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Russian troops do not stop the offensive in the east - the General Staff

The threat of missile and bomb strikes from the territory of Belarus remains.

Russian troops do not stop the offensive in the east - the General Staff
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The eighty-third day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues. The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The enemy continued to launch missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in Lviv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

"No significant changes in the position and condition of enemy troops have been recorded in the Volyn, Polissya and Seversk areas. Certain units of the Belarusian Armed Forces continue to strengthen the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in Brest and Gomel oblasts," the General Staff said.

The Belarusian Armed Forces are also undergoing measures of the second stage of combat readiness testing. As part of these activities, one of the landfills is training in guiding a pontoon crossing and forcing a water barrier.

The threat of missile and bomb strikes from the territory of Belarus on the objects of infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine remains.

"In order to prevent the transfer of units of our troops in the northern direction, the russian Armed Forces Command continues to maintain units from the Eastern Military District in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions of Eastern military district. From its territory russia is shelling territories of Sumy and Chernigiv regions," says the statement.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy's main efforts are focused on maintaining their positions and preventing the advance of our troops to the state border of Ukraine. The enemy fired artillery at our troops.

In the Slovyansk direction, the occupiers are regrouping and replenishing troops, accumulating resources in preparation for the offensive in the direction of Slovyansk. The enemy tried to improve the tactical situation in the area of Dovgenke, but was unsuccessful.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy group is trying to conduct offensive operations along the entire line of contact, shelling settlements with artillery. In the areas of Bakhmut, Klinovy, Soledar and Vovchoyarivka, the enemy fired missiles from Su-35 aircraft. The enemy also conducted air reconnaissance using UAVs "Orlan-10".

In the Severodonetsk direction, with the support of artillery, the occupiers are trying the offensive in the direction of the settlements of Borovenky and Severodonetsk.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops, no success, and withdrew.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out assault operations in order to take control of the Novobahmutivka-Novoselivka Druha road, but was unsuccessful.

In the Kurakhiv direction, with the support of artillery and aircraft fire, the enemy is attacking the village of Novomykhailivka, fighting continues.

Occupying units made an unsuccessful attempt to advance in the direction of Marinka.

In Mariupol, the enemy focused its efforts on blocking our units near the Azovstal plant.

In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy did not wage active hostilities. In order to bind our troops, he fired with the use of artillery and mortars. At the same time, the enemy carries out engineering equipment of the second line of defense.

The occupiers did not carry out active hostilities in the South Bug area. Mortar and artillery shelling of our units was recorded. The occupiers are continuing engineering work to equip the second line of defense with reinforced concrete structures.

Enemy naval groups in the Black and Azov Seas perform tasks to isolate combat areas and block civilian shipping.

In the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, measures are being taken to restore the combat capability of russian units that have suffered significant losses. Thus, according to available information, combat coordination of units of the 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade and the 810th Separate Marine Brigade is planned at some landfills of the peninsula.

"Ukraine's defense forces are inflicting losses on the enemy in all directions and are ready for any changes in the operational situation," the General Staff said.

Russians fired "grads" at the bus which took out adults and children from Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.

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