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| Russian army continues to carry out missile strikes - a summary from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| 2022-07-04 |
| Direct Translation via google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] The enemy continues to launch rocket attacks on civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 Sunday, July 3, 2022. It is noted that the Russian army continues to launch missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure facilities in the Nikolaev direction in order to reduce the offensive capabilities of our troops. Besides: in the Volyn and Polesye directions, there are no significant changes in the position and nature of the activities of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus; in the Seversk direction, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at the border settlements of Bachevsk and Volkovka, Sumy region; in the Kharkiv direction, the occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops in the direction of the state border. The enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Zolochev, Krestishche, Malinovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya and Chepol; in the Slavic direction, the enemy fired artillery from the territory near the Valley, Kurulka, Bogorodichny, Adamovka and Gusarovka. Ukrainian units repelled the assault in the direction of Apiary - Valley; in the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy crossed the Seversky Donets River, is trying to build on success and capture Belogorovka. It continues the fiery influence on the units of our troops in order to fetter their actions. Artillery shelling was recorded near Grigorovka and Belogorovka; in the Lisichansk direction, the enemy is firing from cannon artillery in the areas of the settlements of Zolotarovka and Verkhnekamenka. He led assault operations in the direction of Zolotarovka and took control of the settlement; in the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are firing artillery at the areas of Soledar, Pokrovsky, Bakhmut and Klinovoe. Offensive actions in the direction of Nyrkovo - Berestovo were successfully repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers. Also, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to carry out reconnaissance in force in the direction of Vasilievka - Berestovo. Conducted assault operations on the directions of Volchoyarka - Controversial and Nikolaevka - Controversial. Suffered significant losses and withdrew; in the Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, in order to constrain the actions of our units, the enemy fired artillery at the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Peski, Novomikhailovka, Vremevka, Gulyaipole, and Volshebnoe. Carried out air strikes near Kamenka, Avdiivka and Shevchenko; in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts on preventing the advance of units of the defense forces on probable directions of attack. Takes measures for the logistical support of the troops and improves the engineering equipment of the positions. Ukrainian military left Lisichansk - General Staff [Vesti] The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the withdrawal of the Ukrainian military from Lisichansk, Luhansk region, which was previously announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation . This was announced on Sunday, July 3, in a message on the department's Facebook page. They note that after heavy fighting for Lisichansk, the Ukrainian Defense Forces were forced to withdraw from their positions and lines. "In the context of the multiple superiority of the Russian occupation forces in artillery, aviation, multiple launch rocket systems, ammunition and personnel, the continuation of the defense of the city would lead to fatal consequences. In order to save the lives of the Ukrainian defenders, it was decided to retreat. But we continue the fight," says in a statement from the General Staff. They also add that despite temporary setbacks, the Ukrainians just have to keep fighting. "Unfortunately, steel will and patriotism are not enough for success - material and technical resources are needed," summed up the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. |
| Posted by:badanov |