The enemy continues conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The enemy is exerting intense fire along the entire line of contact and in the depths of the defense of our troops in the Donetsk, Slobozhansky and South Bug operational areas. The greatest activity of hostilities is observed in the Donetsk operational area, namely - near Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, - stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks to cover the section of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.
The threat of missile and air strikes on the objects of our state from the territory of the Republic of Belarus is growing. The aggressor moved the division of "Iskander-M" [ballistic missile system] to the Brest region at a distance of up to 50 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine.
In the Siversk direction, the enemy continues to take measures to strengthen the cover of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions and to prevent the transfer of our troops to other directions. Engineering equipment of positions in the areas of the international automobile checkpoint "Pohar" and the settlement of Sluchovsk of Bryansk region is noted.
The enemy launched an airstrike on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Bilopillya, Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy group focuses its efforts on maintaining its positions and improving its tactical position. In particular, the enemy is carrying out assault operations in order to consolidate on the western and northern outskirts of the village of Ternova.
In the Slovyansk direction, enemy units are preparing to resume the offensive. To support the offensive, the aggressor deployed additional artillery units in the southern part of the city of Izyum.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is focused on conducting an offensive operation to encircle the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, with subsequent access to the administrative border of Luhansk region.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy's forcing of the Seversky Donets River on the Dronivka-Belogorivka area is not ruled out. To cover the forcing fire, the invaders deployed units of rocket-propelled and cannon artillery.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations in the directions of Toshkivka and Ustynivka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy improved its tactical position in the area of the settlement of Vasylivka.
In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv and Novopavlovsk directions, the enemy fired at our units with the use of artillery and aircraft.
In the Zaporizhia direction, the occupiers are strengthening groups of troops to resume offensive operations in the direction of Vasylivka - Kamyanske. Carry out regrouping.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy continues to focus its efforts on maintaining the occupied frontiers.
In the Kryvyi Rih and Mykolaiv directions, the enemy does not stop artillery shelling of our troops' positions.
The situation in the Black Sea and Azov operational zones has not changed significantly. The enemy continues to use tactics of terror against the Ukrainian civilian population in the occupied territories, and the socio-economic situation in southern and eastern Ukraine continues to deteriorate.
Over the past 24hrs, 16 enemy attacks have been repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, eight tanks, twenty-two units of armored combat vehicles and one enemy vehicle have been destroyed. Aviation units of the Air Force and Air Defense Land Forces of Ukraine destroyed six UAVs, an enemy cruise missile and thirty armored combat vehicles.