[LB] Not having significant achievements on the battlefield, the enemy attacks peaceful settlements.
by Iryna Gamalii
During the day, the enemy launched 4 missile strikes, 2 of which hit a civilian object in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. The enemy also carried out 13 airstrikes. Fired 23 shots from rocket salvo systems.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 328th day of the Russian large-scale invasion.
The threat of air and missile strikes by the Russian Federation on civilian objects remains high throughout Ukraine.
The enemy does not give up its intentions to seize the Donetsk region within the administrative borders. The main efforts are focused on conducting an offensive in the Bakhmut direction. Conducts unsuccessful offensive actions in the Avdiiv direction.
The enemy is trying to improve its tactical position in the Kupyan and Lyman directions , while it is defending itself in the Novopavliv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson directions.
In the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions , the situation has not changed significantly, and no offensive groups of the enemy have been detected. The Republic of Belarus continues to support Russian armed aggression, the rotation of Russian units undergoing training on the territory of Belarus continues. Areas of settlements of Mykolaivka, Chernihiv region were subjected to mortar and artillery shelling; Atynske, Sumy Region; Veterinary, Lukyantsi, Staritsa, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Rybalkine, Nesterne, Zemlianki, Bologhivka, Kamianka, Dvorichna of the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoselivske, Andriivka of the Luhansk region.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy shelled the areas of Ploshanka, Chervopopivka, Kreminna, and Dibrova settlements of the Luhansk region from the entire spectrum of artillery; Terny and Yampolivka, Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, areas of the settlements Verkhnokamianske, Vyimka, Bilogorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Krasna Gora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Zalizne, New York of the Donetsk region were hit by enemy artillery fire.
On the Avdiivskyi direction, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Nevelske, Georgiivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
In the direction of Novopavlivsk, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at the areas of Vugledar, Mykilski Dachi and Prechistivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhia region, more than 10 settlements were affected by artillery fire, in particular, Vremivka, Novopil na Donnechyna and Temyrivka, Poltavka, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaki, Stepove, Kamianske and Plavni in the Zaporizhia region.
In the Kherson direction, the occupiers do not stop terrorizing the civilian population. In particular, Antonivka and Kherson were shelled by rocket salvo systems, and civilians were injured.
The Russian occupiers are trying to isolate the civilian population in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region from access to alternative sources of information. Along with stopping the broadcasting of all Ukrainian TV channels, the invaders made mobile communications available only to Russian operators.
According to available information, the Russian occupiers are intensifying search efforts for their deserters in the temporarily occupied territories. Under the pretext of searching for Ukrainian saboteurs, the invaders carry out raids on populated areas of the Kherson region.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 10 strikes on areas where the enemy's personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. During the day, our defenders destroyed an enemy Su-25 aircraft.
Units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit two control points and the area where the occupiers are concentrated, an ammunition depot, a radio-electronic warfare station and a radio-location station.
It will be recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has abducted almost 14,000 Ukrainian children.