Day 372 of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun. The enemy is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Shakhtarsk areas.
Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled over 170 enemy attacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook.
In total, the Russian occupiers launched 14 rocket attacks on civilian objects in Kharkiv Region, Poltava and Donetsk Regions. There are wounded civilians, damaged apartment buildings and private houses. The invaders also carried out 21 airstrikes, including 2 Shahed-136 UAVs. Strike drones were shot down. The enemy launched 58 attacks from MLRS.
The threat level of missile strikes by the Russian occupiers is very high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
Volyn, Polissya, Siversk, and Slobozhansk areas: no formations of enemy offensive groups were detected. During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Yeline and Baranivka of Chernihiv Region; Rozhkovychi, Starykove, Hirky, Atynske, Stukalyvka, Budky, Volfyne, Turya, Hrabovske in Sumy Region and Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Krasne, Ternova, Okhrimivka, Potykhonove, Dvorichna, and Kindrashivka in Kharkiv Region. It used an unmanned aerial vehicle with a combat munition near Budarok, Kharkiv Region.
In the border zones of Belgorod Region, the enemy continues engineering equipment of the area, installs anti-tank barriers.
Kupyansk and Lyman areas: the enemy carried out offensive actions near Kreminna and Bilohorivka settlements in Luhansk Region and Spirne in Donetsk Region. There was no success. They carried out artillery shelling of the Masyutivka, Lyman Pershyy, Kupyansk, Kislivka vicinities of Kharkiv Region; Kuzemivka, Makiyivka, Kreminna, Bilohorivka, Dibrova in Luhansk Region and Zvanivka in Donetsk Region.
Bakhmut area: the enemy continues to advance and storms the town. Our defenders repelled attacks near the Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut and Ivanivske settlements. Bondarne, Zaliznyanske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar and New York of Donetsk Region came under enemy fire.
Avdiyivka and Shakhtarsk areas: the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions on the settlements of Kamyanka, Severna, Vodyane, Nevelske and Maryinka. The areas of Avdiyivka, Lastochkine, Berdychi, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Heorhiyivka, Bohoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka and Neskuchne in Donetsk Region were shelled.
Zaporizhzhya and Kherson areas: the enemy is on the defensive. In some areas, the adversary is trying to create conditions to start an offensive. They carried out artillery shelling of more than 45 districts of populated areas. Among them are Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriyivka of Zaporizhzhya Region, as well as Dobra Nadiya, Nikopol, Zmiyivka, Kozatske, Novosilka, Inzhenerne, Bilozerka, Dniprovske and the city of Kherson.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation has carried out 16 strikes on the areas of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers' concentration. Also, our defenders shot down an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the Orlan-10 type. Missile and artillery units hit 1 enemy concentration area, 2 ammunition depots, and 3 other important enemy targets.