Russia is completing the creation of an offensive group to strike the east of Ukraine.This was announced at a briefing at the Media Centre Ukraine by the spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
According to him, over the past day the number of flights by russian aircraft has increased more than one and a half times, they have inflicted new missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. There are also five russian carriers of cruise missile naval-based type Caliber in the Black Sea. Their potential total volley is at least 36 missiles.
Currently, the most intense fighting is taking place in the operational districts of Slobozhanske and Donetsk. And occupiers continue to shell the settlements of Siversk and Pokrovske in the Donetsk and Tavriya directions.
"Enemy tried unsuccessfully to gain a foothold in the settlements of Kreminna and Rubizhne, carried out assaults in the settlements of Novotoshkivske, Popasna, Avdiivka and Marinka, but without success. The enemy continues to carry out air strikes on Mariupol with the use of long-range bombers Tu-22H3, carries out assault operations near the seaport and the “Azovstal” plant, - said Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.Today, due to the aggravation of the situation in Mariupol, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk appealed to the russian military and political leadership with the call to make a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians from the city.Meanwhile, the russian army launched a missile strike on the Mykolaiv region and fired at Ochakiv from a “Hurricane” volley fire system with cluster munitions prohibited by international conventions.