Ukrainian defense forces repel Russian attacks in 9 settlements

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

"Russians try to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrate their efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions, and do not stop conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. They regroup troops in the Southern Bug direction," the message says.

The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.  Strikes civilian infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.

There is also a threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.  Thus, during the past day, the occupiers launched 8 rocket and 15 air strikes, carried out more than 70 attacks from rocket salvo systems.  Three Kh-22 cruise missiles of the enemy did not reach their targets.

Objects and civilian population of more than 25 settlements were damaged by enemy fire.  Among others - Novomykhailivka, Zaliznychne, Spirne, Davidiv Brid, Blagodativka and Myrne. The strikes on Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Nikopol were carried out solely with the aim of destroying civilian homes and critical infrastructure of the cities, the General Staff says.

There are no significant changes in the situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions.  The enemy shelled in other directions:

in the Siversky direction - from barrel artillery, in the areas of Boyaro-Lezhachi, Mezenivka and Ryzhivka settlements of the Sumy region;

in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery, in the areas of Dvorichne, Zarubivka, Vovchansk, Gatishchen settlements; 

in the Kramatorsk direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Bilogorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Serebryanka and Rozdolivkan;

in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy inflicted fire on the areas of the settlements of Soledar, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Kurdyumivka, Opytne, Zaytseve and New Yorkna;

in the Avdiivka direction, from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, fired upon Maryinka, Shakhtarskyi, Vodyanyi and Novomykhailivka districts.

On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, the infrastructure in the areas of Novoukrayinka, Novodanilivka, Chervone, Novosilka, Poltavka, and Mali Shcherbaki was damaged by enemy shelling.

In the Southern Bug direction, areas of more than 25 settlements along the entire contact line were shelled.

Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyimka, Krasne, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Vesele, Pobyeda, Nevelske, Kamianka and Ternovy Pody in the last 24 hours.

The Air Forces of the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted 23 strikes in the last 24 hours. A stronghold, 15 Russian areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 7 anti-aircraft missile systems have been hit. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down more than 20 Russian drones in various directions.  

Among them - 5 Orlan-10, 15 Shahed-136 and 1 Mohajer-6.

Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit 5 Russian areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 5 air defense positions, 2 artillery pieces, an ammunition warehouse and a crossing.