The General Staff of the AFU told about the situation on the fronts in the twentieth day of the confrontation between the defenders of Ukraine and the Russian invasion, and about the operational situation in different regions.
Such data was reported by the General Staff of the AFU on its FB page.
It is noted that the state, position and nature of defense actions today - without significant changes.
Groups of occupation troops had no significant successes in all directions. The Russian troops continue to focus their main efforts on the maintenance of the occupied lines.
During the day, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 4 enemy helicopters and 1 plane, and our fighter shot down an enemy cruise missile.
In the Black Sea and Azov Sea operational zones no signs of preparations for a maritime landing operation were detected.
According to available information, due to problems in the settlements in the temporarily occupied territories of the ORDLO the invaders were forced to suspend the mobilization of workers of the communal sphere, said the General Staff.
"The moral and psychological state of the enemy remains at a low level, which leads to the refusal of the Russian Armed Forces soldiers to carry out the orders of the command. Also, according to available information, mobilized residents from the temporarily occupied territory of certain areas of the Luhansk region are sent to replenish losses of active units of the Russian occupation troops involved in combat operations in Ukraine," the message reads.
During the attempt of Russian troops to seize Mariupol, the AFU military repulsed the attacks, inflicting the occupiers such losses: about 150 people, 2 tanks, 7 BMPs and 1 APC. After that, the enemy halted its offensive and retreated.
In addition, artillery and aviation struck the accumulation of military equipment and columns of the enemy on the routes of advance.
"According to available information, the artillery fire raid resulted in the destruction of 12 pieces of automotive equipment," the report said.
The enemy battalion tactical groups of the 336th Independent Marines Brigade and the 11th Independent Airborne Assault Brigade also suffered losses.
