Ukrainian forces repel over 70 enemy attacks in four sectors

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a situation update published on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

"In the last 24 hours, the enemy launched 2 missile strikes and 30 air strikes and mounted more than 40 attacks using multiple rocket launchers on the positions of our troops and the civilian infrastructure of populated areas. Without any desired results on the battlefield, the enemy continues to cynically wage war against peaceful citizens. The Russian Federation launched another missile attack on civilian objects in the cities of Druzhkivka and Avdiivka, Donetsk region, using ballistic missiles. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population," the report said.

The probability of missile and air strikes on targets across Ukraine remains high, the General Staff said.

The Russians continue to focus their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka areas. Over the past 24 hours, thanks to the organized and coordinated actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, as well as the personal courage of all defenders, more than 70 enemy attacks in the said areas have been repelled. The fiercest battles are ongoing for the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka.

In the Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna areas, the operational situation has not changed significantly. In the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Karpovychi and Bronyvy in the Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Esman, Sydorivka, Starykove, Stukalivka, Bilopillia and Sosnivka in the Sumy region, as well as Udy, Veterynarne, Zybyne, Okhrimivka and Krasne Pershe in the Kharkiv region.

On the Kupiansk axis, the settlements of Dvorichna, Kutkivka, Zapadne, Masiutivka, Synkivka, Kupiansk, Pishchane, Krokhmalne and Novoselivske of the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire.

On the Lyman axis, the enemy unsuccessfully conducted offensive operations south of Kreminna and Verkhniokamianske. Novoselivske, Nevske, Dibrova and Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region, as well as Kolodiazi, Torske, Spirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region came under artillery fire.

In the Bakhmut area, the enemy continues to attack Bakhmut, trying to seize control of the city. Ukrainian military personnel repelled more than 25 enemy attacks. Also, in the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks outside Bohdanivka and Predtechyne. The settlements of Vasiukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kurdiumivka, Zalizne, Dyliivka, New York and Druzhkivka of the Donetsk region all came under enemy shelling.

In the Avdiivka and Marinka sectors, the enemy unsuccessfully carried out offensive action near Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Vodiane, Pervomaiske and Marinka of the Donetsk region. In the last day, in the vicinity of Marinka and Avdiivka alone, Ukrainian forces repelled more than 20 enemy attacks. At the same time, the enemy shelled Stepove, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Tonenke, Sieverne, Pervomaiske, Netailove, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Heorhiivka, and Prechystivka.

On the Shakhtarsk axis, the enemy actively used UAVs to adjust artillery fire and shelled the settlements of Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka of the Donetsk region.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas, the enemy did not conduct active operations, improving defensive lines and positions. More than 40 settlements near the contact line came under attack. Among them are Olhivske, Poltavka, Sviatopetrivka, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Novoiakovlivka of the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as Khreshchenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Tomaryne, Tiahynka, Tokarivka and Prydniprovske of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

"Over the past 24 hours, the aircraft of the Defense Forces carried out eight strikes on areas where the personnel and military equipment of the occupiers were concentrated. Also, our defenders shot down an enemy Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle. Units of rocket forces and artillery struck three areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two enemy ammunition depots and a multiple launch rocket system," the General Staff added.

Photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces