Ukraine Army repels enemy assault in Sloviansk direction

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in its latest report on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, part of the personnel and equipment was rotated in the units of the Belarusian armed forces performing the task of strengthening the protection of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

The inspection of the headquarters of the territorial defense forces of the Zhlobin District of the Gomel Region of Belarus is ongoing. There is still a threat of the enemy launching missile and air strikes from the territory and airspace of this country.

In the Siversky (northeastern) direction, the composition and position of enemy troops has not changed significantly. The occupiers fired mortars at the positions of Ukrainian troops near Vovkivka, Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is holding a group of troops from the Western and Eastern Military Districts, concentrating their main efforts on defense.

The enemy shelled the city of Kharkiv and the settlements of Sosnivka, Dementiivka, Mykilske, Ruski Tyshky, Cherkaski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, Slatyne, Prudianka, Nove, Ivanivka and Zalyman using barrel and rocket artillery.

In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy does not stop artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Dolyna, Dibrivne, Kurulka, Mazanivka, Adamivka, Virnopillia, Husarivka, Chepil, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Krasnopillia, Khrestyshche, Dovhenke and Mayak.

Ukrainian defenders successfully repulsed an assault in the direction of Dovhenke and Dolyna. It is not excluded that the enemy will continue to conduct offensive operations to improve their tactical position and create favorable conditions for conducting an offensive towards Izium - Sloviansk.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but carried out shelling from barrel artillery and mortars in the areas of the settlements of Tetianivka, Mykolaivka, Kryva Luka, Siversk, Serebrianka, and Spirne. An airstrike was launched near Verkhniokamianske.

In the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers shelled the areas of Berestove, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Pokrovske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Vesela Dolyna, Vershyna, Travneve, Kodema, Toretsk, and Shumy. It carried out missile and air strikes on Toretsk and Raiske and airstrikes near Berestove. It conducted aerial reconnaissance using Orlan-10 UAVs and engaged subversive and reconnaissance groups.

In the Avdiivka, Kurakhivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, with the aim of restraining Ukrainian troops, the enemy conducted artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka (Coke Chemical Plant), Vesele, Marinka Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka, Prychystivka, Zaliznychne, Bilohiria, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Kamianske. Airstrikes were launched near Kamianka, Avdiivka and Novomykhailivka.

In the Southern Buh region, in order to prevent the regrouping of Ukrainian troops, the aggressor directed artillery fire on the areas of the settlements of Bila Krynytsia, Partyzanske, Blahodatne, Kyselivka, Novohryhorivka, Zoria, Kotluareve, Shevchenkove, Stepova Dolyna, Ukrainka, Mykolaiv and Kulbakine. Unmanned aerial vehicles were used to control the fire.

In the Black Sea and Azov sea zones, the enemy's naval group focuses its main efforts on blocking civilian shipping. Four warships armed with Kalibr cruise missiles are kept ready for missile strikes.

"The moral and psychological state of the personnel of the occupiers remains low, systematic consumption of alcoholic beverages and desertion are noted. The occupiers complain about the ineffectiveness of their attacks on Ukrainian positions," the report said.