The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about the state of affairs on the fronts by 18:00 on the one hundred and twenty-fourth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian nation to the Russian military invasion.

Russian occupiers continue to launch rocket attacks on civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine. Today in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, a Russian rocket hit a shopping center where there were peaceful civilians. The number of victims is still unknown. Rescue efforts are underway.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is defending previously occupied positions, trying to prevent the advance of units of the Defense Forces and their access to the state border of Ukraine in the north of the Kharkiv region. Reconnaissance in combat is trying to find weaknesses in the defense of our troops.

In the Kharkov direction, the enemy, in order to return the lost positions, tried to conduct assault operations in the area of \u200b\u200b\\u200b\\u200bthe settlement Dementievka, but had no success, retreated. Also, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled enemy assaults in the direction of Dovgalevka and Zaliman.

The invaders are taking measures for operational camouflage and are trying to mislead our units, for which they install wooden mock-ups of tanks on defensive positions..

In the Slavic direction, the enemy is trying to improve his tactical position and create favorable conditions for an attack on the settlements of Barvenkovo \u200b\u200band Slavyansk. Continues shelling.

Trying to take control of Mazanovka, the enemy launched an offensive from the area of \u200b\u200b\\u200b\\u200bthe settlement of Dovgenkoye. Received a decisive rebuff from the Ukrainian defenders and withdrew with losses.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues to concentrate its main efforts on attempts to encircle the Defense Forces in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe city of Lisichansk, trying to block the city from the south and southwest. Takes measures to replenish the losses of personnel, weapons and military equipment.

The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Kramatorsk direction.

In the Lisichansk direction, shelling from mortars and cannon artillery was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Lisichansk, Verkhnekamenka and Soledar.

The enemy was advancing in the direction of Volchoyarka - Verkhnekamenka, has a partial success, is fixed south of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery. To divert the efforts of our troops, he led an offensive in the direction of Podlesnoe - Lisichansk, had no success, retreated.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling from artillery of various calibers in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Klinovo, Bakhmut, Vershina and Mayskoye.

Our soldiers successfully suppressed an enemy reconnaissance attempt in battle in the Berestovoye area and an offensive in the direction of Mednaya Ore - Klinovo. In both cases, the invaders withdrew.

The enemy has a partial success in the direction of Rota - Vershina, trying to gain a foothold at the intersection of the E-40 highway.

In the Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions, in order to constrain the actions of our troops and prevent them from tipping over to other directions, the enemy fired mortars, tanks, cannon and rocket artillery at the areas of the settlements of Peski, Avdeevka, Katerynivka, Chervone and Malinovka. Launched an air strike near Krasnogorovka.

Ukrainian soldiers stopped the offensive of the invaders in the direction of Petrivske - Shevchenko and threw the enemy back.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the aggressor continued shelling the positions of our troops from mortars, tanks, cannon and rocket artillery along the entire line of collision. It is not excluded that the enemy will carry out assault operations in certain directions in order to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region..

In readiness for launching missile strikes on targets on the territory of Ukraine, the enemy holds two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles "

Our units continue to successfully carry out rocket and artillery fire missions in certain directions and inflict losses on the invaders in close combat..