Occupiers Trying to Prevent Ukrainian Troops from Advancing Toward State Border in Kharkiv Direction

According to the General Staff data, in the direction of Siversk, the enemy is periodically carrying out aerial reconnaissance and fires artillery on the Ukrainian positions in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

In the direction of Kharkiv, the occupiers are trying to prevent the Ukrainian troops from advancing toward the state border. The occupiers shelled the districts of Kharkiv city and the localities of Derhachi, Pechenihy, Prudianka, Ruski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, and Korobochkyne, and launched airstrikes near Verkhniy Saltiv and Rubizhne.

In the direction of Slovyansk, the enemy fired artillery on the areas of Novomykolaivka, Dibrivne, Kostiantynivka, Bohorodychne, Mazanivka, Kurulka, Chepil, Virnopillia, Nova Dmytrivka, and others, and launched an airstrike near Bohorodychne.

In the Donetsk direction, the ruscist units shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of Donetske, Siversk, Verkhniokamyanske, Hryhorivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Spirne, and others. The enemy is trying to assault Hryhorivka; the fighting continues. The Ukrainian troops successfully repulsed the assaults in the areas of Verkhniokamyanske, Spirne, and Serebrianka.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling was recorded near Berestove, Kurdiumivka, Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmut, Vershyna, Travneve, and in the territory of the Vuhlehirska TPP. The enemy assaulted the areas of Novoluhanske, Semyhirya, and Vuhlehirska TPP, failed and retreated. The enemy launched missile and air strikes near Berestove.

In the direction of Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivsk, and Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers shelled the Ukrainian positions with mortars, tube, and rocket artillery, particularly in the areas of Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaky, and Prechystivka. The enemy launched airstrikes near Novodanylivka and Novoandriivka. Ukrainian soldiers nullified all enemy attempted assaults in the areas of Kamyanka, Novomykhailivka, and Vuhledar. The invaders retreated, suffering losses.

The enemy’s naval group continues to block civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

Natalia Tolub