Russian occupation forces are trying to resume offensive operations in the eastern direction.
Mykola Urshalovych, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning for the Use of the National Guard, stated this.
He noted that the Russians tried to attack in the east in order to divert the reserves of the Defense Forces against the background of the Ukrainian offensive.
So, last week, the occupiers in the Kupyansk, Lymansk and Siversk directions conducted unsuccessful assaults on the positions of the National Guard units, actively used rocket artillery and aviation.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Guards' reconnaissance-strike calculations continued to destroy the invaders' equipment, field warehouses with ammunition, gradually exhausting the enemy's ability to conduct an active defense.
In addition, units of the National Guard, together with other components of the Defense Forces, continued offensive actions in the Melitopol direction.
In particular, our soldiers carried out the fortification equipment of the reached borders and conducted reconnaissance and demining in the lanes of further tasks.
The situation is on the front line
The General Staff reported that the Ukrainian military continues to conduct offensives in the Melitopol, Berdyansk, and Lymansk directions.
In particular, the Defense Forces had partial success in the direction of the settlements of Bilogorivka and Dibrova, as well as in the direction of Rivnopil - Staromayorske. They are fixed at the achieved boundaries.
