The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive on the border with the Belgorod region

 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched offensive operations on the border with the Belgorod region. This is reported by Russian military personnel.

According to military officers, on the night of March 18, the Ukrainian military began to pull equipment and personnel to the border area where the Belgorod and Kursk regions touch. According to the channel "Military Commanders of the Russian Spring", several tanks and infantry on ATVs were thrown into the attack. By the morning of March 18, it became known that long-range weapons were operating in the area, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces were using heavy armored vehicles, including mine-clearing vehicles. The channel "Archangel of special Forces" reports that the breakthrough of the defense line is not allowed. 

There was an attempt by the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to pass, but it did not work out. At the moment, the artillery is actively working.

The main impact fell on the settlement of Grafovka, Krasnoyaruzhsky district.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, Governor of the Belgorod Region, confirmed the attack on the Krasnoyaruzhsky district. According to him, an official bus was blown up by an explosive device near the village of Grafovka, injuring two women and a man. It is also known about an attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area — according to the "Base", the UAV hit a moving truck, the driver was injured. In Krasnaya Yaruga, the drone fell next to a backup transformer, it caught fire. In the area of the village of Stepnoye, a drone hit a moving passenger car.