Also, the armed forces did not allow the Russian military to counterattack the territory of the Kherson region.
Ukrainian servicemen again repelled the Russian invaders when they wanted to carry out assault actions in the Kharkiv, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening briefing.
In particular, the Russian army tried to advance by assault on the road Velyki Prohody – Pytomnyk in the direction of Kharkiv, but could not achieve success.< /p>
There, the occupiers fired artillery at the districts of Kharkiv, Pytomnik, Ruska Lozova, Rubizhny, Chuguyev, Udyv, Cherkassy Tyshki, Prudyanka, Korobochkino, Zalyman, and Malynyvka. Aircraft struck near Verkhnyi Saltov and Rtyshchyvka and carried out reconnaissance with a drone near Rubizhny, Slatyny, Zamulivka and Dementiivka.
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In the direction of Kramatorsk, the enemy led an assault on the road Lysychansky Refinery – Ivano-Daryivka. However, the defenders of Ukraine inflicted losses on the Russians and forced them to retreat.
RF troops carried out airstrikes in the Serebryanka and Spirny regions, conducted artillery fire near Siversk, Hryhorivka, and Ivano-Daryivka, and used operational-tactical UAVs near Rozdolivka and Hryhorivka.
In addition, the invaders again failed to attempt assaults in the direction of Myronivka – Vuglehirska TPP and Klynove – Vershina in the direction of Bakhmut.
The Russian military there carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vershyn, Bilogorivka, Kostyantynivka, and Berestovo. Enemy artillery shelling was recorded near Bakhmut, Vershina, Novoluhansky, Berestovo, Vesely, Soledar, Vyimka, Zaytsevo, Rozdolivka and Kurdyumivka.
Attempts of the occupiers to counterattack in the direction of Sukhy Stavok – Andriivka in the Kherson region< /strong> also failed.
In the Southern Buz direction, the Russian army used artillery in the districts of Olhyny, Potemkyny, Knyazzka, Shiroky, Ternivka, Lucha, Kotlyarevo, Pervomaisky, Nova Zora, Dobroy, and Bila Krynytsia.
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At the same time, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians are taking personal documents from forcibly mobilized residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, who are being recruited to replenish their losses.
As noted, this is evidence of the absolute lawlessness of these soldiers. In this way, the occupiers hope to stop desertion.
In addition, the selection of documents eliminates the possibility of identifying people in the event of their death, which creates a path for the command staff of the Russian Armed Forces for various financial frauds.
Previously, the representative Vadym Skibitskyi, head of the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said that the Kremlin conducts covert mobilization in three ways.
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