Overview
- Ukraine's General Staff said Russian forces used 7,987 guided aerial bombs in March, topping February's record by more than 1,500.
- The month logged 4,985 combat engagements, with a single-day high of 286 clashes that signaled unbroken fighting along the front.
- Artillery fire stayed heavy, with more than 115,000 strikes recorded in March, including 2,834 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
- Guided aerial bombs are glide munitions dropped from aircraft that use guidance kits to hit targets from beyond many air-defense ranges.
- A daily update in early April counted 230 clashes, the General Staff said, showing the combat tempo remains high.