General Staff Latest: Ukrainian Armed Forces repel over 20 attacks of Russian army near Mariinka

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Oleksandr Petrov

Ukrainian troops have repelled 26 attacks by the Russian criminal army in the area of Mariinka, Donetsk region, and continue to hold a foothold on the left bank of the Dnipro river in the Kherson region.

What is known about the success of the Ukrainian army at the front and the consequences of Russian army attacks on Ukraine

It is noted that during the day, the Ukrainian military engaged in combat with the units of the Russian occupiers 89 times.

In particular, the AFU units are countering the infiltration of enemy subversive reconnaissance groups in the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi sectors.

9 enemy attacks were repulsed near Synkivka in the Kupyansk region of Kharkiv Oblast.

In the areas of Makiivka and Hryhorivka, Luhansk region, and near Vesele, Donetsk region, in the Lyman direction, 6 attacks by the occupiers were repelled.

In the Bakhmut area, the Ukrainian military stopped 5 attacks by war criminals of the Russian army near Andriivka and Klishchiivka.

In the area of Avdiivka, the AFU repel numerous attempts by the occupiers to surround the city. During the day, 4 attacks near Avdiivka itself and 17 more attacks near Pervomaiskye and Nevelske were repelled.

In the Mariinka area, 26 enemy attempts to advance near Krasnohorivka, Heorgiivka, and Novomykhailivka were repulsed.

In the Shakhtarsk region, the Ukrainian military 4 times repelled the offensive attempts of the occupiers south of the Zolota Nyva and west of Staromayorske.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, 8 enemy attacks were repulsed west of Verbove and Robotyne.

In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military repelled 9 enemy attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper, where our defenders continue to hold a foothold and inflict numerous losses on the Russian invaders.

During the day, the aviation of the Defence Forces struck 21 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 4 anti-aircraft missile complexes of the enemy.

Units of the missile forces damaged 6 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, a control post, an artillery device, 2 anti-aircraft defense devices, an ammunition warehouse and an enemy radar station.

At the same time, during the day, the occupiers fired 7 rockets at Ukraine, carried out 65 airstrikes, and conducted 44 shellings of the Ukrainian military positions and civil infrastructure objects.

The following were hit by airstrikes:

Vovchansk, Synkivka, Ivanivka, Vilkhuvatka, Kharkiv region;
Novoyehorivka, Serebryansk Forestry, Luhansk region;
Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazi, Bohdanivka, Oleksandropil, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region.

More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire.

What is known about the situation in certain areas of the front

In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active sabotage activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to the frontline, increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the Kupyan direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 9 enemy attacks near Synkivka and Petropavlivka, Kharkiv region.
In the Lymansky direction our defenders repelled 6 attacks by occupiers in the areas of Makiivka, Luhansk Region, and Hryhorivka, Vesele, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 5 enemy attacks near Andriivka and Klishchiivka, Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Our soldiers firmly hold the defense, inflicting significant losses on the occupiers. During the past day, the defense forces repelled 4 attacks by invaders near Avdiivka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaiske and Nevelske, Donetsk region.
In the Mariinsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Mariinka and Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region, where 26 attacks were repelled.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the Defence Forces repelled 4 enemy attacks south of Zolota Nyva and west of Staromayorske, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, our defenders repelled 8 attacks by the occupiers to the west of Verbove and Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kherson direction, the Defence Forces continue measures to expand the foothold. Despite significant losses, the enemy does not stop trying to knock our units out of their positions. So, during the past day, the enemy carried out 9 unsuccessful assault actions. At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.