The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informed about the operational situation by 18:00 on the one hundred and thirty-ninth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian nation to the Russian military invasion.
In order to demonstrate the presence and constrain the actions of units of the defense forces in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, the enemy continues to hold units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Siversky direction. Enemy artillery fired on the settlements of Starikove and Novaya Sloboda in the Sumy region and Nikolaevka and Karpovichi in the Chernihiv region. In this direction, the enemy is actively using UAVs and electronic warfare.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy shelled the city of Kharkov and the settlements of Sosnovka, Staraya Gnilitsa, Ukrainka, Zamulovka, Petrovka, Cherkasy Tishki, Korobochkino, Prudyanka, Chernoglazovka, Kutuzovka, Old Saltov, Novoe, Bayrak, Dementievka.
The invaders tried to push our troops out of the Dementievka area. But the soldiers of the Defense Forces successfully repelled several assaults and forced the enemy to withdraw.
In the Slavic direction, the invaders fired at the areas of the settlements of Dibrovno, Mazanovka, Adamovka, Barvenkovo, Gusarovka, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Novaya Dmitrovka, Krestishche, Nikopol, Suligovka and Konstantinovka.
Enemy units conducted assault operations near Krasnopolye, Dovgenkiy, Mazanovka and Ivanovka. Ukrainian soldiers skillfully defended themselves, inflicted significant losses on the invaders and forced them to flee.. A hostile reconnaissance attempt near the Valley ended with the same result..
The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Kramatorsk direction. He fired at our positions near Mayakov, Raygorodok, Krivoy Luka, Verkhnekamensky and Prishib. Also launched air strikes near Serebryanka and Disputed.
In the Bakhmut direction, artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Soledar, Vershina, Novoluganskoye, Bakhmut, Yakovlevka, Mayorsk and air strikes near Berestovoye, Belogorovka, Vershina and Yakovlevka.
When trying to advance in the direction of the Disputed - Ivano-Daryevka, the enemy suffered losses from the fire of our defenders and chaotically retreated.
In the Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy continues shelling our positions against existing ground weapons along the entire line of collision. Also launched an airstrike near Novoandreevka.
In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding occupied lines. Activated aerial reconnaissance.
Fired from barrel artillery at the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Novaya Zarya, Osokorovka, Bolshaya Kostromka, Murakhivka, Lyubomirovka, Polyana, Partizanskoye, Blagodatnoye, Kalinovka, Ternovka and Pribuzhskoye.
Enemy ship grouping continues to block civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. In readiness for launching missile strikes on targets on the territory of Ukraine, the enemy is holding six carriers of high-precision weapons.