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Occupiers continue offensive operations in east, regroup troops - Ukrainian General Staff

Russia also struck at Sumy, Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih.

Occupiers continue offensive operations in east, regroup troops - Ukrainian General Staff
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The 96th era of heroic opposition to the russian military invasion began. The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. In the Volyn and Polissya directions - without significant changes, stated in the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

In the Siversk direction, the enemy launched air strikes on objects in the Sumy region in the areas of the settlements of Zapsillya, Myropillya and applied artillery shelling near Kindrativka.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy fired on the areas north and northeast of the city of Kharkiv, as well as the settlements of Ruski Tyshky, Cherkasy Tyshky, Ruska Lozova, Pitomnyk, Borshchova and Peremoha.

In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy group regroups troops to resume the offensive in the directions Izyum - Barvinkove, Izyum - Slovyansk. The enemy is holding the Ka-52 helicopter squadron ready for air support to units in the area north of the city of Izyum.

In order to provide logistics and replenish the units that suffered casualties, the enemy moved more than 250 weapons and military equipment inots to temporarily occupied settlements. In order to increase the efficiency of the transfer of troops and equipment, the enemy rebuilt the railway bridge near the city of Kupyansk.

In the Donetsk direction, the aggressor's units are focusing on offensive operations to encircle our troops in the Lysychansk and Severodonetsk districts and to block the main logistics routes.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy is consolidating in the settlement of Lyman, regrouping for a further attack on Slovyansk.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy is consolidated on the northeastern and southeastern outskirts of the city of Severodonetsk. To strengthen the group of troops, he transferred ammunition and equipment from the territory of russia to certain areas.

In the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are regrouping for a further offensive in the direction of Alexandropol - Komyshuvakha.

The enemy did not wage active hostilities in the Kurakhiv and Novopavliv directions. They carried out fire damage to our troops, in particular, using operational-tactical and army aircraft.

In the Zaporizhia direction, the occupiers strengthened the group by moving up to 120 weapons and military equipment units from the Melitopol area in the direction of Vasylivka.

In the South Bug area, the enemy continues to focus its efforts on maintaining the occupied borders, restraining the actions of our troops and preventing the transfer of the Defense Forces' reserves to other areas. In order to make up for the losses of the group of troops, the occupiers are moving the military equipment withdrawn from the territory of the russian federation and the temporarily occupied Crimea.

In the Mykolaiv direction for the purpose of carrying out offensive actions to return the lost positions the enemy transferred separate divisions to the certain directions.

In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy continues to fire artillery on the positions of our troops and is conducting a counter-battery fight.

No significant changes in the situation have been noted in the Black Sea and Azov operational zones.

Over the past 24hrs, 14 enemy attacks have been repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, two artillery systems, eleven units of armored combat vehicles and ten enemy vehicles have been destroyed. Air defense units shot down two cruise missiles and three Cube-type UAVs [russian high-precision unmanned aerial vehicle]. Fighters of the Air Force shot down two enemy UAVs over the Sumy region the day before.

Ukrainian aircraft also launched an airstrike on occupying units in the area of Dovgenke. The enemy has losses in other areas as well.

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