The 292nd day of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun. Over the past day, the units of the Defence Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Stelmakhivka, Makiyivka and Serebryansk forestry in Luhansk Region and Verkhnekamyanske, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Yurivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhaylivka and Vremivka in Donetsk Region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
In addition, the enemy carried out 2 missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Region, 11 airstrikes on the positions of our troops along the contact line, and also carried out more than 60 MLRS attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson city and the positions of our troops.
The threat of strikes with the use of missiles and attack UAVs against the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine remains.
In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
In the Siversk and Slobozhansk areas, the settlements of Strilecha, Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Volokhivka, Okhrimivka, Dvorichna, Kamyanka in Kharkiv Region and Ivanivske in Donetsk Region were hit by mortar and artillery fire.
In the Kupyansk and Lyman areas, the enemy shelled the vicinities of sixteen settlements. Among them - Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabayivka and Berestovka of Kharkiv Region; Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Pischane, Makiyivka and Ploshchanka in Luhansk Region and Chervonopopivka, Terny, Yampolivka and Torske in Donetsk Region.
In the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, the enemy fired at the positions of the Defence Forces from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of twenty-four settlements. These are, in particular, Verkhnokamyanske, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Druzhba, Zalizne, New York, Avdiyivka, Opytne, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka of Donetsk Region. The occupiers struck with the forces of operational-tactical and army aviation in the areas of Spirne and Bilohorivka.
In the Novopavlivsk area, enemy fire activity was recorded near Novoukrayinka, Prechystivka, and Vuhledar in Donetsk Region.
In the Zaporizhzhya area, the enemy shelled the settlements of Vremivka in Donetsk Region and Zelene Pole, Novopil, Novodarivka, Malynivka, Hulyaypole, Dorozhnyanka, Hulyaypilske, Charivne and Mali Shcherbaky in Zaporizhzhya Region.
In the Kherson area, the enemy shelled the settlements of Red Lighthouse, Lvove, Inzhenerne, Chornobayivka and the city of Kherson.
In violation of International Humanitarian Law, the enemy continues to use civilians as human shields. In the village of Troyitske in the temporarily occupied Luhansk Region, the Russian occupiers are placing military equipment and setting up firing positions near residential buildings where the civilian population lives.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces made 14 strikes on the areas of personnel, weapons and military equipment concentration, as well as a strike on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex. Missile troops and artillery units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine hit 9 control points, 17 personnel concentration areas, an artillery concentration area, and 2 munitions warehouses of the occupiers.