After Russian IL-76s landed with paratroopers at the Belarusian airfield in Gomel, the enemy moved in the direction of Gomel-Chernihiv-Kyiv, from Belarus. Having received a decent rebuff near Chernihiv, now he is trying to bypass the city and attack the capital.
Such timely information was reported to the General Staff of the Armed Forces at 10 am.
"For the same purpose, the attack on Kyiv, not counting the losses, the enemy is rushing in the direction of Kozelets-Brovary and the direction of Konotop-Nizhyn-Kyiv. We lost the city of Konotop," the statement said.
The landing of an enemy, 10 km from the capital at the Gostomel airport, was prevented by the damage of the runway.
"In the south, the enemy continues to carry out invasive plans, reaching the border of Kherson, Nova Kakhovka and Kakhovka in order to maintain the dam of the North Crimean canal to provide water to the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. The enemy is fighting for the Ukrainian city of Melitopol," –a statement said.
In the Donetsk direction there are no changes - the enemy has no advancement, the goal of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has not been achieved. Shelling of divisions of the Armed forces is not stopping.
In the Kharkiv and Valuyik districts, divisions of the Armed Forces continue to conduct defensive battles. They have already stopped the enemy and gained a foothold along the defined frontier.
The Air Force repulses opponent air strikes and continues to conduct systematic hostilities. There is constant air reconnaissance.
We will remind you that everyone who is ready and is able to hold the weapon in hands can join territorial defense. Information about the addresses of brigades and battalions of the Territorial Defense is on the website https://sprotyv.in.ua. Also, the head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko issued an order to the heads of the main departments of the National Police in the regions to hand over weapons to veterans of internal affairs.
Ukrainians can donate blood for wounded soldiers in hospitals.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi stated that it is important for everyone to keep working. The banking system of Ukraine has all the necessary resources. Some restrictions have been temporarily imposed, in particular cash withdrawals are allowed up to UAH 100,000 per day.
The NBU has opened a special account to raise funds for the needs of the Ukrainian army - you can join the support of defenders, even from abroad. Bank account details: UA843000010000000047330992708.