Armed Forces of Ukraine restrain enemy in Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Mariinka areas, - General Staff
About 30 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.
In the Siversk and Slobozhanske directions, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 20 settlements, in particular, Kliusy, Bleshnia, Karpovichi of the Chernihiv region; Sydorivka, Volfyne, Krasnopillia, Hrabovske, Popivka of the Sumy region and Chervona Zoria, Veterynarne, Kozacha Lopan, Strilecha of the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, the settlements of Dvorichna, Synkivka, Kyslivka, Berestove of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy launched airstrikes in the areas of Tverdokhlibove, Torske, Bilohorivka, and Serebrianske Forestry of the Luhansk region. About 15 settlements, including Karmazynivka, Nevske, Kreminna, Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region, and Rozdolivka, Spirne of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery fire.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the Klishchiivka area of the Donetsk region. He carried out airstrikes in the Vesely, Pryvillia, and Kurdiumivka districts of the Donetsk region. More than 20 settlements, including Pryvillia, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region, were damaged by enemy artillery fire.
In the Avdiivka direction, under heavy fire from the enemy's aircraft and artillery, our defenders continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area of the Donetsk region. The settlements of Oleksandropil, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severne, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Mariinka direction, defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Mariinka and Novomykhailivka regions of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Mariinka and Novomykhailivka. The settlements of Zhelanne Druhe, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Pobeda, Elizavetivka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Shakhtarske direction, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the Staromayorske district of the Donetsk region. Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Blahodatne, and Urozhayne of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 30 settlements, including Huliaypilske, Charivne, Yehorivka, Stepove, Lobkovo, Piatykhatky of the Zaporizhzhia region, were affected by the enemy's artillery shelling.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Tomaryne, Dachi, and Zimivnyk of the Kherson region. More than 25 settlements were affected by enemy artillery shelling, including Novovorontsovka, Zolota Balka, Mykilske, Kherson, Kizomys, Sofiivka of the Kherson region and Ochakiv, Solonchaky of the Mykolaiv region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
