[UPDATE – Mar 31st, 2023] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – March 2023, 2/2

Mar 16th – Mar 20th 💥D390-Mar. 20th 00:00Z:  Russians have made advances north of Bohdanivka, further gains in the south of Bakhmut. Ukrainian units again shelled the Kursk region border areas. Residential buildings and state institutions buildings were hit in Krasnooktyabr’skoe, Elizavetovka and Troitskoe, civilians were not wounded. In the northeast of Bakhmut, Wagner PMC’s assault units methodically reveal the AFU’s defense in Orikhovo-Vasylivka. Russian artillery and aviation are launching intense strikes at enemy positions and reserves being redeployed. Severe battles proceed on the territory of Artemivsk non-ferrous metal processing plant in Bakhmut. The liberation of the facility will allow Russian forces…