The enemy continues to try to take full control of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Armed Forces General Staff reports on Facebook on the morning of the 350th day of the large-scale Russian invasion.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Novopavlivka areas, and in the Kreminna, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, Opytne, Maryinka and Vugledar areas. Russians suffer significant losses, especially in manpower.
Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Novoselyvske, Chervonpopivka, Shypylivka and Bilohorivka of the Luhansk Region and Verkhnyokyamanske, Fedorivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Spirne, Vyyimka, Bakhmut, Krasna Hora, Paraskoviyivka, Ivanovske, Chasiv Yar, Kamyanka, Vodyane, Pervomayske, Krasnohorivka, Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Bohoyavlenka of Donetsk Region.
During the day, the enemy launched 8 missile strikes, 5 of which hit the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kharkiv, and 21 air strikes. In addition, the enemy carried out 39 attacks from MLRS, in particular, on the civilian infrastructure of Mykolayiv and Kherson Regions. Residential buildings were damaged.
The threat of further Russian air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
Volyn, Polissya, Siversk and Slobozhansk areas: there were no changes in the and no signs of the formation of offensive groups were detected. The areas of Zarutske, Popivka and Sadky settlements of Sumy Region and Veterynarne, Strilecha, Krasne, Hlyboke, Lyptsi, Starytsa, Morokhovets, Zelene, Neskuchne, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Budarky, Vilkhuvatka, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk and Kamyanka in Kharkiv Region were shelled. The occupiers deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle with a combat load in the Volfyne of Sumy Region.
Kupyansk and Lyman areas: the vicinities of more than 40 settlements were affected by fire. Among them are Dvorichna, Hryanykivka, Kucherivka, Kupyansk, Kurylivka, Kyslivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabayivka, Berestovka, Krokhmalne, Vyshneve, and Kuzmyne of Kharkiv Region and Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Chervonpopivka, Novoyehorivka, Makiyivka, Ploschanka, Nevsky, Pishchane, Kreminna, Dibrova and Beloghorivka in Luhansk Region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne, and Bilohorivka.
Bakhmut area: in particular, Spirne, Berestove, Bilogorivka, Rozdolivka, Zaliznianske, Paraskoviyivka, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Mykolayivka, Predtechyne, Klishchiyivka, Kurdyumivka, New York and Vesele of Donetsk Region were under fire. And in general - more than 30 settlements.
Avdiyivka and Novopavlivsk areas: Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Maryinka, Pobeda, Novomykhaylivka, Vugledar, Zolota Nyva and Neskuchne of Donetsk Region were under tank, mortar and artillery shelling. Air strikes by the occupiers were recorded near Avdiyivka, Nevelsky and Maryinka. In the Vodyane area, the Russian invaders dropped non-lethal K-51 aerosol tear gas grenades from UAVs on the positions of our troops.
Zaporizhzhya area: more than 30 settlements, in particular, Novopil, Olhivske, Malynivka, Hulyaypole, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Orihiv, Novodanylivka, Novoandriyivka, Shcherbaki, Mali Shcherbaki, and Stepove of Zaporizhzhya Region, were affected by fire. The enemy launched airstrikes near Olhivske and Hulyaypole.
Kherson area: 17 settlements were damaged by enemy fire. In particular, Mykhaylivka, Havrylivka, Mylove, Zmiyivka, Novoberislav, Kozatske, Lvove, Tyahinka, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Antonivka, Yantarne, Berehove, Veletenske and Kherson.
In the settlement of Kayiry, Kakhovka District, Kherson Region, the Russian occupying forces forcefully take away civilian cars from the local population.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defence Forces made 12 strikes on the areas of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers’ concentration and 2 strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Our defenders also destroyed a Russian SU-25 attack aircraft, a Mi-24 helicopter and 2 enemy Orlan UAVs. Our missile and artillery troops hit 2 enemy control points, 7 manpower concentration areas and an ammunition depot.