In Starobilsk in the Luhansk region, the invaders forcibly dispersed a meeting of college teachers who were indignant at forced passportization – General Staff

The Russians continue to attack Ukraine. The Russian Federation is focusing its main efforts on attempts to completely capture the Donetsk and Lugansk regions within the administrative borders. The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. The most fierce battles continue in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut, and the enemy also carried out offensive operations in the Avdiivka direction in order to establish control over Avdiivka and Maryinka. This was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Russian aggressor continues to use its usual tactics of terror against the civilian population, shelling settlements, as well as critical infrastructure facilities. During the day, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye, as a result of which 2 Russian missiles hit a residential multi-storey building, killing and injuring civilians. The enemy also delivered 41 air strikes. In particular, the invaders used 21 Shahed-136 UAVs from the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, 16 of these drones were shot down. As a result of attacks by enemy UAVs, the Russians hit the territory of the dormitory of a vocational college in Rzhishchev in the Kiev region, killed and injured civilians, and also damaged a civilian critical infrastructure facility in the Zhytomyr region. The invaders also fired more than 30 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems.– the message says.

The General Staff added that in the Kupyansk and Liman directions, the enemy continues to try to break our defenses. He conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka and Belogorovka. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive operations, but its offensive potential is reduced. The enemy does not stop trying to capture the city, losing a significant amount of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Our defenders are repulsing numerous enemy attacks around the clock in the areas of Bakhmut, Bogdanovka and Predtechino settlements.

“In the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Mining directions, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Stepnoe, Berdich, Avdeevka, Lastochkino, Severnoye, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye, Maryinka and Pobeda – they were not successful”– the message says.

According to the General Staff, in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the enemy is conducting a defensive action.

“During the day, the aircraft of the Defense Forces struck at the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile system, as well as 12 strikes at the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers”– the message says.

As noted in the General Staff, the Russian criminal authorities continue to take measures to force the passportization of the population of the temporarily occupied and occupied territories of Ukraine.

“Yes, in the settlements of the Kherson region, the Russian occupational so-called “authority” has been threatening local residents since April to stop paying pensions if they do not have a Russian passport. At the same time, a meeting of teachers was held at the Starobelsk vocational college of the Luhansk National Agrarian University, which expressed dissatisfaction with the forced passportization of the teaching staff, due to the instruction of the occupational so-called “leadership” of the educational institution, until June 1, all college employees receive a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. Teachers are not given the opportunity to quit of their own free will. The occupiers took measures to forcefully disperse and stop the assembly”– the message says.

As wrote, on the night of March 22 Ukraine was massively attacked by “Shaheds”. During the attack, 16 drones were shot down.