Over the day, the Ukrainian Defence Forces aviation has conducted four strikes on Russian manpower clusters and one on the position of a Russian anti-aircraft missile system.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, missile and artillery units at the same time hit two manpower clusters.
During the day, the Russians launched a missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of Barvinkove, Kharkiv Region, causing civilian casualties. The enemy also fired more than 20 times from multiple launch rocket systems.
Russians continue to conduct offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka sectors, suffering heavy losses in personnel and military equipment.
The situation in key areas is as follows:
Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no offensive groups of the adversary were found. At the same time, the troops of the russian federation continue cross-border shelling targeting Ukrainian settlements. The vicinities of settlements of Tymonovychi, Hremyach (Chernihiv Region), Rozhkovychi, Tovstodubove, Studenok, Starykove, Volfyne, Mykolaivka (Sumy Region), and Veterynarne, Hlyboke, Zelene, Neskuchne, Hatyshche, and Vovchansk (Kharkiv Region) came under fire.
Kupyansk axis: the enemy fired tanks, mortars, and artillery at the vicinities of Dvorichna, Zapadne, Holubivka, Kup’yans’k, Kyslivka (Kharkiv Region), and Stelmakhivka (Luhansk Region).
Lyman axis: Tors’ke (Donetsk Region), Makiivka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova (Luhansk Region) were shelled.
Bakhmut axis: Spirne, Vesele, Bilohorivka, Paraskoviivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivs’ke, and Druzhba (Donetsk Region) were hit.
Avdiivka axis: Tonenke, Vodyane, Heorhiivka, and Maryinka came under enemy fire.
Novopavlivka axis: Neskuchne, Bohoyavlenka, and Vuhledar were shelled with tanks, mortars, and artillery.
Zaporizhzhya and Kherson axes: vicinities of more than 15 settlements came under enemy fire. Among them are Novopil, Vremivka (Donetsk Region), Olhivs’ke, Malynivka, Hulyaypilske, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka (Zaporizhzhya Region), Kherson, Kachkarivka, and Kozatske.
The adversary continues to suffer losses. For example, in Bilovodsk (Luhansk Region), the occupiers converted the Central District Hospital into a military hospital and brought there up to 120x wounded servicemen of the russian federation armed forces.
With the aim to replenish its casualties, the adversary continues its recruitment campaign among convicts. Over the past week, up to 1,000x mercenaries were recruited in the penitentiary institutions of Novosibirsk Region (russia).