In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is strengthening the grouping of troops with special forces and air defense units. This was reported at the State Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday, May 16.

The military stressed that the main efforts of the enemy concentrated on the Donetsk direction.

" He is preparing for offensive operations by forces of units concentrated in the area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Izyum,"

In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation has not changed significantly.

In the Kharkov direction, the main efforts of the enemy are focused on holding positions and preventing the advance of our troops.. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to conduct military operations in the direction of Ternovaya.

In the Slavic direction, the enemy, using units from the 20th combined arms army, is resupplying and replenishing losses, trying to restore the offensive. As a result of fire damage by the Defense Forces of enemy warehouses located in the city of Izyum, a significant stock of ammunition was destroyed.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out a fiery defeat of Ukrainian troops from mortars, cannon artillery, multiple rocket launchers and aviation.

In the Liman direction, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the Shandrigolovoye area.. In the direction of Liman, according to the results of hostilities, he has no success, he is trying to strengthen the grouping of his troops.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the invaders fought in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Borovskoye, suffered losses.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy acted in the direction of Sukha Balka, shelled certain positions of the Defense Forces with cluster munitions.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is fighting in the areas of the settlements of Toshkovka and Pilipchatino. In the Gorny area, the Russian invaders suffered losses and retreated.

On the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy advanced in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bMarinka and Novomikhailovka, there was no success.

In Mariupol, the main efforts of the enemy concentrated on blocking and defeating our units in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Azovstal plant. Continues massive artillery and air strikes.

The enemy did not conduct active hostilities in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions.

Committed fire destruction of civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Vremovka, Novoselka, Malaya Tokmachka and Novoandreevka. Launched an air strike on Malinovka. Takes measures for the logistics support of troops.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, shelling civilian infrastructure from cannon artillery and mortars in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Shevchenkovo \u200b\u200band Novovorontsovka.

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