War update: Ukraine’s Air Force hits eight Russian clusters in past day
That’s according to a morning update by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform reports.
"In the past 24 hours, 68 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched three missile strikes and 65 airstrikes, as well as 56 rocket salvos, on the positions of our troops and at populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are casualties among the civilian population. Residential buildings and other civil infrastructure sustained damage," the report said.
According to the General Staff, in the morning hours, the Russian occupiers attacked the civil infrastructure in Kharkiv and Balaklia, firing off four S300/400 SAMs.
The following areas were subjected to Russian airstrikes: Hraniv, Hryhorivka, and Pishchane of Kharkiv region; Novoyehorivka, Bilohorivka, and Serebryanske Forestry of Luhansk region; Terny, Rozdolivka, Bohdanivka, Khromove, Klishchiivka, Bila Hora, Maiorske, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Novomykhailivka, and Staromaiorske, Donetsk region; Novodarivka in Zaporizhzhia region; Kachkarivka, Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, and Beryslav of Kherson region.
More than 140 settlements across Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire.
Volyn and Polissia axes: no significant changes.
Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the enemy maintains a military presence in the areas bordering Ukraine, engaging in active subversive activities in order to prevent the Ukrainian command from maneuvering its forces.
Kupiansk direction: four assaults repelled in the area of Synkivka.
Lyman direction: Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attack near Terny and another five – near Makiivka, Bilohorivka, and Serebrianske Forestry.
Bakhmut direction: Seven attacks thwarted near Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka.
Avdiivka direction: Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy’s non-stop attempts to besiege the town, firmly hold the defense and inflicting significant losses on the invaders. Ten enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Stepove and Avdiivka, and another seven – near Pervomaiske and Nevelske.
Marinka direction: Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy near Heorhiivka and Novomykhailivka, where 21 attacks were repelled.
Shakhtarske direction: Russians undertook no offensive efforts.
Zaporizhzhia direction: Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy attack in the Robotyne area.
Kherson axis: Ukraine’s Defense Forces pursue their efforts to expand the existing bridgehead. Despite significant losses, the enemy does not stop trying to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their positions. The Russians carried out an unsuccessful assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
At the same time, Ukraine’s forces actively inflict losses on enemy manpower and military equipment, exhausting Russia’s capabilities along the entire frontline.
"The Air Force hit eight enemy manpower and equipment clusters. Also, a Kh-59 guided air missile was destroyed by Ukraine’s air defense forces. Missile units hit a Russian control point, an artillery system, and a radar," the General Staff concluded.
As reported earlier, White House startcom coordinator John Kirby said the next dew months would be “critical” for Ukraine’s defenses.
Photo: armyinform.com.ua
