General Staff: Russia attempts to resume offensive on Sloviansk

Thursday, 26 May 2022, 07:12

Russian occupying forces are attempting to resume an offensive on the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast and are shelling Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages across all fronts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on Thursday, 26 May

Details: The Belarusian Armed Forces are conducting pre-mobilisation and command and staff training on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. There is a threat of missile and air strikes on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.

Belarus is working to mitigate the effects of the deployment of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the hostilities in Ukraine on its territory. As part of this, measures are being taken to prevent illicit trafficking of weapons and ammunition that could have been lost by Russian troops.

On the Siversk front, Russian troops are covering the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions and are trying to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops from the Siversk front on other fronts.

The high terrorist threat level was extended until 8 June in parts of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation adjacent to the border with Ukraine.

Russian troops used 120mm calibre mortars and artillery to fire on the village of Bachivsk and the town of Krasnopillia in Sumy Oblast and the village of Zarichchia in Chernihiv Oblast.

On the Slobozhansk front, Russian troops are systematically firing on groupings of Ukrainian troops. They also shelled civilian infrastructure in the villages of Ternova and Cherkaski Tyshky.

Russia is attempting to improve the tactical position of its troops near Izium and to resume an offensive on the city of Sloviansk. Russian troops fired on the villages of Chepil, Dovhenke, Kurulka, Bohorodychne, and Studenok from artillery, multiple rocket launchers, mortars, and tanks.

On the Donetsk front, Russia’s main efforts are focused on capturing the city of Lyman and improving the tactical positions of its troops near Sievierodonetsk and Avdiivka. Russian troops are actively waging electronic warfare on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts. Additionally, they have deployed artillery and assault aircraft to attack the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and civilian infrastructure along these fronts.

Russian troops are attempting to gain a foothold near Sievierodonetsk. They conducted an assault operation on the town of Ustynivka, but were unsuccessful.

Fighting continues on the Bakhmut front. Russian forces attempted to advance on Komyshuvakha, Lypove, and Nahirne, but were unsuccessful.

On the Avdiivka front, Russian forces conducted assault operations on Krasnohorivka, Kamianka, Avdiivka, and Pisky, but were repelled by Ukrainian troops.

On the Novopavlivske front, Russian troops attempted to advance on the village of Zolota Nyva, but suffered losses and retreated. On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian troops shelled Novopil, Charivne, Orikhiv, and Kamianka using artillery.

On the Mykolaiv front, Russia is attempting to improve the tactical position of its troops and to secure their advance to the administrative borders of Kherson Oblast. Russian troops conducted assault operations near the village of Tavriiske, but were unsuccessful.

On the Kryvyi Rih front, Russian occupying forces conducted an unsuccessful assault operation on the village of Mykolaivka and shelled civilian infrastructure near Osokorivka, Trudoliubivka, and Dobrianka.

Russia continued to perform military engineering tasks to reinforce the positions of its troops around the villages of Chornobaivka, Pravdyne, and Zoria.