Near the Ukrainian border, the invaders set up camps to accommodate and train mercenaries from Syria for the war against Ukraine. The enemy continues to accumulate reserves for combat operations, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The Russian occupation troops, following the criminal orders of the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation, continue the offensive operation against Ukraine. However, to date, the enemy has not fulfilled the main tasks of defeating the groupings of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine,"

The General Staff also noted that the occupying troops were stopped in the Nikolaev and Krivoy Rog directions..

Without significant success, the Russian occupiers continue to conduct systematic combat operations with bomber aircraft in order to destroy the military and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine. It is noted that the enemy uses ammunition of high power and indiscriminate action against the civilian population.. The General Staff recalled that such actions are classified by international humanitarian law as a war crime..

“In the Volyn direction, the enemy continues measures to strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border by units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, with the help of UAVs, conducts aerial reconnaissance of certain areas along the State border,” the report says..

The General Staff warned that the aggressor is preparing sabotage and reconnaissance groups to act under the guise of Ukrainian military personnel. The enemy is also regrouping to renew their offensive attempt in the direction of Kyiv.

Russian occupiers continue to accumulate reserves on their territory for waging war against Ukraine.

“Squads of mercenaries are being formed who are ready to carry out the criminal orders of Russian commanders for a reward,” the General Staff said..

According to available information, recruitment centers for mercenaries have been opened in Syria, where over a thousand people have been recruited in recent days, about 400 militants have already arrived in Russia.

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The General Staff added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the defense forces, deter the enemy, inflict significant losses on the enemy, demoralizing his personnel both in the areas of combat operations and in the areas of formation of reserves..

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Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt crushing blows to the rear infrastructure of the enemy, namely field bases and warehouses, in order to disrupt the logistics system of the enemy army in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the occupiers.