Ukrainians have been heroically resisting the Russian military invasion for 132 days.
The situation has not changed in the Volyn/Polissia directions. There is still the threat of an enemy firing missiles and air strikes from the territory or airspace of the Republic of Belarus.
In the Siverskyi direction, there were no signs of the formation of an offensive group. Russian soldiers launched mortar attacks in the area of Mhy and Zaliznyy Mist in the Chernihiv region as well as in Shalygyne in the Sumy region. The Russian Mi-24 helicopter launched an airstrike at a school in the village of Esman’ in the Sumy region.
The Russian army is focusing its efforts in the Kharkiv direction on holding the occupied lines and stopping the advance of Ukrainian troops. Russian soldiers attacked villages of Kutuzivka, Ruski Tyshky, Nove, Dementiyivka and Mala Danylivka with multiple rocket launchers and artillery. Russian troops launched an attack on Kharkiv.
In the Sloviansk direction, Russian soldiers carried out artillery fire in the urban area of Dibrivne, Krasnopillia, Nova Mykolayivka, Adamivka, Pervomayske, Mospanove, Bohorodychne, Dolyna, Mazanka and Chepil. The attack on the Dolyna settlement was successfully repelled by Ukrainian soldiers.
Russia’s primary focus in the Donetsk direction is to retake control of the Luhansk area within the administrative boundaries. The Russian army is taking steps to restore transport infrastructure in the rear areas. In the Kramatorsk area, Russian invaders shelled areas of Bilohorivka and Verkhnokamiansk using barrel artillery. Near Sloviansk, Zvanivka, a missile and an air strike were carried out by Russian troops. Russian units continue to conduct attacks in the direction towards Novoluhanske in the Bahmut area.
Barrel artillery was used by Russia to shell the areas of Kodema and Novoluhanske, Berestove, Pokrovske, Spirne and Ivano-Daryivka. Near Soledar, Pokrovske, and Shumy, missile and air strikes were launched. In the Avdiyivka and Kurakhivka as well as the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhia areas, Russian troops shelled the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions with artillery from various calibres along a contact line. The Russian occupiers attacked the settlement of Avdiyivka using aircraft.
Russia is focusing its efforts in the South Buh direction on stopping the advance of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops used barrel and rocket artillery to fire in the urban areas around Lupareve, Shevchenkove, Chervona Dolyna, Myrne, Partyzanske, Trudolyubivka, Topolyne, Kniazivka, Dobrianka, Osokorivka, Kobzartsi, Ivanivka, Potemkine, Bereznehuvate. 2 Russian Ka-52 helicopters were used to conduct airstrikes in the vicinity of Zarichne, Olhyne.
The Ukrainian air force together with missile and artillery forces continue to attack the Russian occupiers’ warehouses and manpower, especially in the Kherson Oblast.
It is reported that Russian soldiers are demoralized and try to simulate illness for returning to the Russian Federation alive.
