Russia storms Sievierodonetsk and gathers forces on Bakhmut front – General Staff report
OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 16 JUNE 2022, 07:12
Russian occupation forces are continuing with their attempts to capture Sievierodonetsk. In addition, Russia is gathering forces on the Bakhmut front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 16 June
Details: On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, a mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus has conducted a training in which reception points for mobilised resources, including conscripts, were deployed. This training was conducted as part of a general review of the combat readiness of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russia continues to deploy units of its armed forces from the Western Military District in the areas near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts of the Russian Federation in order to pin down the Ukrainian Defence Forces and prevent their deployment on other fronts.
Near Leonivka (Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) and Bachivsk (Sumy Oblast, Ukraine), Russian forces fired on the positions of Ukrainian troops with artillery.
On the Slobozhanshchyna front, Russia is regrouping its forces in order to improve their offensive capability.
On the Kharkiv front, Russia’s main efforts are focused on maintaining previously occupied positions. In order to pin down the Ukrainian troops on this front and prevent them from mounting an offensive, Russian forces opened heavy artillery fire – using MLRS as well – near Bazaliivka, Udy, and Verkhnii Saltiv.
Russian troops are conducting assault operations on the Sloviansk front in an attempt to find a weakness in the Ukrainian defence. They fired with artillery on civilian infrastructure around Pryshyb, Dolyna, Karnaukhivka, and Virnopillia.
On the Donetsk front, Russian forces are conducting combat operations along the entire contact line, but focusing in particular on the Bakhmut front.
Russia did not undertake active operations on the Lyman front, but fired on the Ukrainian units near Pyskunivka with artillery.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, Russian occupation forces continued to fire on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with different weapons in and around Bilohorivka, Lysychansk, and Sievierodonetsk.
Russia continues to attempt to establish full control over the city of Sievierodonetsk. The assault on the city is continuing, as is the fighting.
On the Bakhmut front, Russia is conducting assault operations in order to improve the tactical positions of its troops. Russian troops opened artillery fire on the areas around Vesele, Soledar, Berestove, and Vovchoiarivka.
On the Lyman, Avdiivka, Novopavlivka, and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russia is systematically firing on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to pin them down in the areas around Novobakhmutivka, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Mykilske, Antonivka, Huliaipole, Novopil, and Orikhiv.
Ukrainian troops have discovered and eliminated an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group on the Yehorivka – Shevchenko front.
On the Pivdennyi Buh and Tavriia fronts, Russia’s efforts are focused on maintaining previously occupied positions and preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from mounting an offensive. Russian forces fired on the units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces and performed combat engineering tasks to reinforce their positions near Bezvodne and Ishchenka.
