Russian strikes damage infrastructure in more than 40 settlements, Ukrainian Armed Forces repel attacks near three villages

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on Facebook.

Russians continue to focus their efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk region, organize defense and maintain the captured territories, and also try to disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions.

 "They shell our positions along the contact line, take measures to regroup theirtroops, and constantly conduct aerial reconnaissance," the message says.

Russians has launched 8 missile and 16 air strikes, fired 115 anti-aircraft missiles at military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine in the last 24 hours, violating the norms of international humanitarian law, the laws and customs of war.

 As a result of the attacks of the Russian troops, the infrastructure of more than 40 settlements was damaged.  These are, in particular, Siversk, Maryinka, Vesele, Neskuchne, Yehorivka, Bezymenne, Bilogirka, Myrolyubivka, and Visokopillya.

 The threat of air and missile strikes continues to persist throughout the territory of Ukraine.

 The situation has not changed in the Volyn and Poliske directions.  In other directions, the Russians shell from tanks, mortars and artillery of various calibers:

in the Seversky direction - in Senkivka and Huta-Studenetska settlements of the Chernihiv region;

in the Slobozhansk direction - in the settlements of Strylecha, Hlyboke, Morokhovets, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Kamianka, Kupyansk, and Osykove;

in the Kramatorsk direction - Slovyansk, Koroviy Yar, Bogorodichne, Oleksandrivka, Yarova, Pryshyb, Dibrova, Donetsk and Raihorodok;

in the Bakhmut direction - Mykolaivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Rozdolivka, Opytne, Yakovlivka, Belogorivka and Mayorskna;

in the Avdiivka direction - Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Kamianka, Opytne, Maryinka  and Vodiane;

in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, about 16 settlements were shelled. Among them are Vugledar, Prechistivka, Gulyaipilske, Neskuchne, Vremivka and Novopil.

Russians shelled more than 25 settlements along the contact line in the South Buzk direction. In order to conduct reconnaissance, adjust fire, and launch strikes against civilian infrastructure, they made more than 30 combat flights of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Units of Ukrainian troops repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Zaitseve, Odradivka, and Novomykhailivka settlements in the last 24 hours.