Ukrainian defenders destroy large Russian ammunition depot in Izium - General Staff
Alona Mazurenko — Monday, 16 May 2022, 19:37
Ukrainian defenders destroyed a large stock of Russian ammunition based in the city of Izium.
Source: General Staff
Details: On the Slobozhansky front, the occupiers are trying to hold back the offensive of the Defence Forces north of the city of Kharkiv and prevent them from reaching the state border of Ukraine. They are also conducting preparations for offensive operations by forces of units concentrated in the Izium area.
The efforts of the occupiers’ aviation are focused on the destruction of objects in the Eastern Operational Zone and industrial facilities deep in the territory of Ukraine.
On the Slobozhansky front, the enemy is reinforcing the grouping of troops with special forces and air defence units.
On the Kharkiv front, the main efforts of the occupiers are concentrated on holding positions and preventing the advance of our troops. The occupiers tried to conduct military operations in the direction of the settlement of Ternov, but had no success.
On the Slavyansk front, the occupiers, using units from the 20th Combined Arms Army, are resupplying and replenishing losses, trying to restore the offensive.
As a result of fire damage inflicted by the Defence Forces on the occupying forces’ warehouses in the city of Izium, a significant stock of ammunition was destroyed.
On the Donetsk front, the occupiers fired on our troops from mortars, cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and aviation.
On the Lyman front, the occupiers conducted offensive operations in the area of the settlement of Shandryholove, in the direction of the settlement of Lyman. According to the results of hostilities, there was no success; they are trying to strengthen the grouping of their troops.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, the occupiers fought in the area of the settlement of Borivske, and suffered losses.
On the Avdiivsk front, the occupiers were active in the direction of the settlement of Sukha Balka. They fired at certain positions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces with cluster munitions.
On the Bakhmut front, the occupiers are fighting in the areas of the settlements of Toshkivka and Pylypchatyne. In the Gorny area, the Russian forces suffered losses and retreated.
On the Kurakhivsk front, the occupiers advanced in the area of Marʼinka and Novomykhailivka, but were not successful.
In Mariupol, the main efforts of the occupiers concentrated on blocking and defeating our units in the area of the Azovstal plant. They continue massive artillery and air strikes.
On the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts, the occupiers did not conduct active hostilities. They fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka, Novosilka, Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka. They inflicted an air strike on the village of Malynivka. They are taking measures for the logistics support of their troops.
On the Yuzhnobuzhsky front, the occupiers did not conduct active hostilities, shelling civilian infrastructure from cannon artillery and mortars in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Shevchenkove and Novovorontsovka.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed the enemy’s field composition of ammunition in the area of the settlement of Davydiv Brid.
On the territory of the Transnistrian region of Moldova, the situation remained without significant change.
The personnel of the subdivisions of the operational group of Russian troops continues to be in a heightened state of combat readiness. Provocations by the Russian forces are not ruled out in the region.
The ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the waters of the Black and Azov seas continue to carry out missions of isolating the area of combat operations, conducting reconnaissance and fire support in the coastal direction.
On the Volyn, Polessky and Siversk fronts, the situation has not changed significantly.
