The 257th day of confrontation with the Russian large-scale invasion has started. The enemy is focusing its efforts on restraining the actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas and trying to hold the temporarily seized territories. It is conducting offensive actions at the Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Novopavlivka areas, the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defence Forces have repelled attacks by occupiers in the areas of Yampil, Andriyivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pavlivka, Vodyane, Novomykhaylivka in Donetsk Region and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Region.
During the past day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 24 air strikes, carried out more than 55 MLRS attacks. Areas of 30 settlements in Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Kherson Regions were hit by enemy attacks.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.The enemy shelled in other areas:
- in the Siversk area - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of the settlements of Hai of Chernihiv Region and Stukalivka, Popivka and Vorozhba of Sumy Region. In addition, the occupiers used attack UAVs;
- in the Slobozhansk area - from tanks and the entire range of artillery in the vicinity of Novoselivske, Myasozharivka, Vovchansk, Stelmakhivka, Berestove, Ohirtseve and Strilecha settlements;
- in the Kupyansk and Lyman areas - from the artillery of various types, in the vicinity of Serebryanka, Nevske, Makiyivka, Bilohorivka, Ploshchanka, Spirne and Verkhnyokamyanske settlements;
- in the Bakhmut area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the vicinity of Andriyivka, Soledar, Yakovlivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Opytne, Mayorsk, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiyivka and Zelenopillya settlements;
- in the Avdiyivka area - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the vicinity of Avdiyivka, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Maryinka, Novomykhaylivka, Vuhledar and Opytne settlements;
- in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya areas - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the vicinity of the settlements of Hulyaypole, Hulyaipilske, Olhivske, Dorozhnyanka, Novopil, Shcherbaky, Novodanilivka, Vremivka and Pavlivka;
- In the Southern Buh region - from tanks and artillery of various types, in the vicinity of Blahodatne, Davydiv Brid, Dudchany, Myrne, Nova Kamyanka and Pravdyne settlements. In addition, the enemy continued to conduct aerial reconnaissance, actively using UAVs. Made more than 20 flies.
The russian occupying forces continue to grossly violate the laws and customs of warfare against the civilian population. The search for subversive groups and fire adjusters continues in the Kakhovka settlement of Kherson Region. Detainees are taken to Hornostaivka and under torture "beat out" the shows. Similar measures are taking place in Borivske and Shchedryshcheve settlements of Luhansk Region: mass searches, seizing of mobile phones, people are being abducted and taken away to an unknown destination.
In Kherson, the occupiers, disguised in civilian clothes, occupy the premises of civilians and strengthen positions inside for conducting street battles. At the same time, russian propagandist journalists are planning to shoot videos in the city on the topic of the alleged destruction of the civilian population by the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
According to the updated information, the defeat of the enemy in the previous days has been confirmed. So, in the settlement of Horlivka, Donetsk Region, an attack was made on the vicinity where the enemy's equipment was concentrated. 5 combat vehicles were destroyed, and 4 more were damaged. In the vicinity of the settlement of Mayorsk, the daily losses of the enemy are up to 30 people killed and more than 120 wounded of various degrees of severity. In the settlement of Lysychansk, a unit of the Akhmat battalion was damaged. The occupiers lost more than 30 killed and up to 15 wounded. The real number of dead is carefully concealed by the enemy.
During the past day, the aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy 22 times. 20 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 2 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft defence equipment, were affected. Our air defence units shot down 5 enemy UAVs.
Over the past day, soldiers of the Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit 2 control points, 8 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition depot, a radio-electronic warfare station and other important military objects of the enemy.