The two hundred thirty-sixth (236) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defence Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda and Nevelske of the Donetsk region.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the current day, the enemy launched 9 missiles and 39 air strikes, carried out about 30 MLRS attacks.
The enemy hit areas of more than 25 settlements. Among them are Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia; Kozacha Lopan and Strilecha of Kharkiv region; Krasnohorivka, Terny, Soledar and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, Bilohirka of the Kherson region; as well as other settlements of Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Sumy region.
For strikes, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, the enemy continues to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. A planned rotation of units of the Armed Forces of the republic of Belarus involved in the protection of the state border is being carried out. The threat of missiles and airstrikes, as well as the use of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of the republic of Belarus, remains.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversk direction - from the artillery of various types, in the Popivka and Khodyno settlements of the Sumy region;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - from tanks, mortars, barrels and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vysoka Yaruha, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve and Hatyshche;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks and artillery along the contact line. In particular, in the areas of Grekivka, Stelmakhivka, Zarichne, Kiselyvka, Terny and Yampolivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrels and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy shelled more than 25 settlements. Among them are Velyka Novosilka, Pavlivka, Olhivske and Mali Shcherbaky.
The enemy defends previously occupied lines and positions in the South Bug direction. Fires at objects of military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 35 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire.
According to the clarified information, the results of fire damage to enemy units have been confirmed. More than 40 occupiers were injured in the Melitopol settlement of the Zaporizhzhia oblast due to point-blank artillery strikes by the Defence Forces. An ammunition depot was destroyed in Berdyansk. Up to 30 invaders were wounded in the village of Voskresenka, and up to 25 were wounded in Vasylivka. The number of dead, which the occupiers are trying to hide, is being clarified.
In Kherson, the occupiers are forced to involve Russian guard units in the engineering equipment of positions around the city. At the same time, measures are being taken to deport collaborators and their families to the territory of the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces has carried out more than 11 strikes. The defeat of 10 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as the position of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex, was confirmed. In addition, our air defence units shot down 25 enemy "Shahed-136" UAVs.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit two control points, one area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defence facilities, 2 ammunition warehouses and other military targets of the enemy.
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Glory to Ukraine!
