Ukraine’s Air Force launches five strikes on enemy positions

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in an evening update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

It is noted that units of the rocket forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck two areas of concentration of enemy manpower.

"During the day, Russian occupiers launched a missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Barvinkove, Kharkiv region. There are victims among the civilian population. In addition, the enemy launched more than 20 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems,” the report says.

The threat of further Russian air strikes and missile attacks on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high, the General Staff warned.

The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Novopavlivka areas.

According to the General Staff, the enemy continues to suffer heavy losses. Thus, in Bilovodsk, Luhansk region, the invaders turned the Central District Hospital into a military hospital. The enemy brought up to 120 wounded servicemen of the Russian armed forces there.

To replenish their losses in manpower, the aggressor continues recruiting prisoners. Over the past week, up to 1,000 mercenaries were recruited from correctional facilities of Russia’s Novosibirsk region.

As Ukrinform reported, Bill Burns, Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, believes that the next six months will be “absolutely crucial” in determining the final outcome of the war in Ukraine.