Ukrainian army repels Russian offensive in three directions
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
According to the General Staff, as of 18:00 on July 6, in the Volyn and Polissia directions, units of the Belarusian armed forces continue to perform tasks of covering the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Brest and Gomel regions. Measures for the engineering equipment of the positions are ongoing, control points are being checked, and radio-electronic reconnaissance is being conducted.
There are no significant changes in the Siversky (northeastern) direction. To clarify the position of Ukrainian troops, the enemy conducted aerial reconnaissance using UAVs.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is holding a group of troops from the Western Military District. The enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Sosnivka, Dementiivka, Nove, Pytomnyk, Tsyrkuny, Petrivka, and Mospanove. An airstrike was launched near Rubizhne.
Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled enemy assaults in the direction of Kozacha Lopan - Sosnivka.
In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position and create conditions for an offensive in the direction of Izium - Sloviansk. The areas of Dibrivne, Krasnopilla, Husarivka, Barvinkove, Karnaukhivka and Velyka Komyshuvakha were shelled from artillery and multiple launch rocket systems.
The occupiers advanced in the direction of Dovhenke - Mazanivka. They were repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers and retreated with losses.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to capture the settlements of Verkhnokamianske and Hryhorivka. Electronic warfare was used. Enemy forces fired artillery at the areas of Sloviansk and Verkhniokamianske. Airstrikes were launched near Tetianivka and Sydorove.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position and establish complete control over the Bakhmut-Lysychansk road. It carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Spirne, Vyimka and Vesele.
Ukrainian soldiers stopped the enemy's offensive in the Myronivka - Luhanske and Holmivskyi - Novoluhanske directions and forced the occupiers to withdraw.
In the Avdiyivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, in order to restrain Ukrainian troops, the enemy shelled the positions of Ukrainian units with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery. It also launched an airstrike near Marinka.
In the Southern Buh direction, the enemy is trying to hold the occupied lines. The enemy uses artillery to shell Ukrainian troops in the areas of Oleksandrivka, Ukrainka, Luch, Mykolaivske, Zoria, Poliana and Bila Krynytsia.
Four carriers of high-precision weapons are kept in the sea in readiness for launching missile strikes on targets across Ukraine.