The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about the operational situation at the front by 18:00 on the one hundred and thirty-eighth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian nation to the Russian military invasion.
The main efforts of the enemy are focused on establishing final control over the Luhansk region, attempts to encircle the Defense Forces in the Donetsk region, hold the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea and block Ukraine's sea lanes in the Black Sea.
In the Siversky direction, enemy units continue to be in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions and show their presence by using artillery. The enemy shelled the areas of Karpovichi and Nikolaevka of the Chernihiv region.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts on holding occupied lines in the Kharkov direction and preventing the advance of our troops to the state border.
He carried out shelling from cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and tanks in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Bazalievka, Petrovka, Russian Tishki, Korobochkino, Slatino, Prudyanka, Novoe, Rubizhnoye, Blagodatnoye, Kutuzovka, Zolochiv, Ruska Lozova.
The enemy struck from the armament of Ka-52 helicopters near Lebyazhye, Verkhny Saltov and Prudyanka. Near the latter led aerial reconnaissance UAV.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy fires from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Dibrovno, Mazanovka, Bogorodichnoye, Adamovka, Kurulka, Cherkasskoye, Krasnopolye, Mayak and Novonikolaevka. Inflicted an airstrike near Bogorodichny.
In the direction of Krasnopolye, our soldiers repulsed another enemy assault and nullified all attempts by the invaders to advance.
Enemy units did not conduct active operations in the Kramatorsk direction. Cannon artillery fired on the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zakotnoye, Serebryanka, Grigorievka, Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Disputed, Zvanovka, Vyemka and Ivano-Daryevka. Airstrikes recorded near Serebryanka, Ivano-Daryevka and Disputed.
In the Bakhmut direction, the invaders fired from mortars, barreled and rocket artillery in the areas of Chasov Yar, Berestovoye, Pokrovsky, Soledar, Zaitsevo, Vershina, Novolugansky, Klescheyevka, Kodema and New York. Air strikes were carried out by Su-25 attack aircraft near Pokrovsky and Yakovlevka.
On the Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy fired from artillery of various calibers in the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Karlovka, Nevelskoye, Marinka, Serebryanoye, Novomikhailovka, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka, Ugledar, Perebudova, Bolshaya Novoselka, Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulyaypole, Zheleznodorozhnoe. Air strikes carried out near Shevchenko and Zolotoy Niva.
Our soldiers forced the enemy to retreat when he tried to advance in the direction of Maryinka.
In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the enemy is trying to hold the occupied lines and prevent the offensive of the Ukrainian defense forces. Continues fire influence to constrain the actions of our troops. Shelling from cannon and rocket artillery was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Osokorovka, Dobryanka, Olgino, Bolshaya Kostromka, Karernoe, Belaya Krinitsa, Zeleny Gay, Kalinovka, Belogorka, Kiselevka, Ljubomirovka, Kobzartsy, Krasnaya Dolina, Partizanskoye, Zarya, Posad-Pokrovskoye, Ukrainka.
In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, in readiness for missile strikes, the enemy continues to hold two carriers of high-precision weapons with a total salvo of up to 16 Caliber cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces inflict losses on the enemy in all areas where hostilities continue and are ready for any changes in the operational situation..
In the units of the Russian occupation forces, cases of desertion and open disobedience to command are increasingly recorded..