According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is trying to complete preparations for an offensive operation in the Eastern Operational Zone. There is an increase in the aviation grouping and command and control system. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff.

The enemy continues to inflict missile and bomb strikes on infrastructure facilities and residential areas of cities and villages of our state.

To conduct combat operations on the territory of Ukraine, the occupiers train additional units from the Northern Fleet and the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. To provide units with weapons and military equipment, measures are being taken to remove from long-term storage at bases and warehouses.

According to available information, in the 126th separate coastal defense brigade (Perevalnoye) and the 127th separate reconnaissance brigade (Sevastopol), the losses amount to more than 50 percent of the personnel.

The command of the Russian army fails to fulfill plans to mobilize in the North Caucasus region to participate in the war against Ukraine. The main reason is the unwillingness of the population to participate in hostilities..

In connection with the current critical situation with the recruitment of combat units, the command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation plans to start a new process of mobilization at the national level. According to the plan, mobilization for the purpose of hiding it will be carried out in parallel with the planned conscription for military service..

In the Volyn and Polesye directions, the situation has not changed significantly. The movement of units of the 36th combined arms army of the Eastern Military District by rail from the territory of the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus is observed. The threat of missile strikes from the territory of Belarus against the objects of our state remains.

In the Siversky direction, the enemy is regrouping units with their subsequent concentration in the areas bordering Ukraine. From the territory of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, there is a movement to the Belgorod and Voronezh regions of Russia.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the invaders are reconnoitering possible directions of attack, building up the reconnaissance and medical support system. Restocking continues.

Partial blockade and shelling of the city of Kharkov continues.

In the city of Belgorod, the enemy deployed a unit of information and psychological operations of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in order to intensify measures of psychological impact on units of the defense forces of Ukraine and the civilian population of the Kharkiv region. The goal is demoralization and cessation of resistance.

The invaders continue to prepare for active operations in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk and Barvenkovo.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation and artillery, continues to conduct an offensive in certain directions. The main efforts are focused on establishing control over the settlements of Popasnaya, Rubizhnoye, Severodonetsk and Slavyansk.

The enemy made attempts to break through our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Novotoshkovskoye and Marinka. Didn't have any luck. Continued air strikes on Mariupol.

There were no significant changes in the situation in the South Buzh direction.

In the Black Sea and Azov operational zones, enemy naval groupings continue to carry out tasks to isolate the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bcombat operations and reconnaissance.