Russian invaders continue active hostilities in the East of Ukraine in the hope of breaking through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an important strategic direction. This was reported by the General Staff in the morning summary..

" Inflicted fire damage from mortars, cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and operational-tactical aviation in order to destroy the fortifications of our units along the entire line of contact,"

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine also note that Russians continue to shell civilian objects in the Donbass.. In particular, in the Liman direction, the enemy periodically destroys civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Dibrova and Zakotnoye.. The occupiers use similar tactics in the Kurakhovsky direction, where massive artillery shelling was carried out, including from multiple launch rocket systems..

Russian army units are still unsuccessfully trying to capture Severodonetsk. On May 19, they made another attempt to attack the settlement, but again suffered losses and retreated..

Also, the enemy continues to unsuccessfully attack in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions..

Over the past day, in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed fourteen attacks, destroyed eight tanks, fourteen units of armored combat vehicles and six units of enemy vehicles.

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Earlier it was reported that the Russian army formed two detachments of warships in order to gain a foothold on Zmein.