The 271st day of the Russian large-scale invasion has started. The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily seized territories, focuses its efforts on deterring the actions of the units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, continues to conduct offensive actions in certain areas, the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states.
Over the past day, our soldiers repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Bakhmut, Bilohorivka, Kurdyumivka, Maryinka, Novomykhayilivka, Pervomaiske, Pidhorodne, Spirne, Stelmakhivka and Yakovlivka settlements of Donetsk Region.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has launched 2 missile strikes and launched more than 60 MLRS attacks. Objects of civil infrastructure in the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv Region, were hit by Russian rockets.
In the Volyn, Polissya, and Siversk areas, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
In the Slobozhansk area, in the border districts of Belhorod Region, the enemy continues to carry out the task of covering the russian-Ukrainian border, conducting demonstrative and provocative actions, with designated units. It carried out mortar shelling in the areas of Ambarne, Bochkove, Veterynarne, Ohirtseve and Starytsa settlements of Kharkiv Region.
In the Kupyansk and Lyman areas, the enemy is defending on previously occupied lines. Artillery shelling was recorded, in particular, in the areas of Krokhmalne and Tabayivka settlements of Kharkiv Region; Makiyivka, Nevske, Novoselivske, Ploshanka and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Region and Berestove in Donetsk Region.
In the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. Conducts shelling from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Andriyivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnyokamyanske, Vesele, Klishchiyivka, Kurdyumivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhaylivka, Ozaryanivka, Opytne, Pervomayske, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka in Donetsk Region.
The enemy is defending in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya areas. The areas of Bohoyavlenka, Vremivka, Vuhledar, Zolota Nyva and Prechystivka settlements of Donetsk Region were affected by the enemy's artillery fire; Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Malynivka, Orihiv, Stepove and Charivne in Zaporizhzhya Region and the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Region.
In the Kryvyy Rih and Kherson areas, the enemy is conducting positional defence, improving fortification equipment and logistical support of advanced units. To clarify the positions of our troops and adjust the artillery fire, the UAV conducts aerial reconnaissance. Directed fire from barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Vesele, Vysuntsi, Klapaya and the city of Kherson.
In the Lyubymivka settlement of the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Region, the occupiers, under the guise of searching for sabotage and intelligence groups, illegally break into private houses and loot the property of local residents.
It has been confirmed that a column of Russian occupational forces was damaged in the area of the Syrotyne settlement of Luhansk Region. Information on enemy losses is being clarified.
Forced resettlement of local residents continues in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk Region. In particular, residents of Bilovodsk were forcibly relocated to the city of Luhansk.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces struck the enemy 6 times: 3 in the areas where the occupiers are concentrated and 3 in the positions of his anti-aircraft missile systems. During the current day, units of missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces hit 2 control points, an ammunition warehouse, 5 areas of personnel, weapons and military equipment of concentration and 2 other important enemy objects.