The Defense Forces returned to the control of Ukraine the village of Kutuzovka, Kharkiv region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook..

It is noted that the greatest activity of the Russian invaders is now observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions..

Also, the enemy army continues to advance in the east of Ukraine in order to cordon off the grouping of the Joint Forces and establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, hold the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.

The General Staff spoke about the situation in certain areas:.

On the Volyn and Polesye directions without significant changes. Russian aviation continues to launch missile and air strikes on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus, using, in particular, the Baranovichi airfield. Meanwhile, the air defense systems of the Belarusian Armed Forces continue to be on duty in an enhanced mode..

There are no signs of preparation for a new offensive in the Siversky direction. The Russians are strengthening the cover of certain sections of the border. In particular, additional units of the National Guard were deployed on the territory of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the Russian Federation deployed up to five divisions of the Iskander-M OTRK in the Belgorod region of Russia. The regrouping of enemy forces also continues: the BTG of the airborne troops was withdrawn in the Russian Federation due to significant losses of personnel and equipment, and the BTG was moved to the Kharkiv region from the units of the 29th Army of the Eastern Military District from the Belgorod region. The invaders continue to conduct aerial reconnaissance with the help of UAVs.

Russian units tried to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the directions of Brazhkovka and Dovgenkiy, but suffered losses and retreated. They also did not succeed in an attempt to take control of the main objects of Bolshaya Kamyshevakha. At the same time, the Ukrainian defenders managed to regain control over Kutuzovka, Kharkiv region..

In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the Russian troops fired on Ukrainian positions, using multiple launch rocket systems and artillery almost along the entire line of collision.

The enemy unsuccessfully tried to completely capture Rubizhne, but suffered losses and retreated to their previous positions.. In the Kurakhovsky direction, an attempt to attack in the directions of Sladkoye and Novomikhailovka also failed.. The Russians continued to launch air strikes on Mariupol and concentrated their main efforts on blocking the Ukrainian defenders at Azovstal to prevent their breakthrough. In the direction of Donetsk - Zaporozhye, the invaders carried out an offensive in the direction of Neskuchnoye and Vremovka, but were not successful. Continue to strengthen the grouping of troops.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled an attempted assault by the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Tavrichesky, Ivanovka and Zagradovka.

In the waters of the Black and Azov seas, enemy ships continue to launch missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine to isolate the area of \u200b\u200bcombat operations. Also doing reconnaissance.

Earlier, Russian troops fired at a border checkpoint in the Chernihiv region.