The Ukrainian military continues to destroy the Russian occupiers. They managed to repulse Russian attacks in Donbas and destroy Russian ammunition depots. 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 current day, units of the defense forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Ozaryanivka, and Odradivka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line and conducting aerial reconnaissance. The enemy again resorted to massive shelling of critical infrastructure and civilian housing, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of war.
The situation has not changed significantly on the Volyn and Polissky directions.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of settlements of Bachivsk, Starykov, Gudove, Atynske, Basivka and Yunakivka of the Sumy region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Mala Vovcha, Chervone Pershe, Berestov and Kamianka settlements of the Kharkiv region;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Bilogorivka, Spirne, Zelenopillia, Klishchiivka and Mayorsk settlements;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the Avdiivka, Vesely, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomaisky areas.
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka in the Donetsk region, Dorozhnyanka, Stepnogorsk and Horikhov in the Zaporizhzhya region, and Dobra Nadiya in the Dnipropetrovsk region. He also launched a missile attack on the city of Nikopol.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy fired at military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 20 settlements near the contact line were destroyed by fire.
During this day, the aviation of the defense forces made ten strikes. The defeat of nine areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as the position of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system, was confirmed. Air defense units shot down one enemy helicopter.
During the day, military personnel of the missile forces and artillery hit the control post, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and one ammunition depot of the enemy.
