General Staff: Russian invaders plan an offensive in the direction of Yampil - Siversk
OLGA HLUSHCHENKO - SATURDAY, 21 MAY, 2022, 06:57
PHOTO: GENERAL STAFF
Russian invaders plan to resume offensives towards the towns of Yampil - Siversk by crossing the Siverskyi Donets river.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on Saturday, 21 May 2022
Quote: "The enemy is continuously conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and maintain the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Shelling continues along the entire front line and deep into the defence positions of our troops in the Donetsk operational area and on the Sloviansk front."
Details: On the Volyn and Polissya fronts, in general, there are no significant changes. An increase in radio-electronic reconnaissance and radio-electronic warfare has been detected in the areas that border on Ukraine.
The threat of missile and air strikes on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus remains.
On the Siversk front, Russian forces fired at the Ukrainian defence positions in the areas of Ukrainian border settlements in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.
On the Kharkiv front, Russia’s main efforts are focused on maintaining its current positions. Russian forces performed air strikes on the settlement of Tsyrkuny.
In the near future, Russian troops in the Kharkiv front are expected to be reinforced by units from the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District.
On the Sloviansk front, Russian forces are trying to resume their offensive. In particular, they plan to build a crossing over the river Siverskyi Donets.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops are conducting active hostilities on the Sievierodonetsk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Kurakhiv fronts.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces plan to resume offensive operations in the direction of Yampil - Siversk by crossing the Siverskyi Donets river. In particular, a concentration of special amphibious pontoon bridging equipment has been detected in the area mentioned. Russia is transferring additional units to strengthen their troops and intensify the offensive.
On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian troops fired on Ukrainian troops.
In Mariupol, Russian occupiers are taking measures to restore the operations of the port. In particular, they are demining the port infrastructure.
On the Pivdennyi Buh and Tavriya fronts, Russia’s main efforts are focused on maintaining its current positions, conducting reconnaissance, fitting out their positions and providing logistical support of troops.
On the Kryvyi Rih and Mykolayiv fronts, Russian forces are continuously shelling Ukrainian troops. Additional deployment of tubed and rocket artillery units has been detected.
Ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Black and Azov seas are performing tasks to isolate the area of hostilities, conduct reconnaissance and provide fire support on the coast.
Russian invaders continue to use terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians in the temporarily occupied territories. In particular, they are preventing the evacuation of people from Kherson Oblast to the territory controlled by Ukraine and preventing the opening of humanitarian corridors for the delivery of food and medicine and the evacuation of the elderly, sick people and children.
Eleven attacks by Russian troops have been repulsed on the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts alone over the past 24 hours. 8 tanks, 3 artillery systems, 10 units of armoured combat equipment, 3 special armoured vehicles and 6 pieces of automobile equipment have been destroyed.
Ukrainian Air Defence units shot down two operational-tactical level UAVs, while anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed one UAV and a cruise missile and hit one target of as yet unidentified type (probably a helicopter).
