The Ukrainian military continues to strike the areas where the personnel and military equipment of the occupiers are concentrated. The Russian Army is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive actions in five directions.
This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation launched 16 missile strikes during the day, in particular on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Khmelnytskyi and the settlement of Ukrainian in the Donetsk region. As a result, there is damage to residential buildings and victims among the civilian population. In addition, the enemy carried out 4 air strikes and carried out more than 30 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The threat of further strikes by the Russian Federation remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine. The enemy does not give up his invasion plans, despite significant losses. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Shakhtar directions.
No enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions. Areas of more than 20 settlements were subjected to enemy shelling. Among them are Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, Ohirtseve, Vesele, Krasne Pershe in the Kharkiv region.
On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy shelled the settlements of Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kupyansk, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Chervonopivka, Dibrova, Belogorivka of Luhansk region and Spirne - Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, more than 18 districts of settlements, in particular, Zaliznianske, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka and New York of the Donetsk region, were shelled.
On the Avdiiv and Shakhtar directions, the enemy fired artillery at 13 areas of populated areas. Among them are Avdiivka, Vodyane, Vesele, Nevelske, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Bogoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Zolota Niva, Vugledar and Neskuchne of the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhya region, the areas of the settlements of Vremivka of the Donetsk region and Malynivka, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka and Biloghirya - Zaporizhzhya were damaged by fire.
In the Kherson direction, the suburbs and the city of Kherson, as well as the districts of more than 20 settlements, including Beryslav, Kozatske, Vesele, Antonivka, Veletenske, and Berehove of the Kherson region, were affected by enemy artillery fire.
In order to form a negative attitude towards Ukraine and discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine among the civilian population in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, the enemy conducts artillery shelling of the territories under their control. Medical institutions, residential buildings and educational institutions are affected.
Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day made 4 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit one area of concentration of the enemy's manpower.
During the current day, the defense forces destroyed 2 Kalibr cruise missiles.
It will be recalled that the Russian invaders continued to advance in five directions on February 17. At the same time, 3 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and the position of the C-300 anti-aircraft missile system were hit.
The Russian military continues to suffer significant losses in the Kherson region, and the Armed Forces attacked the positions of the occupiers' anti-aircraft missile complex.
