The maximum activity of the Russian Army is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. The enemy continues fighting in the Eastern operating zone. Here the occupants conduct shelling along the entire line of contact and in the depths of the defense of the Ukrainian troops.
This is reported by the General Staff of the AFU.
The enemy intends to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions and provide a stable land corridor with the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
The Russian army did not take active action in the Volyn and Polissya directions. Up to seven battalions from the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The withdrawal of military equipment and property of the Russian Federation Armed Forces from the terrain of the republic to Belarus continues.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy did not conduct active combat operations. The main efforts were focused on ensuring the withdrawal of its troops from the city of Kharkiv, holding the occupied positions and supply routes. On the Slavyansk direction, the Russian military carried out artillery shelling of civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of Dovgenkoye, Dolyna, and Husarovka settlements.
In the Donetsk and Tavria directions, mortars, artillery, multiple rocket launchers and aviation were used to inflict maximum losses on Defense Forces units, depletion of personnel and destruction of fortifications.
In addition, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Kamyshevakha, Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka and Pobeda settlements. In the Zaporizhzhya direction, in order to hold the captured territory, there are preparatory measures for the construction of an echeloned defense by the occupants. In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction, the situation has not changed significantly. The enemy continues firing mortars and small arms artillery at the positions of our troops.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, ten attacks by the Russian occupants were repulsed during the past 24 hours, five tanks, five artillery systems, six units of armored combat vehicles and seven enemy vehicles were destroyed.
