General Staff: The intensity of the use of Russian aircraft is reduced

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 2022, 18:53

The Russians have not stopped trying to establish control over Sievierodonetsk, while the intensity of the use of Russian aircraft has been reduced.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook as of 18:00.

Quote: "The aggressor continues to launch missile and air strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and does not abandon attempts to establish control over the city of Sievierodonetsk." 

"Due to the successful actions of our air defence, the intensity of the use of Russian aircraft has been reduced. Efforts are focused on supporting the actions of the ground group and the task of missile strikes on infrastructure in the depths of Ukraine."

Details: On the Sloviansk front, Russians focus on preparing troops to attack the city of Sloviansk. They fired on the settlements of Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dolyna, Kurulka, Hrushuvakha, Chervona Poliana and Shnurky.

On the Sievierodonetsk front, Russian troops fired on units of Ukrainian troops and civilian infrastructure from artillery and multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of Lysychansk, Borivske and Metolkino.

On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian soldiers successfully restrained assault operations in the area of the village of Komyshuvakha. Also, hostile assault attempts on the front of Svitlodarsk and Vuhlehirsk Thermal power stations were unsuccessful.

Near Nahirne, Ukrainian defenders inflicted fire damage on occupying forces. After an unsuccessful assault attempt, Russian troops retreated to their former position.

On the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian occupying forces focused their main efforts on conducting reconnaissance, maintaining the occupied positions, and restoring lost positions. In addition, Russian units using artillery fire are trying to prevent the creation of favourable conditions for a counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops in Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblasts.

On the Kharkiv front, Russian troops are fighting to hold the occupied borders, continue to fire on Ukrainian troops, and mine the area.

Russian occupying forces did not carry out active offensive operations on the Sivershchyna front. During the day, occupiers fired on Senkivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Sopych, Konstantynivka, Stari Vyrky and Velyka Pysarivka in Sumy Oblast.

The occupiers did not conduct active hostilities on the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhia fronts. The Besarabia, Volyn and Polissia fronts are without significant changes.

In the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, a Russian naval group is involved in blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.