The Russian Federation is advancing on Donbas, and the Armed Forces attacked 12 areas where the occupiers are concentrated - General Staff

The Russian Federation is advancing on Donbas, and the Armed Forces attacked 12 areas where the occupiers are concentrated - General Staff

The Russian Federation is advancing on Donbas, and the Armed Forces attacked 12 areas where the occupiers are concentrated - General Staff

The Russians continue to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Novopavliv directions. And the Armed Forces attacked 12 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

 The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of the defense forces of Ukraine in certain directions. Conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Novopavliv directions.

 The enemy is shelling units of the defense forces of Ukraine along the contact line, carrying out border fortification equipment in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.

 It continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes, in violation of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of war.

 The situation remains unchanged on the Volyn and Polissky directions. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, providing it with infrastructure, territory and airspace. The formation of the Russian-Belarusian grouping of troops near the Republic of Belarus continues. There is still a threat of the enemy launching airstrikes using attack UAVs from the territory and airspace of this country.

 The enemy fired in other directions:

 in the Siversky direction - from mortars, rocket and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Obody, Pavlivka and Pokrovka of the Sumy region;

 in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, rocket and barrel artillery in the areas of Ambarne, Budarka, Olkhovatka, Dvorichna, Kozacha Lopan, Chervone, Ogurtsovo, Sosnivka, Staritsa settlements of the Kharkiv region.

in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions - for artillery of various types, in the areas of Vyshneve, Kupyansk, Krokhmalne and Kislivka settlements of the Kharkiv region; Grekivka, Myasozharivka, Makiivka and Nevske in Luhansk region and Lyman, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka in Donetsk region;

 in the direction of Bakhmut - from tanks, mortars, barrel and MLRS in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Belogorivka, Zalizne, Klishchiivka, Mayorsk, Opytne, Severniy, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Yakivka settlements of the Donetsk region;

 in the Avdiiv region - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka, Dosvidchene, Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk region;

 in the Novopavlivsky direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Velika Novosilka, Volodymyrivka, Vremivka, Vugledar, Mykilske, Nenudne, Novopil, Pavlivka, Prechistivka of the Donetsk region;

 in the Zaporizhzhya region - from artillery of various types in the areas of Varvarivka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Mali Shcherbaki, Novodanilivka, Olgovske, Stepove, Temuvannya, Uspenivka, Charivne settlements of the Zaporizhzhya region.

 More than 30 settlements bordering the contact line were shelled by tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the South Buz direction, including: Blagodatne, Nova Kamianka, Sukhyi Stavok of the Kherson region; Vasylivka, Kobzartsi, Shiroke, Mykolaiv region.

 Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy 16 times during the day. 4 control points, 8 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 4 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft defense equipment came under attack.

 Units of missile troops and artillery of the defense forces hit 4 areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment per day.