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Russians shell from MLRS Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro, Kherson regions 75 times in 24 hours - General Staff

They also launched missile and air strikes.

Russians shell from MLRS Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro, Kherson regions 75 times in 24 hours - General Staff
Kramatorsk, 2 February (illustrative photo)
Photo: EPA/UPG

The 349th day of Russia's large-scale invasion has begun. Over the past day, the enemy launched six missile and 24 air strikes. It fired 75 times from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, at civilian objects in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro and Kherson regions, causing civilian casualties.

The threat of further Russian air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine remains high, the Armed Forces General Staff reports on Facebook.

The enemy continues to regroup in separate areas. It concentrates its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Novopavlivka areas.

Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Novoselivske, Kreminna and Dibrova settlements of Luhansk Region and Verkhnyokamyanske, Vesele, Zaliznyanske, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Ivanivske and Paraskoviyivka of Donetsk Region.

Volyn, Polissya, Siversk and Slobozhansk areas: no enemy offensive groups were detected. At the same time, the areas of Popivka and Oleksandrivka settlements of Sumy Region and Strilecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Hatyshche, Vovchansk and Dvorichna settlements of Kharkiv Region were shelled.

Kupyansk area: the enemy shelled the areas of Ivanivka, Kucherivka, Kyslivka, and Kotlyarivka in Kharkiv Region, as well as Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Region, with tanks, mortars, and artillery.

Lyman area: Terny in Donetsk Region and Ploshanka, Chervonopivka, Kreminna and Dibrova in the Luhansk Region were affected by fire.

Bakhmut area: Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiyivka, Kurdyumivka and Ozaryanivka came under enemy fire.

Avdiyivka area: Avdiyivka, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Heorhiyivka, Maryanka, Pobeda and Novomykhaylivka were damaged by fire.

Novopavlivka area: enemy shelling was recorded in Vugledar, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, and Neskuchne in Donetsk Region.

Zaporizhzhya area: the vicinities of 23 settlements were shelled, in particular, Novopil, Olhivske, Hulyaypole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove in Zaporizhzhya, and Velikomykhaylivka of Dnipropetrovsk Region.

Areas of 19 settlements were hit by mortar and artillery fire in the Kherson area. Among them are Hola Prystan, Zolota Balka, Kachkarivka, Mylove, Antonivka and Kherson.

The occupiers continue to suffer losses. To rehabilitate the wounded and using civilians as a shield, the enemy set up another military hospital in Kherson Region. Servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation were placed on the first floor of the Kayiry psychoneurological boarding house, and civilian patients were transferred to other floors. Medical equipment was seized and transported by the occupiers from the hospital of Velyka Lepetykha settlement.

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers and 2 strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit 8 areas where the enemy's manpower was concentrated.

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