The enemy intensified the use of aircraft to support the offensive of its ground group. Due to the lack of stockpiles of high-precision missile weapons, the enemy is looking for other ways to destroy critical and military facilities in Ukraine, - reported on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the ninety-first day of heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion.
Up to seven battalions of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks to strengthen the protection of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Volyn and Polissya areas. The threat of missile and air strikes by the enemy from the territory of Belarus has not passed.
In the Siversk direction, the enemy continues to strengthen the cover of the Ukrainian-russian border, equips strongholds in border areas in the Bryansk region. The occupiers continued artillery and mortar shelling of the positions of the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure in the Sumy region from the territory of the russian federation.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy's main efforts are focused on maintaining the occupied positions. They fired artillery at civilian infrastructure near the village of Rubizhne. In addition, the enemy made another attempt to conduct offensive operations in the direction of Ternova, but was unsuccessful.
In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy units did not take active action, concentrating their main efforts on maintaining their positions, conducting reconnaissance and creating conditions for the resumption of the offensive. Fire from rocket-propelled and cannon artillery, mortars and tanks was recorded in the area of the settlements of Sviatohirsk and Dovhenke. The enemy also launched an airstrike near the village of Bayrak. With the support of artillery and army aircraft, the enemy tried unsuccessfully to take control of the village of Pasika.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy intensified hostilities. With artillery and air support they are conducting hostilities in the area of Lyman.
In the Severodonetsk direction, with the support of artillery fire, the russian occupiers are advancing in the direction of the settlement of Severodonetsk, and hostilities continue.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the area of Komyshuvakha, Yakovlivka and Troitsky, had no success, suffered losses.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy does not stop mortar and artillery shelling of the positions of the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka, Pisky, Mariinka, Orikhiv and Novosilka. They used assault and army aircraft in the areas of Kamyanka, Avdiivka and Novomykhailivka.
The enemy did not conduct active hostilities in the South Bug area. He shelled units of our troops and waged a counter-battery struggle. Conducted engineering activities for the main roads and bridges. In order to conduct hostilities and replenish significant losses of manpower and equipment on the territory of Ukraine, the russian occupiers are forming reserve units from the Southern Military District.
Over the past 24 hours, nine attacks by russian invaders were repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk directions, three tanks, eight artillery systems, eighteen units of armored combat vehicles, a special armored vehicle and one other vehicle were destroyed.
Air defense units destroyed six Orlan-10 UAVs and one ZALA operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicle in this direction.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are already using French self-propelled gun-howitzers of new generation "Caesar" in battles. This howitzer can hit the enemy at a distance of 20 km or more from the front line with high accuracy.