[LB] The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions.
by Yuriy Korogodskyi
During the day, the enemy carried out 19 airstrikes, carried out more than 10 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the infrastructure of populated areas.
This was reported by the press center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.
Despite numerous losses in equipment and manpower, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions - 34 enemy attacks were repulsed during the day.
On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. Certain units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to be on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the armed forces of Belarus is underway. Separate units and units are brought to higher levels of combat readiness. Additional staffing of the units involved in the inspection was carried out at the expense of the draft of reserve servicemen.
The enemy will continue to maintain certain units in the Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine, and will continue to carry out engineering equipment in the area. During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Galaganivka, Zaliznyi Myst, Arkhipivka of the Chernihiv region; Methodivka, Bilopillya, Volfine, Kindrativka, Varachine, Basivka, Zapsilya in the Sumy region, as well as Veterinarne, Vovchansk, Varvarivka, Zemlianka, Komisarov and Kolodyazne in the Kharkiv region.
Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Zapadne, and Kindrasivka of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy fire in the Kupian direction .
In the Lyman direction, during the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of ​​Bilogorivka. Novoselivske, Nevske, Pischane, Kuzmine and Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions, tries to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, fierce battles continue. During the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area north of Khromovoy and near Bohdanivka.
The units of the defense forces repelled about 18 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. In particular, Vasyukivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba and Zalizne of the Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling.
On the Avdiyiv and Maryinsk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka districts of the Donetsk region, without success. The fiercest battles on the indicated part of the front continue for Maryinka, where 14 enemy attacks were repulsed. At the same time, the settlements of Keramik, Novokalynove, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Netaylove, Nevelske, Karlivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . He shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Shakhtarske, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Vugledar, and Prechistivka in the Donetsk region.
The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . Shelled, in particular, Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region; Kachkarivka, Vesele, Antonivka, Inzhenerne, Zelenivka of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.