The 250th day of countering the Russian full-scale invasion has started. The enemy is trying to retain the temporarily seized territories, focuses its efforts on restraining the actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas, and does not stop conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, states the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the following areas: Zelene in Kharkiv Region; Biloрorivka, Mykolayivka and Novoselivske in Luhansk Region; Avdiyivka, Bakhmutske, Vesele, Vodyane, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Novobakhmutivka of Donetsk Region.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has launched 4 missile and 5 air strikes, launched more than 90 MLRS attacks. Areas of more than 20 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. Among them are Kupyansk in Kharkiv Region, Siversk in Donetsk Region, Nova Kamyanka in Kherson Region and Bereznehguvate and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Region.
In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation remains without significant changes. The Republic of Belarus supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukrainians. The russian federation continues to transfer individual units to the territory of this country. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the Republic of Belarus remains.
The enemy shelled in other areas:
in the Siversk area - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the vicinity of the settlements of Halahanivka, Chernihiv Region, and Pokrovka, Sumy Region;
in the Slobozhansk area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the vicinity of Hatishche, Kamianka, Krasne, Ohirtseve and Starytsa settlements of Kharkiv Region;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman areas - from the artillery of various types, in the vicinity of Tabayivka and Terny settlements of Kharkiv Region; Hrekivka, Kovalivka, Karmazynivka, Makiyivka, Novoyehorivka, Nevske, Ploschanka and Chervonopopivka in Luhansk Region and Zarichne and Yampolivka in Donetsk Region;
in the Bakhmut area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the vicinity of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Mayorsk, Opytne, Siversk, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka settlements of Donetsk Region;
in the Avdiyivka region - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the vicinity of Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomayske settlements of Donetsk Region;
in the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhya areas - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Mykilske, Pavlivka, Paraskoviyivka and Prechystivka settlements of Donetsk Region and Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Olhivske and Pavlivka in Zaporizhzhya Region.
About 20 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh area. Among them are Bilohirka, Davydiv Brid, Myrne, Nova Kamyanka, Pravdyne and Chervone in Kherson Region and Kiselivka and Ternovi Pody in Mykolaiv Region.
In the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Region, the occupiers continue to dismantle and remove the equipment of cellular communication towers to Donetsk Region to establish and expand the coverage of the so-called national communication operators.
Preparations for the evacuation of individual units and military equipment of the enemy from the right-bank part of Kherson Region are ongoing. For this purpose, the availability of watercraft of the river fleet is verified, pontoon crossings are installed, and the serviceability and readiness of barges are periodically checked. The other day, two of them were successfully destroyed by units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Antonivskyy Bridge.
According to detailed information, damage to the enemy's manpower and equipment in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, in Kherson Region, a column of enemy military equipment was destroyed, in Zaporizhzhya - an ammunition depot, 5 units of weapons and military equipment of various types were destroyed and wounded to 120 military personnel.
During the day, the aviation of the Defence Forces struck the enemy 21 times, of which: 15 - the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 - platoon strongholds, and 4 - the positions of the enemy's air Defence complexes. In different areas, our air defence units shot down 1 enemy helicopter and 1 Su-25 attack aircraft.