On March 27, soldiers from the 77th Airmobile Brigade repelled a massive Russian assault on the Kupiansk front, destroying 12 armored vehicles, one tank, and halting multiple enemy attack attempts.
Russian forces are trying to deploy their infantry units to the north of Kupiansk in Kharkiv region. However, Ukrainian Defense Forces maintain control over the approaches to the town.
On Thursday, March 27, Russian troops attacked Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region about 30 times, and a 37-year-old man sustained a mine-blast injury as a result of an enemy strike.
In Kherson, a Ukrainian ambulance crew was struck by Russian shelling while assisting a wounded individual. The attack injured a 33-year-old paramedic and a 63-year-old driver.
In the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, 12,000 schoolchildren and students are undergoing military training under the leadership of Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine.
In the Kharkiv region, soldiers of the Forpost border brigade destroyed the equipment and personnel of the Russian invaders who stormed the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces near Vovchansk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had brought back 4,306 individuals from Russian captivity, reaffirming the country's commitment to securing the return of all its citizens.
Russian troops attacked a civilian car with a drone in Bilozerka, Kherson region, and two victims are known - a 36-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman.
Ukraine has always adhered to international humanitarian law in the combat zone, including during the raid into Russia’s Kursk region, and rejects any accusations from the Russian side of alleged "crimes" committed by the Ukrainian military.
On March 19, as many as 127 combat clashes occurred on the frontline, with Russian forces launching 44 assaults on Ukraine’s Defense Forces positions near Pokrovsk, resulting in 281 enemy casualties.