13 June marks the 110th day of Ukrainian heroic resistance to russian military invasion.
In its morning update, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff said that there had been no significant changes in the military situation in the Volyn, Polissya and Siversk directions. In the Siversk direction, russian occupiers fired artillery and mortars at the positions of the Defence Forces in the area of Khrinivka, Chernihiv Region.
In the Kharkiv direction, the russians continue to focus their main efforts on conducting positional defence and preventing the further advance of Ukraine troops toward the state border. They carried out assault operations in the direction of Ternova-Izbytske, had partial success, established themselves on its northern outskirts. The enemy remotely mined possible routes of deployment of Ukrainian units in the area of the settlement of Petrivka, 20 km east of Staryy Saltiv. It conducted drone reconnaissance in the Shestakove area.
In the Slovyansk direction, enemy units focused their efforts on storming the settlements of Dolyna and Bohorodychne, though in vain. The enemy replaced more than 100 damaged armoured vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, the occupying forces are focusing on offensive operations to encircle our troops in the areas of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, and to block logistics routes from Bakhmut. They continue efforts to replenish losses. Russia moved more than 80 units of weapons and military equipment, including heavy armoured vehicles and artillery systems, to the settlements of Kreminna and Starobilsk.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, but continued shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Mayaky, 10 km north of Slovyansk, and Serebryanka, 5 km northeast of Siversk.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations in the city of Severodonetsk, had partial success, pushed Ukrainian units away from the city centre. Fighting is underway there. Russian troops fired artillery at the positions of the Defence Forces in the areas of the settlements of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk and Toshkivka.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops successfully repelled the assault operations in the directions of Viktorivka - Vrubivka and Komyshuvakha - Vrubivka. The enemy resumed offensive operations near the village of Zolote. It is digging in along the Roty – Myronivka line. To improve the tactical position and capture the dominant heights, it unsuccessfully conducted assault operations in the directions Dolomitne - Kodema, Dolomitne - Novoluhansk. It also conducted drone reconnaissance in the Pokrovske area.
In the Kurakhove direction, russia launched an air strike on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Krasnohorivka area, 15 km east of Kurakhove.
In the Avdiyivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy fired along the line of contact in order to prevent the transfer of reserves to other directions.
In the South Buh direction, the enemy is conducting a positional defence. The main efforts are directed at keeping the previously occupied territories. The russians carried out engineering equipment of positions in the areas of the Shylova Balka and Prydniprovske settlements. To reconnoiter the positions of our troops, they flew drones over Davydiv Brid.
Russia is blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Six ships with Calibre cruise missiles are on the ready in the Black Sea.