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| Ukrainian General Staff: the enemy continues to storm the Donetsk direction, during the day - 71 clashes |
| 2024-05-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] During the day, 121 combat clashes were recorded on seven areas of the front. by Ivanna Kapustyanska 805 days of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state continue. During the day, 121 combat clashes were recorded. This is discussed in the evening summary of the General Staff. In total, the enemy launched 59 missile and 55 air strikes, launched 84 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings were destroyed and damaged, as well as other objects of civil infrastructure, in particular energy On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected. In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bely Kolodyaz, Stariy Saltiv and Lukyantsi settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 10 settlements, including Bleshnya, Mykhalchyna Sloboda and Mystki in the Chernihiv region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire; Progres, Iskryskivshchyna, Basivka and Zapsilya of the Sumy region. In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled 7 attacks in the areas of Sinkivka, Ivanivka, Berestov settlements of the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region. In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 9 attacks in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske, Novolyubivka and Serebryanske forestry of the Luhansk region. More than 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Nevske in Luhansk region; Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Donetsk region. In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 21 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements of Luhansk region; Andriivka, Verkhnokamianske, Novy, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Severnye settlements of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, and Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk region. In the Avdiivsk direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Yevgenivka, Sokil, Novopokrovske, Semenivka, Umanske, Netaylove and Nevelske settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha, Karlivka and Moskovske settlements of the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements, including Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Novopokrovske and Umanske in the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling. In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Paraskoviivka and Urozhaine settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 6 times to break through the defense of our troops. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers, among them Krasnohorivka, Maksimilianivka, Georgiivka of the Donetsk region. In the Orihiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 19 times in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. He carried out an airstrike in the area of ​​the settlement of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. About 20 settlements, including Biloghirya, Robotyne, and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper - he made 1 unsuccessful attack on the positions of our troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Krynka, Kherson region. About 20 settlements, including Krynyky, Tyaginka, Kachkarivka, Kizomys, Stanislav of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson, were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling. During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces struck 3 anti-aircraft defense systems, 2 artillery systems and 8 enemy personnel concentration areas. |
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