The two hundred and eighty-first day of the large-scale Russian invasion continues.

During the day, the enemy launched a missile attack on our troops' positions on the Kharkiv region's territory. It carried out 16 airstrikes, particularly on the settlement of Biloghirya in the Zaporizhia region, and shelled the city of Kherson with multiple rocket launchers.

There is still a threat of the enemy launching missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.

In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.

In the Siverskyi direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Kostobobriv and Gremyach in the Chernihiv region and Havrylova Sloboda, Seredyna Buda, Pustohorod, Bachivsk, Vilna Sloboda, Budky, Bilopyllya and Krasnopillya in the Sumy region.

In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy continues to maintain its troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region. Areas of the settlements of Guryiv Kozachok, Krasne, Zelene, Slobozhanske, Ohirtseve, Bochkove, Mala Vovcha, Budarky, Dvorichna and Zapadne of the Kharkiv region were shelled by enemy artillery of various types.

The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions. Shelled the areas of Tabaivka, Krokhmalne, and Berestov settlements of the Kharkiv region with tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery; Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, Makiivka, and Ploschanka in the Luhansk region and Torske in the Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy will continue to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. Objects in the Serebryanka, Verkhnyokamyansky, Spirny, Rozdolivka, Bilogorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutsky, Bakhmut, Zalizny and New York districts of the Donetsk region were hit by fire from tanks and artillery.

In the Avdiiv direction, the enemy continues to try to improve the tactical position. Objects in Avdiyivka, Pervomaiskyi, Vodyanyi, Vesely, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka areas in the Donetsk region were hit by enemy fire from tanks and artillery of various types.

The enemy is conducting defensive operations in the Novopavlovsk direction. Shelling by the occupiers of Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Bogoyavlenka, Paraskoviivka, Zolota Niva, Prechistivka, Vugledar and Pavlivka areas of the Donetsk region was recorded.

The enemy is also on the defensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction. He carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Nikopol, Kamiansky, Novoandriyivka, Zaliznychny, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, and Biloghirya in the Zaporizhia region and Ilyinka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy is defending previously occupied lines. In particular, Kachkarivka, Respublikanets, Matrosivka, Tokarivka, and Antonivka of the Kherson region came under fire. The enemy does not stop terrorizing the inhabitants of the city of Kherson with artillery.

According to the available information, the Russian occupation forces are withdrawing separate units and preparing for the evacuation of the personnel of the occupation administrations of the settlements of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region. Thus, units based in the local police station and one of the educational institutions left the Mykhailivka settlement. In the settlements of Pology and Inzhenerne, the occupiers leave the houses where they were quartered and take away the stolen property. In the village of Burchak, the occupation authorities are conducting a census for the so-called voluntary evacuation of the population.

It has been confirmed that units of the Defense Forces hit enemy manpower concentrations in the previous days. In the settlements of Myrne, Tokmak, Inzhenerne, Pology, Yasne and Kinsky Rozdory of the Zaporizhzhia region, the enemy lost more than 230 people wounded, more than 15 units of military equipment of various types and ammunition depots were destroyed. Information on liquidated occupiers is being clarified.

During the current day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 14 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 strikes on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.

Glory to Ukraine!