The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine summed up the results of the eighteen days of Ukrainian people’s resistance against the Russian invasion.
According to the information from the General Staff, from today’s early hours the enemy is focusing on advancement towards Kryvyi Rig and occupation of Mykolayv. They also keep trying to occupy the city of Mariupol.
The occupiers continue to accumulate reserves for an assault towards Vygledar and they keep shelling the residential districts of the city.
"In order to execute assaults from the Black Sea area towards the territory of Ukraine, a “complete" naval group of the enemy forces was ordered to move to a combat readiness position," the General Staff reported.
In violation of international Humanitarian Rules, the occupiers continue to take civilians hostage, launch missiles and conduct artillery strikes on densely populated neighborhoods, schools and daycares, steal from the local population, and continue looting.
Available information suggests that the enemy is intensifying activities to carry out sabotage on the routes of transport convoys with humanitarian aid and military aid.
The General Staff reports that the Defense Forces continue to perform a defense operation in the South, East and North. Defensive battles are being fought, the state border of Ukraine and the sea coast of the state are being protected. Stabilization operations are being carried out in some areas and territorial defense tasks are being organized.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses concentrated missile and air strikes of the enemy, and provides protection of objects of critical infrastructure of Ukraine and groups of troops from the air.