Russian forces try to create conditions for resuming offensive in separate directions - General Staff 

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shared the report on Facebook.

The Ukrainian military emphasizes that Russia continues to focus efforts on establishing full control over the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, maintaining the temporarily captured Kherson regions and parts of the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions, creating favorable conditions for resuming the offensive in certain directions, as well as blocking Ukraine's maritime communications in the Black Sea.

Air and missile strikes on military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine continue.

In the Slobozhansk direction, Russia continues to conduct hostilities with the aim of holding previously occupied lines and preventing the offensive of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

In the Kharkiv direction, Russia carried out fire damage from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Karasivka, Petrivka, Bazaliivka, Rtyshchivka, Duvanka, Ivanivka, Mospanove, Lisne, Velyki Prohody, Pitomnyk, Husarivka and Chepil settlements.

Russian forces carried out remote mining of the area near Lebyazhe.

In the Slovyansk direction, Russia shelled the districts of Velika Komyshuvakha, Virnopill, Adamivka and Dovgenke with artillery.

In the Kramatorsk direction, Russia fired from tanks and multiple rocket launchers at the regions of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Spirnyi, Donetsk, Ivano-Daryivka, Siversk, Zvanivka, and Raigorodka. Launched an air strike near Vesele.

Russia led an offensive in the Mykolaivka-Vyimka direction, was unsuccessful, withdrew.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling was recorded near Bakhmut, Soledar, Rozdolivka, Kodem and Mayorsk.

The occupiers launched an offensive in the directions of Volodymyrivka – Soledar, Pokrovske – Bakhmutske, Pokrovske – Bakhmut, Klynove – Bakhmut, Semihirya – Zaitseve, Semihirya – Kodema and Holmivskyi – Zaitseve. Russian forces did not achieve any positive results in any of the offensive directions and withdrew with losses.

In the Avdiyivka direction, Russia fired from barrel, rocket artillery, and tanks near Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Alexandropol, Piski, Pervomaisky, and Opytny.

Russian forces led an offensive in the direction of Lozove - Pervomaiske, were unsuccessful, withdrew.

In the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, Russia is defending the occupied areas. Shelled the areas of settlements of Novosilka, Novomykhailivka, Bogoyavlenka, Stepnohirsk, Shevchenkove, Burlatske, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipilske, Lukyanivske, Preobrazhenka, Poltavka.

Conducted aerial reconnaissance with a drone near Poltavka, Gulyaipole, Malynyvka, Zeleny Gai, Shcherbaki and Novoyakovlivka.

Russian forces tried to conduct assaults in the direction of Yehorivka - Shevchenkiv, was unsuccessful, withdrew.

In the Southern Bug direction, the main Russian efforts are focused on holding the occupied areas and restraining the actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Shelling was recorded near the settlements of Mykolaiv, Stepova Dolyna, Luch, Posad-Pokrovske, Halytsynov, Oleksandrivka, Myrne, Shiroke, Kvitneve, Kiselyvka, Kobzartsi, Pervomaiske, Kavkaz, Murakhivka, Andriyivka, Osokorivka, Ivanivka, and Trudolyubivka.

Russia carried out airstrikes near Bila Krynytsia, Blagodatne, and Khutirska creek.

Conducted aerial reconnaissance by drones in the areas of Bilogirka, Lozove, Pervomaiske, Oleksandrivka, Trudolyubivka, Osokorivka and Ivanivka settlements.

According to available information, two sea-based cruise missile carriers are ready to use high-precision weapons.