In the Bakhmut direction, where the day before the enemy was trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians used aircraft near Vyemka, Ivano-Daryevka, Disputed, Yakovlevka, Soledar and Bakhmutsky.
This was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reporting on the state of affairs at the front by Friday morning, August 12. The enemy fought offensive battles in the directions of the settlements of Ivano-Daryevka, Vyemka, Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina and Kodema, did not succeed, retreated. After the regrouping, he resumed the offensive on Kodema, the fighting continues. As a result of the offensive in the Gorlovka-Zaitsevo direction, the enemy was partially successful.
The General Staff notes that the enemy’s aviation group supports the actions of ground groups with the concentration of the main efforts in the Donetsk direction.
In other directions, the situation is as follows:
On the Volynsky, Polessky and Seversky directions without significant changes. Demonstration actions of the enemy continue with the aim of pinning down our units. It is noted that additional measures are being taken to strengthen the protection of a section of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk region.
In the Kharkiv direction, shelling of settlements with the use of cannon and rocket artillery continues, and near Rtishchevka and Verkhniy Saltov, the enemy launched airstrikes, just like near Zaliman in the Slavic direction.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians tried to conduct an offensive in the directions of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye and Ivano-Daryevka, they were not successful, they retreated.
Artillery shelling, air strikes near Maryinka and Vodyanoy were recorded in the Avdeevsky direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled attempts by the Russians to advance in the areas of Spartak and Maryinka. Fighting continues near the village of Peski.
Enemy shelling continues in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhia directions, the Russians deployed aircraft near Ugledar, Maly Shcherbakov and Novomikhailovka.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy, in order to constrain the actions of our units, fired at the positions of the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure, launched air strikes near Osokorovka, Andreevka, Blagodatny, Novogrigorievka and Mirny. Conducted aerial reconnaissance UAV.
The enemy ship grouping focuses its main efforts on conducting reconnaissance, blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea and destroying military installations and infrastructure in the depths of Ukrainian territory. Two of their carriers are in readiness for the use of sea-based cruise missiles.- added to the General Staff.
Recall that the day before the enemy again fired at the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Arrivals were recorded near the welding site and storage of radiation sources.
Photo of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Source: Fakty
