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General Staff: russia launches air, ground attacks on Sumy Region, continues to storm Severodonetsk

The enemy has intensified in the Lyman direction and is conducting an offensive supported by helicopters.

General Staff: russia launches air, ground attacks on Sumy Region, continues to storm Severodonetsk
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In Belarus, the combat readiness of certain units and military units of the armed forces is being tested. Units are still heavily guarding sections of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in Brest and Gomel oblasts.

In the Siversk direction, the russians are carrying out engineering equipment of positions in the areas of settlements of the Bryansk region at a distance of 3 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The enemy launched a missile strike from Su-35 aircraft in Bilopillya, Sumy region. The russian army fired artillery at the area of the settlement of Seredyna-Buda. This is stated in the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the 98th day of the heroic confrontation of the Ukrainian people against the russian military invasion.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the russians continue to focus on holding positions and intelligence.

In Kharkiv, the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Slatyne, and Tsyrkuny were shelled from rocket-propelled and cannon artillery. Enemy combat helicopters inflicted airstrikes on the settlements of Vesele and Ternova.

The occupiers regrouped their troops in the Slovyansk direction. As a result of losses near Dovhenke, some units of the enemy army were sent to Izyum to recover. In order to strengthen the protection and defense of logistics routes, the russian army strengthened the group by moving a battalion tactical group in Kupyansk. In the Izyum, Pervomaisk, and Velyka Komyshuvakha districts, the russians conducted reconnaissance of our positions with the help of the Orlan-10 UAV.

In the Donetsk direction, enemy units, supported by aircraft, focused on the offensive. To inflict losses and deplete the personnel of the defenders, the russians fired along the line of contact with mortars, artillery and multiple launch rocket systems. They also repaired the railway bridge near Kupyansk to restore logistics for the Kupyansk-Lyman route.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy intensified and regrouped. With the support of Ka-52 helicopters, it is advancing in the direction of the Lyman-Stary Caravan, and fighting continues.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the russians stormed the northern, southern, and eastern regions of Severodonetsk. Some units of the enemy were successful and are consolidated in the city center.

In Bakhmut - the russians are trying to oust our units from their positions in the areas of Belogorovka and Vrubovka. The enemy used assault and army aircraft near the settlements of Komishuvakha, Berestov and Nyrkove.

In Zaporizhia, the russians redeployed to the T-62 tank battalion and to the motorized infantry battalion in the Vasylivka area.

In Adiivka, Kurakhiv and Novopavlivsk directions, the occupier holds occupied positions and fires mortars and artillery.

In the South Bug direction, the enemy's main efforts are focused on maintaining positions and creating additional lines of defense. Near Mykolaivka, Novopavlivsk and Shyroke, the enemy applied massive shelling from multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars.

In the Black and Azov Seas, enemy ships continue to isolate the area of hostilities and blockade shipping. The storm blew up two enemy mines. One was taken to the shores of Odesa region, the other our experts blew up just in the sea.

One Kalibr cruise missile carrier remains ready for use in the Black Sea.

"Over the past 24hrs, nine enemy attacks have been repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk directions, two tanks, thirteen artillery systems, eight armored combat vehicles and six enemy vehicles have been destroyed. In the South, in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, losses of the russian occupiers, except military equipment, counted about seventy persons," - added in the General Staff.

Yesterday russians struck on the tank with nitric acid at a chemical plant of Severodonetsk. The enemy is trying to completely capture the city, in order to further completely occupy the Luhansk region.

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