The 238th day of countering the Russian full-scale invasion has started. The enemy is trying to hold the captured territories, focuses its efforts on deterring the Defence Forces in certain areas and does not abandon attempts to advance in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on FB.
During the day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the Ohirtseve and Dvorichna settlements of Kharkiv Region; Bilohorivka in Luhansk Region; Novokalynove, Mayorsk, Odradivka, New York, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske, Opytne and Maryinka of the Donetsk Region.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate areas and conducting aerial reconnaissance. During the day, the enemy launched 10 missile and 18 air strikes, carried out more than 76 MLRS attacks.
Areas of more than 10 settlements were hit by the enemy. Among them are Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhya, Kurakhove of Donetsk Region, Trykhaty of the Mykolaiv Region and Mykolaiv. For this, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, the occupiers used 14 Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles, 10 of which shot down units of the Defence Forces.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the threat of missile and air strikes, as well as the launch of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from its territory remains.
The enemy fired in other areas:
in the Siversk area - from mortars and barrel artillery, within the settlements of Hai of Chernihiv Region and Yunakivka, Khotyn, Tovstodubov and Demchenkove of Sumy Region;
in the Slobozhansk area - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of Vovchanski Khutory, Volokhivka, Hatyshche, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Starytsa, Strilecha and Khatne settlements;
in the Kupyansk area - from tanks, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of Berestove, Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kamianka, Kyslivka, Kotlyarivka and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Lyman area - from the artillery of various types, in the vicinity of Hrekivka, Zarichne, Novoyehorivka, Serebryanka, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of Andriyivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Zvanivka, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk, Opytne, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiyivka area - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the vicinity of the settlements of Avdiyivka, Pervomayske, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka and Novomykhaylivka.
In the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia areas, the vicinity of the settlements of Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Vremivka, Mykilske, Neskuchne, Pavlivka, Olhivske, Stepove and Prechystivka came under fire.
In the South Buh area, the enemy is trying to improve logistical support and is carrying out artillery fire in the areas of more than 20 settlements along the contact line. The infrastructure of Vyshchetarasivka, Dnipropetrovsk Region, suffered the most from enemy fire.
The occupiers are taking measures to covertly move military equipment and personnel. For this purpose, in the settlements of Tavriysk and Nova Kakhovka of Kherson Region, the enemy is blocking the work of mobile operators and the Internet.
The invaders continue to destroy Ukrainian cultural heritage in the temporarily occupied territories, loot museums and burn Ukrainian literature and textbooks printed in Ukrainian.
According to the available information, there are significant problems in the russian federation with financial payments to military personnel participating in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Financial payment allowances for participation in hostilities are being delayed for this category. Relatives of the dead cannot receive the promised compensation.
The Aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine carried out 24 strikes during the previous day. It was confirmed that 16 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a support point, as well as 8 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. In addition, air defence units shot down 5 cruise missiles and a Su-25 aircraft.
Warriors of missile troops and artillery hit 4 control points, 5 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 2 air defence facilities and 1 - artillery, 2 ammunition warehouses, an electronic warfare station, as well as other military targets of the enemy.