AFU continues their assault operations south of Bakhmut: General Staff summary
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AFU continues their assault operations south of Bakhmut: General Staff summary

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
AFU

The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, conducting an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and maintaining defense in the Avdiivka area. During the past day, 64 combat clashes took place.

Enemy attacks

Last day, the enemy launched two missiles and 42 air strikes, carried out more than 53 attacks from MLRS on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

At night, the Russian occupiers struck Ukraine again using 2 Kh-59 guided air missiles and 3 Shahed-136/131 type UAVs. The forces and means of air defense destroyed all attack UAVs.

Air strikes were carried out by Kostobobriv of Chernihiv region; Oleksandria, Sumy region; Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kupiansk, Kurylivka, Ivanivka of Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Serebryansk Forestry in Luhansk Oblast; Spirne, Chasiv Yar, Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, Toretsk, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane, Urozhaine of the Donetsk region.

More than 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions came under artillery fire.

The situation at the fronts

The operational situation remains unchanged in the area of responsibility of the OSTG "North" in the Volyn and Polisk directions.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active diversionary activities to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening movements, and increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.

In the area of responsibility of the OSTG "Khortytsia" in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, conducted assault operations in Synkivka, where the Defense Forces repelled three attacks.

The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in Lyman's direction.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, Donetsk region. Here, our defenders repelled 11 attacks.

Defence forces of Ukraine continue their assault south of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, inflict losses on the enemy in personnel and equipment, and consolidate on the achieved boundaries.

In the area of responsibility of the OSTG "Tavriya" in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Our soldiers firmly hold the defense and inflict significant losses on the occupiers.

The offensive actions of the enemy east of Novokalynove, Avdiivka and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region were unsuccessful, where the Defense Forces repelled 20 attacks.

In the Mariinka direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Donetsk region's Mariinka, Georgiivka, and Novomykhailivka districts.

In the direction of Shakhtarsky, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults southwest of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region.

In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out assaults west of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region without success.

At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continued to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, inflict losses in personnel and equipment on the occupying forces, and exhaust the enemy along the entire front line.

In the area of responsibility of the OSTG "Odesa" in the Kherson direction, our defenders will continue to maintain occupied positions on the left bank of the Dnipro, conduct counter-battery combat, and inflict fire damage on the enemy's rear.

Losses of the enemy

During the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces struck 11 areas where the enemy's personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.

The units of the rocket forces hit the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, a control post, an ammunition depot, an air defense unit and four artillery devices of the enemy.

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