Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian attempt to advance on the Sloviansk front – General Staff report
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022, 19:05
Russian forces in Kharkiv Oblast are trying to hold back the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, are attempting to capture the entire territory of Luhansk Oblast, and have ramped up the hostilities in Donetsk Oblast.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 7 July
Details: On the Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces continue to focus their efforts on maintaining their positions and preventing the Ukrainian Defence Forces from advancing further into the territory temporarily occupied by Russia. The Russians used tanks and tube and rocket artillery to fire on towns and villages situated along the frontline in Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukrainian soldiers repelled the Russians’ attempts to advance in the area of Sosnivka; the latter were forced to retreat to their previously occupied positions.
Russian occupying forces in eastern Ukraine are still trying to establish control over the entire territory of Luhansk Oblast.
On the Sloviansk front, Russian occupying forces once again attempted to storm and capture Bohorodychne, but were unsuccessful. Ukrainian troops decisively repelled the Russian assault.
Russian forces fired on the areas around Sulyhivka, Chervone, Nikopol, Novopavlivka, Karnaukhivka, Adamivka, Krasnopillia, Bohorodychne, Mazanivka, Dibrivne and Dolyna using tube and rocket artillery. Russian assault and army aircraft conducted airstrikes near Dolyna.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces attempted to conduct assault operations in the areas of Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamʼianske, but were unsuccessful.
The Russians shelled the areas around the towns and villages of Maiaky, Siversk, Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, Verkhnokamianske, Zolotarivka and Zvanivka using tube and rocket artillery and conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Serebrianka.
On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian troops inflicted losses on the Russian units that were trying to improve their tactical positions near Vershyna and Berestove. The General Staff notes that the Russians fled in panic.
Russian occupying forces fire on the areas around Vyimka, Ivanodarʼivka, Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Klynove, Vershyna, Kodema, Maiorsk, Niu-York using tube artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). They deployed army aviation near Shumy, and are consolidating their positions on the outskirts of the village of Spirne.
On the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russian forces continued to fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops using tube and rocket artillery along the entire frontline.
Russian assault aircraft conducted an airstrike near Kamʼianske.
The situation on the Pivdennyi Buh front has not changed significantly. Units of Russian troops continue to maintain their previously occupied positions and to use all weapons at their disposal to fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
The composition and condition of units of the Belarusian Armed Forces on the Volyn and Polissia fronts, and the nature of their actions, have not changed. The threat of missile and bomb attacks from the territory of Belarus remains.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces used artillery to fire on the areas around Vovkivka, Kindrativka and Myropillia of Sumy Oblast in order to demonstrate their presence in the area [and therefore pin down the Ukrainian forces - ed.]. In addition, Russian aircraft conducted airstrikes near Esmani and Myropillia.
Up to six Russian high-precision missile carriers (with a total array of up to 40 Kalibr cruise missiles) are on standby in the waters of the Black and Azov seas.
