The russian occupiers did not stop the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone and the shelling of the area along the line of contact and in the depths of the defense of our troops in the Donetsk operational area and in the Slavic direction.
This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Russia is also launching missile strikes on infrastructure and residential areas in Ukraine. Artillery shelling of Ukrainian cities continues, resulting in civilian casualties.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (up to seven battalions) perform tasks on a rotational basis to cover the section of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.
According to the available information, two missile divisions of the Tochka-U tactical missile complex and the Tornado rocket launcher division have been deployed at separate ranges in the territory of Belarus. with the involvement of conscripts. The threat of rocket bombings and artillery shelling from the territory of Belarus has not disappeared,” the statement said.
In the northern direction, the enemy carries out air reconnaissance with the use of UAVs, and continues building the engineering equipment of positions on the territory of the russian Federation along the state border of Ukraine.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the aggressor fired artillery at the positions of our troops north of the city of Kharkiv. Inflicted airstrikes and conducted remote mining on the routes of possible deployment of units of the Defense Forces.
In the Sloviansk direction, the main efforts of the enemy groups are focused on conducting offensive operations, regrouping troops, as well as accumulating material and technical resources. The enemy fired artillery at the positions of our troops south and southwest of the city of Izyum. In order to clarify the position of our troops, he conducted air reconnaissance with two Orlan-10 UAVs.
Also in the area of Yaremivka, the enemy is trying to build a pontoon crossing over the Seversky Donets River.
In the temporarily occupied territories of the Kharkiv region, the enemy continues to block the work of Ukrainian mobile operators, distributes propaganda materials, and tries to broadcast russian TV and radio channels.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is trying to conduct active hostilities in the Lyman, Severodonetsk, and Bakhmut directions.
In the Lyman and Severodonetsk directions, the enemy fired on the positions of our units in the areas of the settlements of Lyman, Siversk, Lysychansk, and Severodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, with the support of artillery, russia is conducting an offensive, trying to seize new frontiers in the area of the settlement of Popasna, without success.
In the Kurakhiv direction, with the support of artillery and assault aircraft, the enemy launched an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Novomykhailivka (10 km south of Marinka) but had no success.
In Mariupol, the enemy is filtering the local population.
In the Novopavlovsk, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia areas, the enemy continues to fire on units of our troops.
In the South Buz and Tavriya directions, the grouping of the occupying forces focuses on the maintenance of the occupied frontiers, conducting reconnaissance, engineering equipment of positions, and logistical support of units.
The enemy continues engineering work on the equipment of the second line of defense. They also mined the bridge over the Ingulets River near Davydovo Brod to prevent the advance of our units.
“As part of the recruitment of the units that suffered casualties, the enemy moved about 130 units of military equipment in the area of the village of Chornobaivka,” the headquarters said.
In the Tavriya direction, the enemy took measures to provide logistics to the troops.
In the Bessarabian direction, russian special services are taking measures to destabilize the situation in the region. Information about the mining of social infrastructure facilities and so-called “state” institutions in the cities of Tiraspol, Bendery, Dubossary, and Rybnitsa has been spread again.
As stated earlier, russia has already lost about 28,700 servicemen in the war with Ukraine.