[Korrespondent] Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on two areas where personnel were concentrated.
More than five settlements in the Nikolaev region were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, the General Staff noted.
Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Dnieper. They also repelled Russian attacks near Orlovka (Donetsk region). This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Thursday, February 22.
The enemy carried out 50 air strikes and carried out 80 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Kupyansk direction
The enemy made fou offensive attempts in the area of ​​the village of Sinkovka, Kharkov region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Ivanovka in the Kharkov region.
Liman direction
Our soldiers repulsed 14 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Razdolovka and Veseloe, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Makeevka, Nevskoye, Lugansk region; Terny, Torskoe, Serebryanka, Spornoe, Donetsk region.
Bakhmut direction
The defense forces repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of Andreevka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka and Toretsk, where the enemy tried to improve their tactical position. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular Andreevka, Ivanovskoe and Klishchievka in the Donetsk region.
Avdeevskoe direction
Our defenders repulsed seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Orlovka, Severnoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Semenovka, Orlovka, Lastochkino, Tonenkoye. About 20 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Berdichi, Semyonovka, Severnoye and Netaylovo in the Donetsk region.
Maryinsky direction
The defense forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Pobeda in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 31 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Alexandropol, Krasnogorovka, Kurakhovo, Paraskovevka. Such settlements of the Donetsk region as Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers.
Novopavlovskoe direction
Ukrainian soldiers repelled two enemy attacks in the area of ​​the village of Zolotaya Niva. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Staromayorskoye. About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye.
Zaporozhye direction
The defense forces repelled four enemy attacks west of Verbovoye and in the Robotinoye area of ​​the Zaporozhye region. More than 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Malinovka, Charivnoye, Belogorye, Novodanilovka in the Zaporozhye region.
Kherson direction
More than five settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, among them the city of Ochakov, Nikolaev region. The enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, two attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops.
Enemy losses
Defense aviation carried out strikes on six areas where enemy personnel were concentrated and 3 anti-aircraft missile systems. The missile force units defeated two areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, one logistics hub, two air defense systems and one enemy ground control station.
As we have already written, the deputy commander of the 18th Army of the Russian Federation, Magomedali Magomedzhanov, died in a hospital in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. His death was caused by injuries received in the war against Ukraine.