Ukrainian forces repel 11 enemy attacks in two regions

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its morning update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on offensive operations in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka areas. It is actively using tactical and army aircraft to launch strikes on the positions of our troops," the General Staff said.

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks on the settlements of Bilohorivka and Serebrianske Lisnytstvo in the Luhansk region and Torske, Fedorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivskу, Chasiv Yar, Pervomaiske, Pobieda, Marinka and Vuhledar in the Donetsk region.

In the past 24 hours, the aircraft of the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched 19 strikes on Russian troop concentration areas and two strikes on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.

Ukrainian defenders also shot down a Su-25 aircraft and an Orlan UAV. Units of the missile and artillery forces hit 14 Russian troop concentration areas and an anti-aircraft missile system.

Photo: Niclas Hammarström