War update: AFU repel enemy attacks near Donetsk region’s Vuhledar
The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Russian troops have launched two missile strikes and 62 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) on Ukrainian positions and settlements 89 times over the past day. The air defense units and means of Ukraine’s Air Force intercepted two enemy Kalibr-type cruise missiles and four Shahed-136/131 suicide drones. Following Russian terrorist attacks, casualties among civilians were reported, as well as the damage caused to residential houses, schools and other civil infrastructure.
The threat of Russian missile and air strikes is persisting all over Ukraine, according to the General Staff.
Over the past day, more than 40 combat engagements have occurred on the front.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, Russian troops launched an air strike near the Kharkiv region’s Udy. Over 25 settlements were affected by Russian mortar and artillery strikes in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russians launched air strikes near the Kharkiv region’s Kyslivka and Pishchane. Such settlements as Hrianykivka, Synkivka, Kupiansk and Orlianske were affected by enemy artillery and mortar strikes.
In the Lyman direction, Russian occupiers conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near the Luhansk region’s Novoiehorivka and Bilohorivka. The enemy launched air strikes near the Kharkiv region’s Shyikivka, Cherneshchyna and Chervonyi Stav; the Luhansk region’s Tverdokhlibove, Yampil and Makiivka; and the Donetsk region’s Vesele and Spirne. Over 30 settlements were affected by Russian artillery strikes.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russians conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near the Donetsk region’s Klishchiivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Ivanivske. Over 25 settlements were affected by enemy artillery strikes.
In the Avdiivka direction, Russian occupiers conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near the Donetsk region’s Pervomaiske. Enemy artillery strikes affected the Donetsk region’s Novokalynove, Stepove, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Pervomaiske and Nevelske.
In the Marinka direction, Ukrainian forces continue holding back Russia’s onslaught near the Donetsk region’s Marinka. The enemy launched an air strike near Krasnohorivka. Russian artillery strikes affected Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Kurakhove, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka and Hostre.
In the Shakhtarske direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks near the Donetsk region’s Vuhledar. Russian invaders launched air strikes near Vuhledar, Vremivka, Blahodatne, Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. Over 10 settlements were affected by enemy artillery strikes.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian occupiers launched air strikes near the Zaporizhzhia region’s Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Robotyne. Over 20 settlements were affected by enemy artillery strikes.
In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery strikes affected Khreshchenivka, Dmytrivka, Mykilske, Kherson, Kizomys and Dniprovske.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, where they are gaining a foothold within the recaptured frontiers and carrying out counterbattery measures.
Russian troops continue cynically violating international humanitarian law and deploying soldiers in civilian buildings, using civilians as a living shield. In the Zaporizhzhia region’s Osypenko, up to 1,500 Russian Buryat soldiers arrived and were illegally accommodated in civilian houses, where local residents live, and in a local hospital.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Air Force has launched 12 strikes on Russian personnel clusters and one strike on an enemy surface-to-air missile system. Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit one Russian surface-to-air missile system and three artillery systems in firing position.
