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| Russians tried to break through Ukrainian defenses at Mariinsky and Avdiivsk — General Staff |
| 2024-02-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] During the day, 51 combat clashes took place. by Ivanna Kapustyanska The seven hundred and twenty-eighth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state continues. The enemy continues to wage a war of aggression. Despite significant losses, he does not give up his plans for the full occupation of Ukraine, ignores the laws and customs of war, uses terror tactics, strikes and attacks both military and civilian objects. The enemy is actively using aviation and quadrocopters of the "FPV" type, is conducting assault operations with the support of armored vehicles, and is conducting an evening assembly of the General Staff. The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 51 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 3 missile and 84 air strikes, fired 71 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other infrastructure objects, were destroyed and damaged. On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, attacks populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Milove, Vilkhuvatka, Hryhorivka settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 20 settlements were hit by artillery and mortar fire, including Bleshnya, Gremyach, Yeline of Chernihiv region; Povivka, Volfine, Sumy region; Veterinary, Krasne, Lukyantsi, Gatishche, Kharkiv region. In the Kupyan direction, the enemy made 2 offensive attempts near Synkivka and Tabaivka, Kharkiv region. He carried out an airstrike in the Petropavlivka district of the Kharkiv region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvorichna, Synkivka, Ivanivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region. In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled 4 attacks near Terni and Vyimka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Makiyivka, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Lyman, Svyat-Pokrovsk, Siversk of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were affected by enemy artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka, Nevske of Luhansk region and Terny, Torske, Serebryanka, Spirne of Donetsk region. In the direction of Bakhmut, defense forces repelled an attack near Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical position. The enemy also carried out an airstrike in the New York area of ​​the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region. In the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks near Stepovoy, Lastochkiny, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of settlements Novopokrovske, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Semenivka, Orlivka, Lastochkine of the Donetsk region. Shelled about 20 settlements with artillery and mortars, among them Berdychi, Semenivka, Severna, Netaylovye of the Donetsk region. In the Mariinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy near Georgiivka, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region. Here, the occupiers tried 10 times to break through the defense of our troops. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Katerynivka, Antonivka, Paraskoviivka, and Kostyantynivka settlements of the Donetsk region. Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Novomykhailivka, Paraskoviivka came under the artillery and mortar fire of the invaders. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Novopavlovsk direction. He carried out airstrikes in the areas of Urozhane and Staromayorske settlements of the Donetsk region. About 10 settlements, including Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Staromayorske, and Urozhane of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Defense Forces repulsed 7 enemy attacks west of Verbovoy and in the area of ​​Robotynoy, Zaporizhzhia region. More than 20 settlements, including Poltavka, Malynivka, Charivne, Biloghirya, Novodanilivka, Pyatikhatki of Zaporizhzhya region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Odesa" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Yes, during the day there were 2 attempts to storm the positions of our troops. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the Krynyk and Chornobayivka districts of the Kherson region. More than 10 settlements, including Kherson, Krynky, Ivanivka, Tyaginka, and Tokarivka of the Kherson region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 10 personnel concentration areas and 2 enemy anti-aircraft missile complexes. Also, units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed another Su-34 fighter-bomber and 3 reconnaissance UAVs. Units of missile troops struck 5 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 warehouses of fuel and lubricants, 3 control points, 8 artillery means and 1 radar station of the enemy. |
| Posted by:badanov |