During the previous day, the enemy made 3 package hits, of which 2 packages from the S-300 air defense system - in the center of the city of Kupyansk, Khapkiv region. There are casualties and injuries among the civilian population, the building of the local history museum, near which there is not a single military object, was damaged, and other civilian infrastructure was damaged.
This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
Also, the enemy carried out 13 air strikes and carried out 49 attacks from active volley fire systems on the positions of our troops and critical infrastructure of populated areas.
The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Ma'in areas. Units of the defense forces of Ukraine repulsed 39 enemy attacks in the specified areas of the front. The fiercest battles are fought for Bakhmut and Marinka.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Lymansky direction.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. There are heavy battles for the city of Bakhmut. In addition, over the course of the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Bohdanivka, Khpomove, and Klishchiivka.
On the Avdiyivskyi route, the enemy carried out offensive actions near the settlements of Severne and Pepvomaiske of the Donetsk region, without success.
On the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled numerous enemy attacks in the area of the Marinka settlement.
In the Zaporizhzhуa and Hepson directions, the enemy continues to conduct countermeasures. At the same time, over the course of a day, he raided more than 40 settlements.
Over the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 6 hits on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, as well as a hit on the anti-aircraft package complex. Also, 2 reconnaissance UAVs of the "Zala" type and "Oplan-10" type were shot down.
Detachments of the packet troops and anti-aircraft artillery captured the anti-aircraft and packet complex, 4 areas of personnel concentration and the radar station of the air force during the last day.