[LB] More than 30 settlements of Ukraine were affected by enemy shelling.
by Iryna Gamalii
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain areas. Conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of the 260th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of Novoselivske and Makiivka settlements of Luhansk region and Soledar, Klishchiivka, Mayorsk, Yakovlivka, Andriivka, Bilogorivka, Vesele, Nevelske, Pervomaiske and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region.
The enemy conducts shelling of units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, implements border fortification equipment in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. It continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes in violation of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 11 missile and 22 air strikes, launched more than 35 attacks from multiple rocket systems. More than 30 settlements of Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Sumy and Kherson regions were affected by this.
In the Volyn and Poliske directions , the situation has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, hosts and hosts Russian military personnel, and provides training grounds. The formation of a joint Russian-Belarusian grouping of troops is underway. The threat of enemy strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory and airspace of Belarus remains.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Seversky direction - from barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Hasychivka settlements of Chernihiv region and Popivka, Petrushivka, Myropillya, Zapsillia, Nova Huta, Novovasylivka and Starikove of Sumy region
in the Slobozhansk direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of Hryhorivka, Kolodyazne, Strelecha, Vovchansk, Ohirtseve and Ternova settlements
in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Ploshanka, Berestov, Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, Spirne, Bilogorivka, Makiivka, Nevske, and Kislivka
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Ivangrad, Yakovlivka, Mayorsk, Zelenopillia and New York
in the Avdiyiv direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar, Nevelske, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Krasnohorivka and Vesele
in the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions - from tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Prechistivka, Velyka Novosilka, Pavlivka, Gulyaipilske, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Novopil, Mali Shcherbaki, and Poltavka;
in the South Buz direction - from tanks and artillery of various calibers in the areas of Pravdyne, Myrne, Ternovi Pody, Sukhy Stavok, Zolota Balka and Marganets settlements. In addition, the enemy continued to conduct aerial reconnaissance, actively using UAVs. Made more than 15 sorties.
According to available information, the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in the city of Tolyatti, Samara region received an order to recruit 1,000 candidates for service in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. At the same time, the city's chemical enterprises are working on additional fundraising to support the regional division. This arouses the indignation of employees, who, even without this, have monthly deductions for the support of the mobilized, who participate in the war on the territory of Ukraine.
According to detailed information, the so-called evacuation of the population from the city of Kherson has been stopped due to the lack of willing people. In the city, the occupation authorities stopped issuing wages and social benefits.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in the city of Jankoy, the invaders transferred a civilian hospital to a military hospital. Up to 800 wounded occupiers are in it.
During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy six times. Two areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as four positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft defense equipment, were damaged. Over the past day, the Defense Forces shot down five "Shakhed" and three "Orlan" UAVs in different directions.
Over the past day, soldiers of the Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit one command post, one area of ​​concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition depot and other important military objects of the occupiers.
We will remind, according to the information of the Russian mass media, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Serhiy Shoigu instructed to start the "withdrawal of troops" from the occupied Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper.