During the day, Russia launched seven missile attacks, 23 air strikes and 15 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening update on the 353rd day of Russia's full-scale invasion.
The threat of strikes by the Russian Federation on civilian facilities remains high throughout Ukraine.
Despite significant losses, Russia does not abandon its intention to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Novopavlivka sectors. It is reinforcing its grouping of troops in the Lyman and Bakhmut areas. It is actively using aviation to strike at the positions of our units.
During the day, the aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 16 strikes on the clusters of Russian manpower and military equipment, as well as two strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian defenders also shot down a Su-25 aircraft and an Orlan UAV. Missile and artillery units hit four areas of Russian manpower clusters over the last day.