozdolne–Odradne or Rozdolne–Bahatyr, carried out by the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 31.03.25
Personnel - almost 915,230 (+1,230);
Tanks – 10,496 (+4);
Armored combat vehicles – 21,819 (+3);
Artillery systems – 25,537 (+30);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,347 (0);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,123 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 42,593 (+65);
Aircraft - 370 (0);
Helicopters – 335 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 31,416 (+71);
Intercepted cruise missiles – 3,121 (0)
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
Today marks three years since the liberation of Bucha from Russian occupation. In just 30 days of occupation, over 9,000 war crimes were committed in the Bucha District, 1,800 civilians were killed, including 43 children, and 3,800 buildings were destroyed. As a result of investigations into these criminal cases, more than 170 individuals have been notified of suspicion, and 21 war criminals have been convicted. Thirteen burned bodies remain unidentified, said Acting Prosecutor General Oleksii Khomenko.
On the night of March 31, the Russian forces attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 131 Shahed-type strike UAVs, along with various types of decoy drones. As of 09:00, 57 strike UAVs have been confirmed shot down. Forty-five enemy decoy drones were lost from radar tracking (without negative consequences). The Russian attack affected Sumy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Zhytomyr Oblasts.
On the night of March 31, six explosions occurred in the Kyivskyi District of Kharkiv due to Russian drone attacks. Fires broke out at the impact sites. Three people were injured. The roof of a production building, warehouses, a workshop building, windows of three apartment buildings, and the glazing and facade of a kindergarten were damaged.
On March 31, Russian troops shelled the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast with an “Uragan” multiple-launch rocket system, injuring civilians—a 35-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man. Later, Russian forces struck Kupyansk with seven guided aerial bombs, injuring three people.
In the morning, Russian forces used a drone to attack people near a store in the Dnipro District of Kherson, injuring three civilians, including a doctor who is in serious condition. Around 13:40, a Russian shelling of Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast injured a healthcare worker at a local hospital.
On March 31, Russian forces struck civilian targets in one of the frontline communities of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The enemy destroyed and damaged residential buildings and social facilities. A woman was killed in the attack.
The Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) has identified a total of 1,908 Ukrainian civilians who were illegally detained by the Russians and forcibly transferred to Russian territory. This number is not final, as detentions continue and many cases remain unknown.
As a result of Russia's full-scale invasion, approximately 13% of Ukraine’s housing stock has been destroyed.
Activists from the "Yellow Ribbon" movement report that in schools in the temporarily occupied territories of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" and "Donetsk People's Republic," students are being indoctrinated with claims that VPN services "kill" their brains. They are taught that VPNs serve as "a gateway to the world of drugs, terrorism, extremism, and Ukrainization." In class group chats, parents are being asked to "check their children's phones for VPN applications."