Over the past day, the occupiers launched 4 missile attacks on civilian objects in the towns of Lyman and Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Region and 23 air strikes. They also carried out 69 attacks from multiple rocket launchers in other locations, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook on the morning of the 323rd day of the Russian large-scale invasion.
Over the last day, Ukrainian Defence Forces repelled attacks of the occupiers in the vicinities of Stelmakhivka and Kreminna (Luhansk Region); Rozdolivka, Sil, Krasna Hora, Paraskoviyivka, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Klishchiyivka, Mayorsk, Pervomayske, and Krasnohorivka (Donetsk Region).
Volyn, Polissya, Siversk and Slobozhansk areas: no enemy offensive forces detected.
Siversk and Slobozhansk areas: the vicinities of Novovasylivka and Vovkivka settlements (Sumy Region), as well as Huryiv Kozachok, Strilecha, Starytsya, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Vilcha, and Novomlynsk (Kharkiv Region) were subject to mortar and artillery shelling.
Kupyansk area: the enemy shelled the vicinities of Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupyansk, Kislivka, Tabayivka, Krokhmalne, Berestov, Vyshneve, Ivanivka, and Pershotravneve (Kharkiv Region); and Stelmakhivka (Luhansk Region).
Lyman area: Terny (Kharkiv Region), as well as Makiyivka, Ploshanka, Nevske, Chervonopivka, Kreminna, Kuzmyne and Dibrova (Luhansk Region), suffered enemy attacks.
Bakhmut area: the vicinities of Spirne, Vyyimka, Berestovka, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Ivanovske, Klishchiyivka, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Diliyivka, and Druzhba (Donetsk Region) were subject to tank, mortar, barrel and rocket artillery attacks.
Avdiyivka area: Krasnohorivka, Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Heorhiyivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhaylivka (Donetsk Region) were shelled.
Novopavlivka area: Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka (Donetsk Region) suffered enemy shelling.
Zaporizhzhya area: the vicinities of Vilne Pole settlement (Donetsk Region); Malynivka, Zelenyy Hay, Hulyaypole, Zaliznychne, Chervone, Charivne, Bilohirya, Kamyanske, and Plavni (Zaporizhzhya Region); and Manganets (Dnipropetrovsk Region) were subjected to enemy attacks.
Kherson area: Dudchany, Stepanivka, Antonivka, and Kherson came under MLRS and barrel artillery fire.
The village of Radensk (Kherson Region, South-East from Kherson). Russian invaders have built fortifications and a network of trenches and dugouts using sea containers, which were previously used as a field hospital.
The recruitment of mercenaries for the newly created private military companies Shield and Rusych has been announced in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Ex-servicemen and other employees of law enforcement agencies are invited to join the companies, with priority given to officers. To at least somehow attract interest, potential candidates are promised high monetary maintenance, as well as the fact that they will allegedly not be involved in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
During the past day, Ukrainian Air Force delivered 20 air strikes on concentrations of Russian troops and 3 air strikes on enemy anti-aircraft missile systems.
Ukrainian defenders shot down 1 Ka-52 attack helicopter and 2 Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs.
Our missile and artillery troops attacked the enemy command post, 7 areas of enemy troops' concentration, and 3 ammunition depots.