General Staff: Russians looking for weaknesses in Sievierodonetsk, they conducted a series of unsuccessful assaults

OLENA ROSHCHINA - THURSDAY, 9 JUNE 2022, 07:25

On the 106th day of the war, fighting continued for Sievierodonetsk, with the Russians advancing on Bohordychne and Dovhenke, conducting unsuccessful assaults on Toshkivka, Rotiv, Mykolaivka and Komyshuvakha, and preparing to force water crossings on the Pivdennyi Buh front.

Source: summary from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6 a.m. on 9 June

Details: On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the Russian forces were not engaged in active combat operations. The situation has not changed significantly.

On the Sivershchyna front, the Russians continue to maintain enhanced protection of the Ukrainian-Russian border section and to fire mortars at civilian infrastructure in the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts.

The Russians began to build up their defences on the Kharkiv front by building fortifications and laying mines on the approaches to the border. They are conducting intensive artillery shelling of Ukrainian units in order to hinder the actions of the Ukrainian defence forces.

In addition, Russian forces fired on civilian infrastructure near the settlements of Staryi Saltiv, Ruski and Cherkaski Tyshky, Korobochkine, Asiivka, Chepil and Udy.

On the Sloviansk front, the Russians' efforts are focused on preparing to continue the offensive towards the settlements of Sloviansk and Barvinkove.

The invading forces fired on civilian infrastructure near the settlements of Dibrivne, Komyshuvakha and Kurulka.

Taking advantage of the results of the shelling, the Russians carried out offensive and assault actions near Bohorodychne and Dovhenke, and fighting is ongoing.

On the Donetsk front, the Russians launched a missile strike near Kramatorsk in addition to using artillery along the line of contact.

Russian forces were not active on the Lyman front. They fired on Tetianivka, Pryshyb and Serebrianka.

On the Sievierodonetsk front, the invaders fired on Ukrainian units using mortars, artillery and multiple rocket launchers. They shelled civilian infrastructure in the areas of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Pryvillia, Ustynivka, Hirske and Katerynivka.

The occupiers carried out an air strike on Toshkivka and conducted an unsuccessful assault.

Ukrainian soldiers also inflicted casualties on the enemy towards the village of Katerynivka. The Russians retreated.

Russian forces continue their unsuccessful search for weaknesses in the Sievierodonetsk defences.

On the Bakhmut front, the invaders fired on Ukrainian positions with gun artillery and rocket launchers near Komyshuvakha, Mykolaivka, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Semyhiria and Maiorske.

They carried out missile and air strikes near the settlements of Verkhnokamianka, Zolote, Berestove, Sloviansk and New York.

Using the results of the fire action, the enemy is conducting assault actions near the settlements of Roty, Mykolaivka and Komyshuvakha.

In previous battles on the aforementioned front, Ukrainian defenders inflicted significant losses on the occupiers and the Russians had to withdraw units of their 1st and 100th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigades of the 1st Army Corps to restore their combat efficiency.

The aggressors did not conduct active combat operations on the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts. They fired artillery and mortars along the line of contact in order to hinder the actions of Ukrainian units.

On the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian forces used artillery of various calibres near the villages of Liubymivka, Dobrianka, Bila Krynytsia, Shyroke, Bereznehuvate, Blahodatne, Liubomyrivka and Tavriiske.

In order to improve their tactical position, Russian troops were preparing to force their way across water courses. They conducted aerial reconnaissance using UAVs.

The aggressors were planning to reinforce their motorised rifle units with tank squadrons using T-62 tanks. They also deployed gun artillery and multiple rocket launchers, as well as Tochka-U ballistic missiles.

Over the past 24 hours Ukraine's defenders repelled 7 attacks by the Russians in both Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and destroyed 3 tanks, 2 armoured fighting vehicles and 4 vehicles belonging to the invaders. Ukrainian air defence units shot down 6 Orlan-10 UAVs.