Enemy focusing main efforts on Avdiivka, Maryinka areas - 19 combat clashes recorded in past day

Valeriy Shershen, spokesman for the joint press center of Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the Tavria direction, stated this during the nationwide news telethon on Ukrainian TV channels, Ukrinform reports.

"In the Tavria sector, the enemy launched 410 attacks. Six airstrikes were recorded in the Donetsk sector and three in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Also, there were five kamikaze drone strikes," the spokesman said.

Shershen added that the enemy launched airstrikes on the areas of Avdiivka and Pervomaiske in the Avdiivka sector.

According to him, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on the Avdiivka and Maryinka sectors. A total of 19 combat clashes have been recorded in the past day. Marinka remains at the epicenter of hostilities.

The spokesman clarified that all the settlements along the contact line are under enemy shelling. The Russian forces consider them as footholds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, because the invaders believe that a counterattack may begin from there, so they chose the tactics of destroying these settlements. "Total destruction is happening. The enemy is actively using aviation for this," the spokesperson added.

As reported, yesterday, May 22, Russian troops killed one civilian and injured five more in Donetsk region.

Donetsk region is constantly under fire from Russian troops, the enemy kills and injures civilians and destroys infrastructure every day.