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Ukrainian General Staff: Ukrainian Armed Forces repel attacks near Konstantinovka
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] Units of the missile forces carried out attacks on air defense systems and 17 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Ukrainian soldiers repulsed Russian attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper and near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region. This is evidenced by the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Facebook on Thursday, May 9.  In the Kupyansky direction, our soldiers repelled 7 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Berestovo, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 3 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovo and Torskoye in the Donetsk region and in the area of Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region. In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 16 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Novoe, Ivanovskoye, Stupochki and Kleschievka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation. In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 20 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Novoselovka Pervaya, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka, Netaylovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 6 times. The enemy launched an air strike near the village of Bogoyavlenka, Donetsk region. In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 16 times in the area of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Rabotinoye, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Belogorye, Rabotino, Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, about 20 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Krynki, Tyaginka, Kachkarovka, Kizomis, Stanislav, Kherson region. The enemy does not abandon his intention to oust our units from bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, the enemy made 2 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region. ENEMY LOSSES During the day, aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces carried out strikes on 1 air defense system and 17 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. As we have already written, the Ukrainian Ground Forces attacked a column of advancing Russian tanks. Ukrainian fighters also destroyed the Russian TOS-1A Soncepek heavy flamethrower system in Bakhmut. It was also reported that soldiers of the Special Operations Forces (SSO) helped destroy the Russian Buk-M1 air defense system, which was being prepared to launch missiles. Posted by: badanov 2024-05-10 |
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