The Russians unsuccessfully stormed the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in the Donetsk region in order to advance to Bakhmut. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report for July 21.
“In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is conducting military operations in order to create conditions for an attack on Bakhmut and capture the territory of the Uglegorsk TPP. He carried out shelling of military and civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Razdolovka, Belogorovka, Pokrovskoye, Novaya Kamenka, Bakhmut, Vershina, Novoluganskoye, Zaitsevo, Toretsk and others. Inflicted air strikes on the villages of Vershina and Belogorovka, - the summary of the General Staff says. – The enemy conducted assault operations in order to seize the territory of the Uglegorsk TPP. Unsuccessfully. Ukrainian soldiers forced the invaders to flee”.
Fighting continues in Novoluganskoye area. To expose the firing positions of the defense forces in certain directions, the enemy used sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
The Russians are also storming the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ivano-Daryevka in the Kramatorsk direction, the battle continues. The enemy shelled from artillery in particular the areas of Kramatorsk, Seversk, Grigorievka, Zvonovka and Disputable.
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On the rest of the front, the situation is as follows:.
No signs of the creation of offensive groupings were found in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
In the northern direction, the enemy continues to carry out aerial reconnaissance of UAVs in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy carried out fire damage from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Mospanovo, Petrovka, Russian Tishki, Bazalievka, Pechenegs, Tsirkuny, Pitomnik, Dementievka, Korobochkino and Prudyanka.
In the Slavic direction, shelling was recorded near Dibrovnoe, Krasnopolye, Chepil, Adamovka, Hrushuvakha and others.
In the Avdeevka, Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy carried out systematic shelling of civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Veseloe, Umanskoye, Kurakhovo, Novomikhailovka, Nikolskoye, Vugledar, Zolotaya Niva, Novopol, Novomayorskoye, Poltavka, Krasnoe, Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandr. Carried out airstrikes near Krasnogorovka and Sladkoye. In some areas, the enemy will improve the engineering equipment of defensive positions.
In the South Bug direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding their positions..
Carries out UAV reconnaissance. The enemy from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery systematically fired at civilian infrastructure along the line of collision in the areas of the settlements of Apostolovo, Nikolaevka, Lepetikha, Krasnaya Dolina, Murakhovka, Blagodatnoye, Pribuzhskoye and Limany.
Recall that Russian troops in the Donetsk region want to enter the Debaltseve-Slavyansk highway, but Ukrainian defenders do not give them the opportunity to advance.