Section: The Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
Ukrainian forces counter Russian attempts to encircle Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Day 393 of the war
Bakhmut and Avdiivka are still the main areas of fighting, as Russian forces (including units of the Wagner Group and the 1st Donetsk Army Corps) continue their operations to encircle both towns. Around Bakhmut, clashes are mainly taking place on the city’s north-western outskirts, where Ukrainian forces are managing to hold their positions...
The EU will send more ammunition to Ukraine. Day 391 of the war
On the night of 22 March, the Russians launched another attack using Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones. Unspecified infrastructure facilities in the Zhytomyr and Kyiv oblasts were damaged; at least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the defenders shot down 16 of the 21 attacking drones. On the...
The Russians have surrounded Avdiivka. Day 389 of the war
Ukrainian forces are holding back the Russian advance along the M03 highway. The invading troops have failed to make any progress over the past few days; the fighting has stuck on the approaches to the hills separating the Russian forces from Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. In addition, they have pushed the Russians away from the Khromove-Chasiv Yar...
Polish and Slovak MiG-29 fighter jets for Ukraine. Day 386 of the war
Russian forces have made progress on both sides of the M03 highway towards Sloviansk – they have approached the enemy’s defence line in the strip of hills on the eastern side of the Donets–Donbas canal. Ukrainian troops are holding off the aggressor to the northeast and south of Chasiv Yar, but they are finding it increasingly difficult to...
Intensification of fighting for Avdiivka. Day 382 of the war
Russian forces continue to push back the defenders along the M03 highway towards Sloviansk. Fighting continues for control of the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, which lies to the south of it, blocking the road to the Donets-Donbas canal (the Russians crossed it south-west of Bakhmut in previous months). The Russians are believed to have...
Fifteenth attack on Ukrainian infrastructure. Day 379 of the war
On 9 March, the Russians launched a further (according to statistics from Ukraine’s main transmission system operator Ukrenerho, it was the fifteenth) attack on energy and industrial infrastructure in Kyiv and 11 Ukrainian oblasts (Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and...
Russia shows its frustration – 15 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russia has carried out a total of 15 large-scale missile attacks on energy facilities across Ukraine since October 2022. The most recent one, on 9 March, targeted infrastructure such as electricity transmission and district heating in eight regions, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Odesa oblasts. In total, the invaders...
A new stage in Ukraine’s fight against corruption
On 6 March 2023, the Ukrainian government appointed Semen Kryvonos for a seven-year term as director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the most important institution involved in fighting corruption among senior state and local administration officials. He was one of the three candidates put forward by a selection board...
Lukashenka’s threats. Day 377 of the war
Russian forces have pushed the rest of the defenders out of the eastern part of Bakhmut and have established a line of contact on the Bakhmutka River. They also control the only undestroyed bridge in the southern part of the city. Fighting continues in the northern and southern parts of Bakhmut and on its south-western outskirts. Ukrainian troops...
An (un)reliable partner. Scholz’s visit to Washington
Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with US President Joe Biden in Washington on 2 March during a working visit to the city. The head of German government was not accompanied by journalists or representatives of German companies. The talks were preceded by a brief statement from both politicians, in which they thanked each other for their...
