The Russians continue to shell Ukraine. During the day, the enemy launched 11 air and 2 missile strikes, made more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. This was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Today, as a result of a missile attack on the infrastructure of the city of Bogodukhov, Kharkiv region, civilians were injured, private houses were damaged. The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The settlements of Belogorovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Marinka and their environs remain at the epicenter of hostilities. Thanks to professional and well-coordinated actions, 24 enemy attacks in the indicated directions were repulsed by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the day.- the message says.
The General Staff noted that combat training of units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation is taking place on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
“During the day, the enemy fired at the areas of the settlements of Belopolye and Volfin of the Sumy region, as well as the areas of the settlements of Timofeevka, Krasnaya Zarya, Veterinary, Strelecha, Glubokoe, Krasnoe, Staritsa, Ogurtsovo, Komissarovo, Ustinovka and Stroevka in the Kharkiv region”- the message says.
According to the General Staff, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Kupyansk and Limansk directions during the day. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues the assault operations of the city of Bakhmut. However, the Ukrainian defenders courageously hold the city and repel numerous enemy attacks. On the Avdeevka and Maryinsky directions, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the direction of the settlements of Stepnoye, Pervomayskoye, Maryinka of the Donetsk region, but was not successful. In the Shakhtyorsk direction, during the day, the enemy fired at the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Zolotaya Niva, Bolshaya Novoselka and Vremivka in the Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the enemy continues to defend the action.
“Aircraft of the Defense Forces inflicted 5 strikes per day on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Missile troops and artillery units hit the command post, the area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, as well as the composition of ammunition “- reported in the General Staff.
As FACTS wrote, in the early days of the great war, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not have completely ready-made solutions to repel Russian aggression. This was told by the former Chief of the General Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014-2019, General Viktor Muzhenko. According to him, various proposals were considered at the army headquarters: what maneuvers to carry out, where to strengthen the grouping, and where to take people to other sectors, where to find forces and means to cover the Kiev and Chernihiv directions. On the third day of a full-scale war, the headquarters even voiced proposals to withdraw troops to the right bank of the Dnieper.
Source: Fakty
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