Ukraine frontline: over 20 combat engagements occur, 10 Russian attacks repelled near Maryinka

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this. 

Ukrainian aviation launched 8 strikes on Russian military positions

In turn, the missile troops destroyed two Russian military positions, an anti-aircraft missile system, 6 artillery pieces and an enemy control center.

During the night, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 18 of 24 Shaheds launched to attack Ukraine

The Air Forces also destroyed all 17 cruise missiles that the enemy fired at Ukraine. 

In total, the Russian forces launched 17 missile strikes, 33 airstrikes, and 26 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems at the Ukrainian troops' positions and populated areas.

Frontline situation:

Near the state Ukrainian border with Russia and Belarus, the situation hasn't changed significantly, and no enemy offensive groups have been detected. 

At the same time, the Russian army continued shelling the entire borderline with mortars and artillery: over 15 settlements across the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were attacked. 

Russian attacks in other Ukrainian regions

• In the Kupyansk direction, 5 settlements of the Kharkiv region came under artillery shelling. 

• In the Lyman direction, over 10 settlements in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions came under Russian fire. 

• In the Bakhmut direction, over 10 localities in the Donetsk region were attacked by the invading Russian forces. 

• In the Avdiivka direction, more than 10 settlements in the Donetsk region were attacked. 

• In the Maryinka direction, over 5 settlements in the Donetsk region came under shelling. 

• In the Shakhtarsk direction, over 7 localities in the Donetsk region were shelled. 

• In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, about 25 towns and villages were subjected to numerous attacks by the occupying Russian army. 

At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct offensive operations in the Melitopol sector and offensive (assault) operations in the Bakhmut sector, destroying the enemy and liberating the occupied territories step by step. 

• Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the AFU Land Forces, announced a breakthrough of the Russian defensive line near Bakhmut.