The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy Donetsk Region, hold the captured territories and disrupt the active actions of our troops in certain areas, the General Staff of the UAF informs at the beginning of the two hundred-fourth (204) day of the heroic resistance the russian invasion.
The russians are shelling our positions along the contact line, are trying to take measures to regroup troops in separate directions and conduct aerial reconnaissance. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The enemy continues to attack the homes of civilians and civilian infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war. The infrastructure of more than 30 settlements was damaged by air strikes, missile strikes and the use of MLRS. These are, in particular, Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Vovchansk, Kostyantynivka, Lozova, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Mykolaivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Yuryivka, New York, Pervomaiske, Kamyanka, Vremivka, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, Suhyi Stavok, Kostromka, Bila Krynytsia and Myrne.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 8 missile strikes, 19 airstrikes and fired 86 MLRS strikes at military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.
In other areas, the enemy is shelling the infrastructure with tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Severskyi area – in Halahanivka District of Chernihiv Region;
in the Kharkiv area – near the settlements of Baranivka, Hoptivka, Vysoka Yaruga, Neskuchne and Kupyansk;
in the Kramatorsk area – Tetyanivka, Kryva Luka and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut area – Vesele, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve and Sukha Balka;
in the Avdiyivka area - Avdiyivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka;
in Zaporizhzhya Region – Vilne Pole, Zelene Pole, Novopil, Velyka Novosilka, Pavlivka, Orihiv, Mala Tokmachka and Biloghirya;
in the South Buh area – Bila Krynytsia, Olhyne, Lyubomirivka, Ternovi Pody, Pravdyne, Myrne and Ivanivka. In addition, the enemy constantly conducts aerial reconnaissance by UAVs.
According to available information, the destruction of a significant number of servicemen and military equipment of units of the 137th Parachute Regiment of the 106th Parachute Division of the Armed Forces of the russian federation in the Bakhmut area has been confirmed. Significant losses do not allow the specified unit to continue combat operations without additional measures.
In order to hold the temporarily captured territories, the enemy is trying to strengthen the first line of defence in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya Regions - it is moving reserves from the units of the 3rd Army Corps, as well as the remnants of units that were withdrawn from the Kharkiv direction. At the same time, due to the breach by the Defence Forces of the logistical support of the occupiers, units of the armed forces of the russian federation performing tasks along the contact line have problems with the lack of certain types of ammunition for rocket launchers and artillery.
Defence forces continue to successfully repulse enemy attacks, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Soledar, Mayorsk, Zaitseve, Odradivka, Vesela Dolyna, Vodyane and Novomykhailivka.
During the past 24 hours, in order to support the actions of the land groupings, the Air Force of the Defence Forces carried out 12 strikes on the places of concentration of the enemy's manpower and equipment.
It was confirmed that six areas of concentration of the enemy's manpower, two platoon strongholds and four positions of anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. Enemy losses are being refined.
In addition, our air defence units destroyed four aircraft of the occupiers in different directions: three Su-25 and one Su-24M.