Ukrainian defense forces repel Russian attacks near 10 settlements

The General Stuff shares the report on Facebook.

"Russian troops are trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, and are concentrating their efforts on deterring Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions. They are launching offensives in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka directions," the message says.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russian occupiers near the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanhrad, Opytne, Klishchiivka, Maryinka, Pavlivka, Vodyane and Mayorsk in the Donetsk region and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region.

Russian soldiers are shelling units of Ukrainian Defense Forces along the contact line, putting up fortifications in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. They continue to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes in violation of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.

Over the past day, Russian forces launched 9 missile, 37 air strikes, and more than 100 MLRS attacks.

More than 25 settlements of the Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were affected by Russian attacks.

Russian army fired in other directions:

in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, rocket and barrel artillery, near the settlements of Udy, Starytsa, Chuhunivka, Fiholivka and Dvorichanske;

in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions - from artillery of various types, near the settlements of Kyslivka, Berestovka, Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Yampolivka and Lyman;

in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, near Rozdolivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdiumivka, Ozarianivka and Mayorsk;

in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks and the entire range of artillery, near Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka settlements;

in the Novopavlivsk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery,near the settlements of Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Prechystivka, Vremivka, Novosilka, Neskuchne, and Novopil;

in the Zaporizhzhia direction - from artillery of various calibers, near Temyrivka, Olhivske, Uspenivka, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Novodanylivka and Stepove settlements.

In the Southern Buh direction, Russian troops fired at the populated areas bordering the contact line. The settlements of Vyshchetarasivka, Illinka and Marganets of the Dnipropetrovsk region were directly affected by the MLRS fire.