Ukraine repels 7 attacks of Russian Armed Forces in Donetsk, Luhansk directions

Over the past day, seven Russian attacks have been repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, four tanks, three artillery systems, eight armored combat vehicles and three units of motor vehicles have been destroyed. Air defense units shot down a Ka-52 combat helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle, reported from the Facebook page of the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

"There are no significant changes in the situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas. On the territory of Belarus, along the State Border of Ukraine, there is a presence of separate units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which are armed with operational and tactical missile systems 'Iskander-M', anti-aircraft systems 'Pantsir-C1', anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 and operational and tactical aircraft. In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to fire on units of the Defense Forces with barrel artillery, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and tanks. In order to support the offensive, the enemy is intensively restoring the transport infrastructure and building pontoon-rail crossings across rivers in the temporarily occupied territories,” reads the report.

"In the Siverodonetsk direction, the enemy fired at our troops with mortars and artillery systems of various types. The civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Metolkino, Borivske, Ustynivka, Toshkivka and others was also affected. The occupiers continue to storm Siverodonetsk. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired on the positions of our units with mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Zolote, Orikhove, Gorske, Vrubivka, Klynove, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske and Rota. It used assault and army aircraft for air strikes near Bakhmut and Berestove. It carried out assault operations in the areas of the settlements of Komyshuvakha, Berestove and Mykolayivka. The enemy has suffered significant losses, has no success, fighting continues," the report says.

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