War update: Ukrainian Air Force 14 times strikes Russian positions
The Russian invasion forces continue to focus their main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions where 44 attacks were repulsed. The fiercest battles continue for the towns of Bakhmut and Marinka.
This is stated in a morning summary by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
"The Air Force carried out 14 strikes on enemy manpower and equipment clusters. Also, nine enemy UAVs of various types were destroyed. Rocket and artillery forces hit 11 control points, 19 clusters, an ammunition depot, a fuel depot, nine artillery positions, an air defense system, and another two important enemy targets,” the military said.
It is also noted that over the past day, the enemy launched six missile on the cities of Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, and Zaporizhzhia. In addition, 59 enemy airstrikes and 95 MLR salvos targeting Ukrainian positions and populated areas were recorded. Civilian casualties and destruction to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were reported.
"The likelihood of further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high as the Russian Federation does not abandon its terror tactics," the statement says.
No signs of the enemy offensive groups being formed were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions. The Russian Federation continues to use the territory and infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus for the training and combat coordination of their mobilized forces set to be further deployed in war zones.
On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the Krasnyi Khutir area of Chernihiv region and Krenidivka, Znob-Novhorodske, and Uralove of Sumy region. Mortar and artillery shelling was reported in Halahanivka, Leonivka of Chernihiv region, Novovasylivka, Ukrainske, Znob-Novhorodske, Muravyi, Chervone, Iskriskivshchyna, Bilopilla, Yastrubyne, Kindrativka, and Basivka of Sumy region, as well as Huriiv, Hlyboke, Starytsia, Bhgruvatka , Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Tykhe, Synelnikove, Zybyne, Bochkove, Budarky, and Velykyi Burluk of Kharkiv region.
The enemy ran no offensive missions in the Kupiansk direction, carrying out an airstrike in the area of Pischane. Odradne, Dvorichanske, Kamianka, Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Fiholivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, and Tabaivka in Kharkiv region, and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk were subjected to Russian artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Lyman direction, the occupiers carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the Serebrianske Forestry area. Airstrikes targeted the areas in the vicinity of Hrekivka, Verkhnokamyanske, Spirne and Bilohorivka. Makiivka and Nevske in Luhansk region and Bilohorivka, Torske, Serebrianka, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Berestove, and Vesele in Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues its offensive. Fighting continues in the town of Bakhmut. Over the past day, the enemy carried out offensive actions – with no gains – in the direction of Stupochi. Airstrikes targeted the areas of Bakhmut, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, and New York. Vasiukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Markove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pivdenne, Toretsk, Severne, and New York of Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy undertook unsuccessful offensive efforts in the Avdiivka area and shelled the settlements of Novokalynove, Berdychi, Stepove, Severne, and Pervomaiske of Donetsk region.
In the Marinka direction, Ukraine’s defense forces repelled numerous attacks in the Marinka area. Hostre, Heorhiyivka, and Pobieda in Donetsk region also came under enemy fire.
On the Shakhtarske axis, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the area of Novomykhailivka, achieving no success. Airstrikes were reported near Vuhledar and Prechystivka. The Russians shelled the settlements of Paraskoviivka, Kostiantynivka, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, and Prechystivka.
The occupiers are on the defensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. They conducted airstrikes targeting the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Omelnyk, and Kizomys. The settlements of Vremivka and Novopil of Donetsk region were shelled, and so were Olhivske, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipilske, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, and Kamianske of Zaporizhzhia region; Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region; Zolota Balka, Vesele, Lvove, Ivanivka, Antonivka, Dniprovske, and Kizomys of Kherson region, as well as the city of Kherson.