Ukrainian defense forces regain control over three settlements

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

According to the operational update as of 24:00 on March 30, 2022, the threat of using missile weapons on the objects of the defense-industrial complex and logistics infrastructure of Ukraine remains.

Additional units of the Russian armed forces are being relocated to Ukraine to take part in the war.

It is noted that to control the temporarily occupied territories of Southern Ukraine, the enemy is trying to create military-civilian administrations and has begun preparations for a referendum on a quasi-state entity in the Kherson region (the so-called "Kherson People's Republic").

In the Volyn direction, in the areas of the settlements of Pinsk, Luninets of the Republic of Belarus, units of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation were recorded, which were probably withdrawn from the territory of Ukraine.

The planned regrouping of units of the Eastern Military District continues in the Polissya direction. These units are expected to move to other areas.

The enemy did not take active action in the northern direction.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to block Kharkiv, conducting artillery shelling of the city.

In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the occupiers continued to focus on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, as well as the capture of the city of Mariupol.

The enemy tried to carry out assault operations in the areas of Popasna, Rubizhne, Novobahmutivka, Marinka, and Zolota Niva. But not results were achieved.

In Mariupol, the occupiers continue to carry out assault operations. Attempts are expected to launch an offensive in the directions of Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk, as well as to concentrate efforts in the direction of Svitlodarsk.

In the South Bug area, the enemy is taking measures to restore combat capability and replenish supplies.