Ukrainian forces successfully counterattacked in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions, as well as in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast, forcing the Russian Dnepr Grouping of Forces to halt advances near Orikhiv.
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Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking in multiple directions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia on the night of 8-9 March, damaging a house in a residential area and causing a fire. Early reports indicated no casualties.
Ukrainian forces are taking more territory than they are losing for the first time since Kursk incursion
Ukrainian defenders are disrupting Russia's offensive through counterattacks, which the enemy planned to conduct in spring-summer of this year
Destruction of TOS-1A "Solntsepek" during volley and strike on assault troopers: work of "Phoenix" unit in Zaporizhzhia region
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