The Ukrainian military successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Dolyna, Soledar, Novobakhmutivka, Kodema, Zaytseve, Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Lyubomirovka settlements, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"During the current day, the enemy carried out more than six missile and more than ten air strikes on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine. To do this, he conducted more than thirty sorties. In particular, the infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Bayrak, Asiyivka, Pryshyb, Tetyanivka, Vremivka, Novomykhailivka, Velyka Novosilka, Poltavka, Olgovske, Novopil, Velike Artakove, Bila Krynytsia, Ternivka, Bilogirka, Kostromka, Novogrigorivka, Blahotivka," said the message on Facebook.
During the day, in order to support the actions of the ground groups, the aviation of the Defense Forces carried out more than eight strikes, during which combat equipment, anti-aircraft defense equipment and a significant number of personnel were destroyed in strongholds in the Donetsk and Yuzhno-Buz areas. In addition, air defense units from different directions destroyed one helicopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle and five cruise missiles.
Six enemy control points were hit, including at the corps level. Three objects of concentration of manpower of the occupiers were destroyed. Nine anti-aircraft defenses reached the defeat zone, the results are being verified.
"At the same time, electronic reconnaissance and combat equipment, a communication station, a pontoon and ferry crossing, eight ammunition depots of various levels were destroyed, which significantly reduced the enemy's ability to conduct offensive actions," the military said.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy fired at objects in the areas of the settlements of Prudyanka, Slatine, Russian Lozova, Russian Tyshki, Mospanove, Husarivka and Zalyman.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive actions in the Slavic direction. Dolyna, Krasnopillya, Mazanivka, Dmytrivka, Brazhkivka and Dovgenko were shelled by the occupiers.
In the Kramatorsk direction, fire damage was recorded near Bogorodychny, Sydorovoy, Kryva Luka, Zakytny, Platonivka, Siversk, Ivano-Daryivka, Verkhnyokamyansky and Hryhorivka.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of New York, Yuryivka, Zaytseve, Vesela Dolyna, Mayorsk, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Bakhmut, Doslydnye and Rozdolivka.
In the Avdiivsk direction, Avdiivka, Dosvidchene and Pervomaiske were shelled by mortars and barrel artillery. In the Novopavlivskyi direction, the districts of Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Velika Novosilka, Paraskoviivka, Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva, Nenudny and Vremivka were fired upon.
In the Zaporizhzhya direction, the enemy fired artillery of various types near Novodanilivka, Biloghirya, Gulyaipilskyi, Dorozhnyyanka, Chervonyi, Poltavka, and Zaliznychnyi.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy fired along the contact line. In addition, the enemy continued to actively conduct aerial reconnaissance by UAVs, making more than fifty sorties.
"At the same time, in connection with significant losses, the number of enemy units allocated to restore combat capability has increased. In addition, units of private military campaigns are forced to be replenished at the expense of prisoners in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. To these persons for participating in the war against Ukraine offers amnesty, Russian citizenship and financial payments," the General Staff reported.