The 222nd day of heroic resistance to the russian large-scale invasion has begun. The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy Donetsk Region and retain the seized territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on FB.
“The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, conducting aerial reconnaissance. Attacks civilian infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war. There remains the threat of the enemy launching air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine,” – the message says.
Over the past day, the occupiers have launched 11 missile and 10 air strikes, carried out more than 65 MLRS shellings. More than 35 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. Among them are Ridkodub, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Netaylovye, Vodyane, Maryinka, Vremivka, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhya, Zaliznychne, and Mykolayiv.
In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation remains without significant changes.
In other areas, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types:
in the Siverskyi area - near Ukrainske settlement of Chernihiv Region and Basivka, Pysarivka, and Kyyanytsia of Sumy Region;
in the Kramatorsk area - near Novosadove, Terny, Yampil, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske, and Spirne settlements;
in the Bakhmut area - near the settlements of Fedorivka, Rozdolivka, Vesele, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Odradivka, Zaitseve, Toretsk, Mayorsk, Nelipivka, and Yuryivka;
in the Avdiyivka region - Avdiyivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka.
In the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya areas, the enemy shelled near Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Mykilske, Rivnopillia, Olhivske, Zaliznychne, and Mala Tokmachka settlements with mortars, tanks, and rocket artillery.
More than 45 settlements along the contact line were shelled in the South Buh area.
According to the updated information, it was confirmed that enemy personnel and military equipment were damaged in Zaporizhzhya Region in the previous days. This is one personnel concentration area, three warehouses with ammunition, more than twenty pieces of weapons and military equipment, and one S-300 anti-aircraft missile complex. In total, more than 250 occupiers were injured. Information about liquidated ones is being clarified.
Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Zaitseve, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Odradivka, Vyimka, Spirne, Nevelske, and Pervomaiske settlements.
Aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 7 strikes during the past 24 hours. It was confirmed that the command post, five locations of weapons and military equipment, as well as the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex were hit. In addition, our air defence units shot down one Ka-52 helicopter, one Su-25 attack aircraft, and eight unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery, in particular, hit two command posts, fourteen areas of concentration of manpower, weapons, and military equipment, three warehouses with ammunition and fuel, and oil, as well as eight other important enemy facilities.