Enemy is trying to break through defenses in Avdiivka, Mariinka, Novoselyvske, and Klishchiivka districts, during day - 30 combat clashes, - General Staff
The five hundred and sixty-sixth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the past day, 30 combat clashes took place.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press center of the General Staff.
As noted, the enemy carried out 10 missile and 53 air strikes, carried out more than 56 attacks from rocket salvo systems both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects of our state. The adversary continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare and uses terror tactics characteristic of the Kremlin. Unfortunately, as a result of such terrorist actions by the Russian occupying forces, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, destroyed residential buildings, and damaged civilian infrastructure. In particular, civilian residents of Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, suffered from cynical rocket attacks.
The General Staff reminds that Russia attacked our country yesterday with 12 kamikaze drones of the Shahed-136/131 type. All 12 attack UAVs were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains quite difficult.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "North" in the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
According to the General Staff, the enemy launched an airstrike in the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions in the Leonivka region of the Chernihiv region. He carried out more than 15 artillery and mortar attacks on civilian infrastructure and the population of the frontline regions.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "Khortytsia" in the Kupiansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut directions, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Synkivka, Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region, Nadia, Novoyehorivka, Dibrova, Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region. The occupiers do not stop trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the districts of Novoselyvskyi, Luhansk region, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, and Klishchiivka, Donetsk region. More than 15 settlements were affected by numerous artillery and mortar attacks.
"In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "Tavria" in the Avdiivk, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Avdiivka, Prechystivka, Urozhane, Staromayorske, Donetsk region. More than 15 settlements were affected by numerous artillery and mortar attacks. The occupiers unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our defenders in the districts of Avdiivka, Mariinka, Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region," the message reads.
In the Orihiv direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Omelnyk, Robotyne, and Novodanilivka of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 20 settlements were affected by numerous artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops. In turn, the enemy is trying to restore its units, continuing numerous assaults on the positions of our troops. Ukrainian soldiers courageously hold their defense, repelling more than 10 enemy attacks in the Robotyne and Novodanilivka districts of the Zaporizhzhia region. They were successful in the areas south and southeast of Robotyne, and they are gaining ground at the boundaries they have reached.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and strategic grouping of troops "Odesa" in the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Odradokamyanka in the Kherson region and Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region. More than 10 front-line settlements were affected by numerous artillery and mortar attacks. The defense forces continue to engage in counter-battery fighting, destroying supply depots and inflicting damage on the enemy in his rear.
During the past day, the aviation of the defense forces made 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment of the invaders.
Units of missile troops and artillery and unmanned systems hit 12 artillery pieces, 1 area of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons, and military equipment, 1 control point, and 1 enemy ammunition depot.
