[LB] Also, the occupiers do not stop trying to surround Avdiivka.
by Iryna Lysohor
The defense forces continue their assault south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. They inflict losses on the enemy in terms of manpower and equipment, and are entrenched at the achieved frontiers.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the districts of Klishchiivka and Andriivka, where the defenders repelled about 10 enemy attacks. At the same time, the Russians conducted unsuccessful assaults in the Yuzhnoye region, General Staff spokesman Andrii Kovalev said on the air of the telethon.
"On the Melitopol direction , the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy," he said.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Our soldiers are holding the defense, inflicting losses on the enemy. Offensive actions in the areas of Stepovoy, Tonenko, Severnoy, and Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region were unsuccessful for the occupiers. Defense forces repelled about 10 attacks there.
On Maryinsky, the Russians stormed unsuccessfully in the areas of Maryinka and Novomykhailivka. The defenders repelled more than 20 attacks.
On the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful combat operations in the Prechistivka and Staromayorsky areas.
In the Kupyan direction, the Russians conducted unsuccessful assaults in the Senkivka, Petropavlivka, and Ivanivka districts of the Kharkiv region. The defenders repelled about 10 attacks.
During the past day, a total of 50 combat clashes took place, the Russians carried out seven missile strikes and 70 air strikes, carried out 9 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
We will remind you that this night the Russian army launched 40 attack UAVs and a missile over Ukraine . The defenders shot down the missile and 24 drones. There are hits in the Odesa region and Kharkiv, and in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv, air defense was working.