The one hundred sixty-ninth (169) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military invasion continues.
The situation has not changed significantly in the Volyn, Polissya, and Siversky directions. In the Sumy region, the enemy shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of Vorozhba, Mezenivka, Pavlivka, and Bilopilla settlements, and in the Chernihiv region - near the village of Logy. The occupiers pay considerable attention to aerial reconnaissance by UAVs.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out fire damage from tanks, barrels and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Rydne, Prudyanka, Slatyne, Nove, Ruska Lozova, Petrivka, Ukrainka, Peremoga, Baranivka, Chepil, Odnorobivka, Pechenygi and Slobozhanske. Carried out airstrikes near Rtyshchyvka and Stary Saltov.
In the Slovyansk direction, shelling was recorded near Karnaukhivka, Mazanivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dovhenke, Nova Dmytrivka, Hrushuvaha, and Nortsivka, and an airstrike occurred near Zalyman.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is trying to break through the defense of our troops and occupy advantageous lines for further resumption of the offensive in the directions of the cities of Kramatorsk and Bakhmut. In order to constrain the actions and prevent our units from moving in other directions, the units of the Defense Forces along the contact line are engaged in fire damage.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the districts of Pryshyb, Siversk, Hryhorivka, and Verkhnokamyansk were fired upon.
The occupiers unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical position near Hryhorivka, Verkhnyokamyanske, and Ivano-Daryivka. The enemy is pushed back.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy shelled the territory in the areas of Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Bilohorivka, Vesela Dolyna, Zaytseve, Yakovlivka, Kodema and Kurdyumivka settlements from tanks, barrel and jet artillery. Used aviation to carry out strikes near Vyimka, Spirne, Bakhmut, Soledar, and Zaitseve.
The enemy, with assault actions, tried to break through the defense of our troops and advance in the directions of Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Zaytseve, Vershyna, and Dacha. Ukrainian soldiers inflicted casualties on the occupiers and forced them to flee.
In the Avdiyivka direction, the enemy's artillery shelling was aimed at the areas of Maryinka, Netaylove, Avdiyivka, Opytne, and Krasnohorivka settlements. The occupiers also carried out airstrikes near Avdiivka and Maryinka.
The enemy tried to conduct assaults in the directions of Maryinka and Piski, but was unsuccessful, suffered losses, and retreated.
On the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhia directions, shelling was recorded near Novomykhailivka, Tokmachka, Shevchenko, Novoyakovlivka, Hulyaipilske, Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Zolota Nyva, Orihiv, Vremivka, Burlatske, Olhivske and Kushugum. Enemy aviation operated near Novomykhailivka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Shcherbaky and Poltavka.
The occupiers suffered losses and retreated during an attempted assault in the direction of Pavlivka.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advancement of units of the Defense Forces deep into the temporarily occupied territory.
Tanks and artillery of various calibers shelled the areas of Mykolaiv, Prybuzke, Lymany, Halytsynov, Zorya, Oleksandrivka, Shevchenkove, Novomykolayivka, Kiselivka, Lyubomyrivka, Polyana, Andriivka, Zeleny Hay, Bereznehuvate, Lepetykha, Ivanivka, Knyazivka, Tverdomedovka, Osokorivka, and Nikopol settlements. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Andriivka, Novohryhorivka, Lozove and Bila Krynytsia. The UAVs is actively conducting aerial reconnaissance.
In the waters of the Black and Azov seas, the enemy's naval group continues to support the actions of the ground group of troops, to carry out the task of blocking civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea and damaging military facilities and infrastructure elements deep in the territory of Ukraine.
Two Kalibr sea-based cruise missile carriers are ready for use.
The enemy's personnel is demoralized. In connection with significant sanitary and irreparable losses, forced mobilization measures continue in the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region.
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine!
Glory to Ukraine!
