The enemy is trying to retain the temporarily seized territories, focuses its efforts on attempts to disrupt the counter-offensive actions of the UAF in certain areas, at the same time trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on FB on the morning of the 232nd day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of positions and defence lines in separate areas and conducting aerial reconnaissance.
Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 3 rocket and 21 air strikes, launched 104 attacks from multiple rocket systems.
Objects and civilians in more than 40 settlements were hit by the enemy. The enemy struck, in particular, in the districts of Mykolaiv, Vinnytsya, Cherkas, Chernyakhiv, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Pavlivka, Myrne and Davydiv Brid. For this, he used winged, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.
The enemy fired in other areas:
in the Siversk area - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the vicinity of Myropillya, Seredyna-Buda, Stukalivka and Pavlivka settlements;
in the Slobozhansk area - from the artillery of various types, in the vicinity of the settlements of Buhruvatka, Hryanikyvka, Dvorichna, Nova Vovcha, Strilecha, Udy, and Chervona Zorya;
in the Kramatorsk area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, along the entire line of contact. In particular, near Bilohorivka, Zarichne, Novoehorivka, Serebryanka, Spirne, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut area - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the vicinity of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zelenopilya, Soledar, Mayorsk, New York and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiyivka area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelske and Pervomayske districts.
in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya areas, the enemy shelled more than 15 settlements. Among them are Bohoyavlenka, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Mykilske, Novopil, Novosilka and Poltavka.
Areas of more than 20 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buh area.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defence Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutske, Ozaryanivka, Ivanhrad, Bakhmut and Maryinka.
In some areas of hostilities, in particular, in Donetsk Region, enemy units began to receive orders from the top commanders to temporarily stop offensive operations. The main reason is the extremely low morale and psychological condition of the recruits, numerous facts of desertion from among the mobilized and non-fulfillment of combat orders.
According to available information, in the area of the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhya Region, our units hit three S-300 anti-aircraft missile complexes of the enemy along with personnel. The injured occupiers were transported to a local hospital. In the Kherson region, as a result of point fire damage in the Tokarivka area, the losses of the enemy amounted to 150 people killed.
It is also known that the repair base of the occupiers in the area of the settlement of Kalanchak accepts up to thirty units of damaged armoured vehicles that are suitable for repair every day.
Aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 32 strikes during the past 24 hours. More than 25 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 7 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, have been damaged. In addition, our air defence units shot down 4 enemy helicopters and 26 UAVs.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery hit 6 control points, 7 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 4 ammunition depots. Enemy artillery positions, electronic warfare and other military targets also fell into the fire damage zone.