In the east and south of Ukraine, Russian invaders have resumed active offensive operations and are trying to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders. As a result of failures, the enemy is forced to retreat to previously occupied positions.. In the Donetsk and Lugansk operational areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed more than 40 pieces of enemy equipment, the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation reports.. Over the previous day, the groupings of the Joint Forces repulsed 7 enemy attacks and inflicted significant losses on the invaders both in manpower and in equipment..

Among the ground targets, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed:.

10 tanks;

1 artillery system;

18 armored vehicles;

8 vehicles;

1 enemy mortar.

Air defense units shot down one Su-30 fighter and four unmanned aerial vehicles of the Orlan-10 type. Earlier, the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on heavy artillery shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation of the city of Kharkov and the Kharkov region.