The two hundred-fifth (205) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues. The enemy continues to focus its efforts on disrupting the active actions of our troops in certain directions, maintaining the temporarily captured territories and attempts to completely occupy the Donetsk Region.
The enemy is shelling our positions along the contact line, is trying to take measures to regroup troops in separate directions, conducts aerial reconnaissance. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine – the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says on FB.
The enemy strikes residential areas and civilian infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of war. Over the past day, the infrastructure of more than 30 settlements has been damaged by air and missile strikes and the use of anti-aircraft missiles by the enemy. In particular, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kupyansk, Siversk, New York, Maryinka, Hulyaipole, Myrne and Velike Artakove.
The enemy launched 11 missile strikes, 15 air strikes and fired 96 MLRS strikes at objects on the territory of Ukraine.
The situation has not changed in the Volyn and Polissya areas.
In other areas, the enemy fired at the infrastructure from tanks and artillery of various types:
in the Siverskyi area - near the settlement of Luhivka, Sumy Region;
in the Kharkiv area, in particular from the territory of the russian federation - in the area of Hoptivka, Kozacha Lopan, Mala Vovcha, Zybyne and Strilecha;
in the Slovyansk area - Dvorichna and Horokhovatka;
in the Kramatorsk area – Pryshyb, Tetyanivka, Kryva Luka, Ozerne, Piskunivka, Raihorodok, Starodubivka, Bilohorivka, Siversk, Rozdolivka and Spirne;
in the Bakhmut area - New York, Lyman, Mykolayivka Druha, Zaitseve, Odradivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Yakovlivka and Vesele;
In the Avdiyivka area - Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pervomaiske, Avdiyivka and Vodyane.
The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya areas.
Fired along the entire contact line.
In the South Buh area, the impact of enemy artillery fire was recorded along the entire line of contact. In addition, the occupiers carried out aerial reconnaissance by UAVs and carried out 34 flies of operational-tactical aircraft to launch strikes on the territory of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya Regions.
The enemy is trying to hide massive losses after the fire damage inflicted by the Defence Forces on the places of concentration of russian troops. As a result of effective high-precision strikes in the areas of Kherson, Vasylivka, Perevalsk and other settlements, the corpses of russian soldiers were taken away in overcrowded trucks.
Defence forces of Ukraine successfully repelled attacks in the areas of Odradivka, Zaitseve, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Avdiivka 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 18 strikes on the places of concentration of the enemy's manpower and equipment. It was confirmed that 13 strongholds, areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, and 5 positions of air defence complexes were hit. Enemy losses are being clarified.
Air defence units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two UAVs of the occupiers in different directions.
Units of the Missile Troops and Artillery inflicted fire on 3 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and combat equipment. Enemy logistics hubs and pontoon crossings fell into the affected area.
In the Slobozhansk area, the losses of the russians are so great that the 202nd and 204th rifle regiments of the 2nd army corps of the occupant troops will be disbanded. The rest of the personnel are distributed among the units of the mobilization reserve.