The one hundred sixty-fifth (164) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military invasion continues.
The situation has not changed in the Volyn and Polissya directions. The threat of the enemy launching missiles and air strikes from the territory and the Republic of Belarus airspace remains.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy carried out artillery fire near Yanzhulivka, Mykolayivka, and Zalizny Mist in the Chernihiv region and near Nova Huta in the Sumy oblast.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kharkiv direction. It used barrel and rocket artillery for shelling the districts of Prudyanka, Duvanka, Zolochiv and another 27 settlements. Carried out airstrikes near Verkhniy Saltiv, Lebyazhe and Husarivka.
In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy carried out fire damage from the barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Velyka Komyshuvakha, Sulihivka, Dovhenke, Dolyna, Mazanivka, Adamivka, Karnaukhivka, Kurulka, Ridne, Dibrivne, Hrushuvaha, Bohorodychne and Mayak.
Separate units of the enemy tried to advance to the area of ââthe western outskirts of Bohorodychne, they failed, and they retreated.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction. Fired from tanks and artillery near Siversk, Serebryanka, Verkhnokamyanske, Dronivka, Donetsk, Hryhorivka, Riznykivka, Mykolaivka, Spirne, Zvanivka, Pereizne, Kalenyky, Dolyna, and Vyimka.
In the direction of Bakhmut, enemy shelling was recorded near Bakhmut, Soledar, Zaytseve, Yakovlivka, Kodema, Yuriyvka, Bakhmutske, Berestove, Pokrovske and Ivanhrad. russian attack and army aircraft struck near Zaitseve, Soledar, Bakhmut, Berestove and Yakovlivka.
The occupiers tried to improve the tactical position in the directions of Stryapivka - Bakhmutske, Pokrovske - Soledar, Pokrovske - Bakhmut, Volodymyrivka - Yakovlivka, Vidrodzhenna - Vershyna, Pokrovske - Vershyna. In all the indicated directions, the enemy was firmly repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers and retreated.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy's barrel and rocket artillery shelled the districts of Avdiivka, Pisky, Netailove, Nevelske, and New York. Assault aircraft of the occupiers operated near New York, Krasnohorivka, Pisky, and Maryinka.
With offensive actions, the Russian invaders tried to break through the defense of our troops in the directions of Spartak - Avdiivka, Vesele - Pisky, Novoselivka Druga - Krasnohorivka, Oleksandrivka - Maryinka, Kyrylivka - Pavlivka and Prechistivka - Novomayorske. Ukrainian soldiers inflicted significant losses on the enemy and pushed them back.
On the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy carried out shelling near Novomykhailivka, Shevchenko, Velika Novosilka, Zaporizhzhia, Zaliznychne, Novodanylivka, Zelene Pole and Charivne. It carried out airstrikes in the areas of Temyrivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Vilne Pole, Novosilka, Vuhledar, Pavlivka and Prechystivka.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy is trying to hold the occupied positions and prevent the Defense Forces from creating favorable conditions for resuming the offensive and liberating the temporarily captured territory by systematically using the available means of fire damage along the contact line and in the depth of the defense.
The occupiers used army aircraft for strikes near Andriivka. Aerial reconnaissance of the area was actively carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles.
Four sea-based cruise missile carriers are in readiness to use high-precision weapons in the waters of the Black Sea.
There remains a threat of missile strikes on military facilities and infrastructure elements throughout Ukraine.
Glory to Ukraine!