General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs: the eleventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.
The enemy does not give up its intentions and continues the offensive operation against Ukraine. Despite losses in personnel and equipment, the occupiers, with the support of the air force, focused their efforts on encircling the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Mykolayiv and reaching the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and creating a land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Unable to achieve the goal of capturing the capital of Ukraine in the first days of the war, the occupiers focused on active action in the southern regions, in order to deprive Ukraine of access to the Black and Azov Seas. The invaders have spent almost all their main reserves and are preparing to send additional units from the Eastern, Central and Western military districts.
The Defence Forces of Ukraine continues to conduct a defense operation.
In the eastern direction, a defense operation is being conducted in the Donetsk, Slobozhansky and, in part, Tavriya operational districts.
The Joint Forces Group is conducting a defense operation in the Donetsk direction.
In the Slobozhansky direction, mechanized units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending the cities of Kharkiv and Okhtyrka.
The defence of Chernihiv continues in the Siverskyi region.
The group of forces and means of defence of the city of Kyiv continues to hold steady borders and fight to keep important areas of defence in threatening areas.
Stabilization operations are being carried out in other areas and territorial defence tasks are being carried out.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses missile and air strikes and means of air attack of the enemy, concentrates its efforts on air cover of important (critical) objects of Ukraine and groups of troops.
Total enemy combat losses since the beginning of the operation: personnel – more than 11,000 people, tanks – up to 285; APV – up to 985, artillery systems – 109, MLRS – 50, air defence – 21; aircraft – 44, helicopters – 48, UAVs – 4, ships / boats – 2, vehicles – 447.
