The Ukrainian military continues to destroy the Russian occupiers. Our soldiers attacked 14 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, and also shot down two helicopters of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the defense forces in separate directions, does not stop offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy continues shelling units of the defense forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the frontiers in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.
The situation has not changed significantly on the Volyn and Polissya directions. The Republic of Belarus supports the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The Russian Federation continues to transfer individual units to the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory of this country remains.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the area of Mezenivka, Sumy region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Dvorichna, Zelene and Kamianka settlements;
on the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Berestov, Grekivka, Zarichne, Nevske and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Klishchiivka, Mayorsk, Dosvidchene, Spirne, Yakivstvo and Zelenopillia;
in the Avdiyiv direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vodyane, Novobakhmutivka and Pervomaiske settlements;
in the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions - from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka, Vugledar and Pavlivka.
In the South Buz region, more than 30 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire. Among them are Novodanilivka, Chervone and Zaliznychne.
During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck the enemy 14 times. 12 of them - in areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment; on the platoon support point, and even the position of the enemy's air defense complex. Ukrainian air defense units shot down 2 helicopters (Ka-52 and Mi-8) and 2 enemy UAVs.
Units of rocket troops and artillery hit the control post, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and other important military objects.
