The enemy resumed the attack and inflicted massive missile and artillery strikes on Ukraine's transport infrastructure and fortification equipment.
The Russian occupiers intensified their attacks in several directions. In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy carried out assault operations near the town of Orikhiv. As a result of the attack, more than a hundred 200 soldiers of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Federation were taken to the central morgue in Horlivka. The traditional operational report from the front was published by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Zakarpattia, Odesa and Donetsk regions.
Also, he continued artillery shelling in the Slobozhansky direction , in particular, Kharkiv and the village of Protopopivka were hit directly. In the area of the settlements of Kutuzivka and Oleksandrivka of Barvinkovsky district, the enemy conducted air reconnaissance. And in the direction of the village Dovgenke tried unsuccessfully to attack.
In the North no signs of preparation for a new offensive were found. However, the protection of the Russian-Ukrainian border is being strengthened. In the Bryansk region, near the checkpoints “Novi Yurkovichi”, “Pogar” and “Lomakovka”, units of the Russian Armed Forces from the Central Military District have been deployed.
At Donetsk and In the Tavriya direction, the enemy regularly fires on the positions of Ukrainian defenders, thus destroying fortifications and hindering the movement of our forces. Fighting is also going on in the Popasna district.
In Mariupol , the Russian occupiers do not stop the assault on Azovstal.
In the South Buz direction , the enemy intensified hostilities in the area of the settlement of Tomyn Balka.
Ukrainian air defense for the previous day struck 15 air targets, including 7 drones and 8 enemy cruise missiles, but the data is still being clarified.
In the environmental zone were repulsed 12 enemy attacks and destroyed 38 units of equipment, namely:
- tanks – 6
- artillery systems – 2
- MLRS – 3
- armored vehicles – 15
- motor vehicles – 9
The General Staff will publish the total number of enemy losses in a separate report.
We will remind, the operational command “South” warns of possible provocations from the Russian Federation, after all in temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region occupiers sew the uniform of ZSU .
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