Russians are concentrating their efforts on 4 directions, AFU are advancing on Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, - General Staff
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Mariinka directions - 38 combat clashes took place during the past day.
This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Censor.NET informs.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
The enemy maintains a military presence in the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions. It carried out airstrikes in the districts of Hrabovske, Sumy region; Pletenivka of the Kharkiv region, and the city of Kharkiv. During the day, he carried out mortar and artillery shelling of more than 35 settlements, in particular, Hirsk, Oleksandrivka, Tymonovychi of the Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Stukalyvka, Basivka in the Sumy region and Veterynarne, Kozacha Lopan, Zelene, and Hatyshche in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy does not stop trying to advance in the Novoselyvske district of the Luhansk region. Our soldiers are firmly on the defensive, repelling all enemy attacks. The occupiers carried out airstrikes in the Ivanivka and Kislivka districts of the Kharkiv region. Petro-Ivanivka, Fiholivka, Monachynivka, Husynka, Novomlynsk, and Kyslivka of the Kharkiv region were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy, in the course of offensive operations, tried to dislodge our troops from their occupied positions in the Novoyehorivka area of the Luhansk region but was unsuccessful. It carried out an airstrike in the region of Bilohorivka, the Luhansk region. More than 10 settlements, including Nevske, Biloghorivka in the Luhansk region, and Torske, Verkhnyokamianske, and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, our defenders successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas south of Berkhivka and Bohdanivka, Donetsk region. At the same time, they continue to conduct offensive actions to the south and north of the city of Bakhmut and are entrenched at the achieved boundaries. The enemy launched airstrikes in the Bohdanivka and Toretsk districts. More than 10 settlements, including Vasiukivka, Markove, Khromove, Oleksandro-Shultyne, and Severne of the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the Defense Forces continue to deter the advance of Russian troops in the area of the city of Avdiivka. At the same time, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Avdiivka and Nevelske areas. He carried out artillery fire on more than 15 settlements, in particular, Berdychi, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severne, Nevelske, and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region were affected.
In the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the area of the city of Marinka. The enemy carried out an airstrike in the Krasnohorivka region of the Donetsk region. He shelled more than 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Hanivka, Maryinka, and Pobyeda of the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Shakhtarske, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Zolota Nyva, Odradne, Makarivka, and Rivopole in the Donetsk region. It shelled more than 15 settlements, including Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, and Prechistivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops. It carried out airstrikes in the districts of Havrylivka, Novodarivka, Zmiivka, and Antonivka of the Kherson region. It carried out artillery shelling of more than 40 settlements, including Levadne, Olhivske, Malynivka, Huliaypole, Bilohiria of the Zaporizhzhia region; Tokarivka, Antonivka, Veletenske, Kizomys of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson. At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, are entrenched at the reached boundaries, inflict artillery fire on identified enemy targets, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
