Ukraine's opposition to the Russian military invasion continues. The invaders continue full-scale armed aggression, the tasks of which remain unfulfilled, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The preparation and movement of additional units of the Eastern Military District to the territory of Ukraine continues.. In the Volyn direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations. At the same time, there is a withdrawal from the points of permanent deployment of units of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus to the training grounds,” the report says..

It is noted that in the Polesie direction, the enemy continues shelling settlements, but does not take active offensive actions..

“In the Seversk direction, the enemy did not carry out offensive actions. The enemy concentrated its main efforts on holding the previously occupied lines, suffered losses and retreated in certain directions, ”the General Staff reports..

In the Slobozhansky direction, the invaders hold the previously occupied lines, regroup and build up troops with the aim of attacking in certain directions. The Russian army also continues shelling the city of Kharkov.

“In the Donetsk direction, the enemy concentrated his efforts on holding the occupied position and preparing for the offensive, while trying to move forward, he had no success, suffered losses. Continued attempts to storm the city of Mariupol, launched air strikes and carried out artillery shelling on civilian and military infrastructure,"

The main efforts of the enemy continue to focus on the capture of the settlements of Popasnaya, Rubizhnoye, and preparations for an attack on Severodonetsk. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian army carried out assault operations and tried to develop an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Novobakhmutovka, but did not succeed.

“The units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed attempts to storm the settlement of Novomayorskoye and advance in the direction of the settlement of Krasnogorovka. The enemy had no success, suffered significant losses and retreated, ”the General Staff reports..

In the Tauride direction, the enemy continues attempts to strengthen control over the occupied territories.

“The main efforts of the Defense Forces are focused on preventing the advance of the enemy in the directions to Kryvyi Rih, Zaporozhye and the defense of the city of Nikolaev, holding certain sections of the sea coast; protection and defense of critical infrastructure facilities; liberation of the temporarily occupied territories,"

It is noteworthy that in the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the enemy carried out engineering equipment of positions and carried out artillery shelling of individual units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

It is likely that the occupiers will not give up their attempts to carry out offensive operations, sabotage, missile and air strikes on important military and civilian infrastructure..

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Earlier, the British Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army is reluctant to participate in large-scale infantry operations in cities, the invaders prefer attacks on cities by aircraft and shelling from artillery in order to demoralize the Ukrainian defenders. It is possible that Russia will continue to use its heavy firepower in urban areas in an attempt to limit its already significant losses, at the cost of further civilian casualties, British intelligence says..