Panic among Russian troops in Kharkiv direction - General Staff

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff shared operational information as of 06:00 on September 11, 2022 regarding the Russian invasion.

It was noted there that the invading Russian forces continue to focus their efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region, maintaining the temporarily seized districts of the Kherson, part of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions. They conduct air reconnaissance, constantly try to improve the tactical position, take measures to improve the logistical support of his units, and conduct shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops along the entire contact line.

A further threat of air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine.

"During the past day, the Russian enemy launched 16 missiles and 34 air strikes against military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine. 28 settlements were hit. In particular, Slavgorod, Velyka Pysarivka, Velyki Prokhody, Avdiivka, Nevelske, Marinka, Neskuchne,  Velyka Novosilka, Dnipro, and Bruskinsk," the General Staff wrote. 

The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, invading Russian forces fired from tanks, mortars, barrel, and rocket artillery, in particular:

- in the Siversk direction - near Bilopillya, Lynove, and Hrabovske, Sumy region;

- in the Kharkiv direction - in the areas of Lyutivka, Tymofiivka, Dementiivka, Zolochiv, Sosnivka, Pytomnyk, Ruski Tyshki, Cherkaski Tyshki, and Borshchova settlements;

- in the Slovyansk direction - in the areas of the settlements of Slovyansk, Dolyna, Krasnopillya, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dovhenke, and Dmytrivka;

- in the Kramatorsk direction - near Kryva Luka, Piskunivka, Sydorovo, and Rozdolivka;

- in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka, and Vesele settlements;

- in the Avdiivka direction - near Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodiany, Pervomaisk, Karlivka, and Krasnohorivka;

- in the Novopavlivka direction - in the areas of Velyki Novosilky, Shevchenkove, Vuhledar, and Marinka settlements;

- in the Zaporizhzhia direction - near Huliaipole, Rivnopillya, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Chervone, and Malynivka;

- in the Southern Bug direction - in the areas of Myrne, Stepova Dolyna, Bila Krynytsia, Sukhyi Stavok, Bezimenne, and Nova Zoria settlements.

"The Russian enemy continues to suffer losses. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy units from the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army were left without means of support, the personnel were in a panicked mood. It is also known about numerous sanitary losses of the Russians in the indicated direction. Over the previous day  more than 75 wounded Russian servicemen were brought to the village of Valuyki in the Belgorod region, while more than a hundred occupiers were evacuated from Belgorod to Moscow," the General Staff noted.

It is also noted there that due to significant losses in manpower, the Russian invaders plan to 'mobilize' the male population in the temporarily Russia-occupied territories. Now men are forbidden to leave settlements.

In response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' successful actions, the Russian invaders are carrying out 'countermeasures'. 

"In settlements in the temporarily seized territories of the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, the occupiers are strengthening the administrative and police regime, entry and exit from the settlements are prohibited, and a curfew has been introduced. In Kherson, residential premises of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, from which the Antonivka Bridge can be seen, have been searched. The Russian military warned local residents of Kakhovka and Kozatsky about opening fire on them if they approached the crossings," the General Staff wrote.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sosnivka, Maiorsk, Mykolaivka Druha, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmut, Pisky, Pervomaiske, and Novomykhailivka settlements.