Russia continues the preparations and relocation of additional units of the Eastern Military District to Ukraine.
In Volyn direction, the enemy does not go into offensive, but the relocation of the armed forces units of Belarus from the permanent dislocation areas to the proving grounds is noted, the report by the General Staff of the UAF at 12:00 says.
In Polissia direction, there is no active offensive action, but russians continue to shell cities and villages. In Siverkyy direction, the enemy does not go offensive and has concentrated on holding the territories, seized earlier, has taken losses, and retreated in selected directions.
In Slobozhanskyy direction, the rf army holds the territories, seized earlier, regroups, and increases its forces to go offensive in the selected directions. The shelling of Kharkiv continues.
In Donetsk direction, they continue attempts to assault Mariupol, perform air strikes, artillery shelling at the civilian and military infrastructure targets. The occupants are trying to move forward in order to seize the city centre. The enemy has focused on holding the occupied position and preparation to go offensive. They have not succeeded in assault attempts and have taken losses.
The occupants continue putting the main efforts into taking over Popasna, Rubizhne, and into preparation to go offensive on Severodonetsk. In Avdiyivka direction, russians have performed an assault, trying to go offensive in the direction of Novobakhmutivka, but unsuccessfully.
The assault on Novomayorsk and attack on Krasnohorivka attempts have been repelled by the defenders. The enemy has taken losses and retreated.
In Tavrian direction, the occupant continues to strengthen control over the occupied territories. They perform filtrating measures, attempts to establish a strict administrative and enforcement regime.
The Ukrainian defenders have concentrated the main defensive efforts to not let the adversary move forward in the direction of Kryvyy Rih. Zaporizhzhia, the defence of the Mykolaiv city, holding the selected seaside areas, defence and protection of the critical infrastructure objects, and freeing the temporarily occupied territories.
In Pidvennyy Buh direction, the adversary has been performing the engineering equipping of the positions and conducting the artillery shelling of the selected units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are taking measures to restore combat capability and replenish supplies.
“Likely, the occupants are not giving up on the attempts to perform offensive actions, diversions, missile and air strikes at important military and civil infrastructure targets. The defensive forces of Ukraine take measures to protect the base points (seaports) in the Black Sea operational zone,” note in the General Staff.
The missiles, shot at Rivne region, are coming from the territory of Belarus.
Last week, the threat of offensive action in Volyn’ from the territory of Belarus has been estimated as high in the General Staff of the UAF. The General Secretary of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that Belarus has been the partner of the invasion from the very start.