The enemy is trying to maintain the temporarily seized territories, focuses its efforts on deterring the Ukrainian Defence Forces in certain areas, and does not stop conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on Facebook on the morning of the 251st day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.
The enemy continues shelling units of the Defence Forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the lines in separate areas and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 60 missile and 15 air strikes, carried out more than 45 MLRS attacks.
Areas of more than 50 settlements, in particular: Soledar, Vuhledar, Yakovlivka, and Vesele of Donetsk Region, were hit by the enemy.
In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation will remain without significant changes. The Republic of Belarus supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine. The russian federation continues the transfer of individual units to the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack drones from the territory of the Republic of Belarus remains.
The enemy shelled in other areas:
in the Slobozhansk area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the vicinity of the settlements of Vilkhuvatka, Vovchansk, Hatyshche, Strilecha and Veterynarne;
in the Kupyansk area - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the vicinity of Kucherivka, Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, and Petropavlivka settlements;
in the Lyman area - from the artillery of various types in the vicinity of Nevske, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Spirne, Hryhorivka and Berestovka settlements;
in the Bakhmut area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the vicinity of Zelenopillya, Klishchiyivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske and Soledar settlements;
in the Avdiyivka area - from tanks and artillery of various calibers in the vicinity of Maryinka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Pervomayske and Nevelske settlements;
in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya areas - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the vicinity of the settlements of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Poltavka, Olhivske, Malynivka, Pavlivka, Novodanilivka.
In the Southern Buh area, more than twenty settlements along the contact line suffered fire damage.
The occupiers carry out the forced displacement of the civilian population. Thus, in the Kakhovka settlement of Kherson Region, citizens living in apartments along the banks of the Dnipro river are forcibly evicted from their homes. The russian invaders are equipping engineering fortifications and mine-explosive barriers around civilian housing. In the settlement of Novochornomorya, Skadovsk District, russian servicemen psychologically and physically put pressure on civilians. They are kicked out of their own homes. The houses released in this way are planned for occupation by the occupiers.
Aviation of the Defence Forces during the past day struck the enemy 14 times. Areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, strongholds and positions of the enemy's air defence systems were hit. In various areas, our air Defence units shot down 4 helicopters, 2 UAVs and 45 enemy cruise missiles.
Over the past day, soldiers of the missile forces and artillery hit 2 control points, 3 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and other important military objects of the russian occupiers.