The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continuing the offensive on a broad front, reached Novodonetskoe, Novomayorskoe and Pavlovka. The advance was 21 kilometers, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov reports.
On the morning of March 12, high-precision long-range weapons attacked Ukraine's military infrastructure.
The military airfield in Vasylkov and the Main Centre of Radio and Radio-Intelligence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Brovory have been disabled.
During the day, Russian aviation and military air defence shot down 5 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 2 Bayraktar TB-2 and 1 Tochka-U tactical missile.
Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 145 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Including: 3 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8 command posts and communication centres, 5 ammunition and fuel depots, 78 areas of military equipment concentration.
In total, during the operation, 3,491 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were disabled.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also provided data on the losses of the Russian side. According to the structure, more than 12,000 Russian servicemen have been killed and more than 2,000 units of military equipment have been destroyed since the beginning of the special operation.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that humanitarian corridors will be opened to evacuate civilians from a number of cities. She added that the corridors will operate in 14 directions, including from the capital Kyiv.