The Ukrainian military managed to repel Russian attacks in the Luhansk, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, as well as shoot down five cruise missiles. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the defense forces in separate directions, instead, does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of settlements: Ogurtsevo, Kharkiv region; Belogorivka, Luhansk region; Novokalynove and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and frontiers in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes.
The situation has not changed significantly on the Volyn and Polissky directions. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine by providing its infrastructure and airspace. The threat of missile and airstrikes, as well as the use of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, remains. Covert mobilization of the Armed Forces of Belarus takes place under the guise of training sessions. According to available information, measures are being taken to train operators of anti-aircraft missile systems and tank crews.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from barrel artillery, within the Yunakivka settlement of Sumy region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Hryhorivka, Komisarov, Ogirov, Staritsa and Strilka;
in the Kupyansk direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of Berestovka, Hryanikyvka, Dvorichna, Kamianka, Krasne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Lyman direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Grekivka, Zarichne, Kovalivka, Nadiya, Novoyehorivka, Olhivka and Torske.
In the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, the enemy fired tanks and artillery along the contact line. The settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Pervomaiske and Velyka Novosilka were directly affected.
In the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy fired mortars, barrel and rocket artillery at the settlements of Pavlivka and Prechistivka.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy is trying to improve logistical support, is shelling military and civilian infrastructure. Settlements along the contact line, including Vyshchetarasivka of the Dnipropetrovsk region, suffered fire damage.
Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 20 strikes during the day. The defeat of 13 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a support point, as well as 7 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, air defense units shot down five cruise missiles.
Soldiers of missile troops and artillery hit two control points, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense and artillery facilities, two ammunition warehouses and other military targets of the enemy.
