AFU continue their defense in east and offensive in south of Ukraine, over 30 combat clashes took place last day, - General Staff
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct defensive operations in the east and offensive operations in the south of Ukraine, destroy the enemy, step by step vacate the temporarily occupied territories, and secure themselves at the achieved borders.
This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Censor.NET informs.
During the past 24 hours, more than 30 combat clashes took place. The enemy launched 2 rocket and 40 air strikes, launched more than 38 attacks from rocket salvo systems both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects of our state.
The settlements of Budarky, Ambarne, Synkivka, Kyslivka, Cherneshchyna of the Kharkiv region, Novoselivske, Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region, Siversk, Andriivka, Krasnohorivka, Staromayorske, Spirne, Vesele, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva of the Donetsk region, Robotyne, Kamianka of the Zaporizhzhia region, Arkhanhelske of the Kherson region were hit by enemy airstrikes.
More than 45 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions came under enemy artillery fire.
On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy continues to hold groups of troops covering the state border, conducts active diversionary activities in the border areas in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "Khortytsia" in the Kupiansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut directions, the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Berestovo, Orihovo-Vasylivka, and Bohdanivka. Fierce fighting continues in the Klishchiivka area.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "Tavria" in the Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the Defense Forces continue to hold the initiative: they restrain the enemy, carry out assault operations, and regain our land meter by meter. In particular, Ukrainian soldiers repelled about 15 enemy attacks in the Mariinka area.
In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces are conducting an offensive operation, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, forcing the enemy to withdraw from the occupied positions.
In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to conduct a counter-battery fight, destroy the enemy's warehouses, and inflict successful damage on his rear.
