General Staff: Russians are trying to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from reaching the border and are suffering heavy losses
In the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops are trying to prevent the Defense Forces from reaching the state border of Ukraine and to the rear of the Russian group of troops operating in the Slavic direction. This is stated in the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. – In order to restore supply routes through railway overpasses, the enemy is planning to lay additional railway branches. The Russian invaders fired at civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Petrovka, Korobochkino and Prishib, the headquarters said. In the Volynsky, Polessky and Siversky directions, the situation has not changed significantly. On the Slavic directionThe main efforts of the enemy continue to be concentrated on the offensive in the direction of the city of Slavyansk, the fighting continues. The aggressor carried out systematic shelling in the areas of the settlements of Dibrivne, Dolina, Krasnopolye, Hrushuvakha, Adamovka. In the area of the settlement Krasnopolye tried to resume assault operations, the fighting continues. OnDonetsk directionthe enemy continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmutsky directions. On < strong>In the Liman direction the enemy did not conduct any active operations. Fired artillery at the areas of Sidorovoe and Mayakovo. In the Severodonetsk directionthe enemy continues to fire from cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems at the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure near Lisichansk, Metelkino, Ustinovka and Voronovoe. – Combat operations continue for the city of Severodonetsk. In order to improve the tactical position of the enemy units, they tried to conduct assault operations outside the city, but they were not successful, they added at the headquarters. In the Bakhmut direction,in addition to our positions, the enemy fired artillery of various calibers at civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Zolote, Spirnoye, Berestovo, Soledar, Klinovoye, Troitskoye. Not far from Gornoye, Berestovoye and Kodema, Ukrainian troops once again inflicted losses on the enemy . After unsuccessful assault operations, the invaders retreated. As a result of fire damage by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, units of the 11th separate motorized rifle regiment of the 1st Army Corps suffered significant losses and were withdrawn from the combat area to restore combat capability. At Avdeevsky, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions the enemy did not conduct active operations. He carried out shelling of civilian infrastructure from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kamenka, Avdeevka, Poprosnoye, Vladimirovka, Novoselka and Shcherbaki. artillery, mortars and multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of Shirokoye, Blagodatnoye, Shevchenkovo, Pribuzhskoye and Topolinoye settlements. At the same time, the enemy is trying to improve the engineering equipment of advanced positions and mine dangerous areas along the Ingulets River. The enemy continues to suffer losses in manpower and equipment. According to available information, over the past day, units of the Defense Forces have destroyed at least 30 units of various equipment and weapons of the enemy. Explosions of enemy ammunition depots continue. An increase in cases of desertion by Russian occupiers is recorded.
