The Armed Forces of Ukraine neutralised the invader’s reconnaissance group and repelled assaults – General Staff report

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 9 JULY 2022, 18:52

On the Kharkiv front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine neutralised the invader’s reconnaissance group, and the Ukrainian military also repelled assaults on several fronts.

Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18.00 on 9 July

Quote: "On the Kharkiv front, the Russian forces' attempts to approach the city continue. The enemy tried to advance in the area of Kochubeivka – Dementiivka with assault actions. Ukrainian soldiers pushed the occupiers back to their previously occupied positions.

In the Male Vesele – Petrivka area, the Defence Forces of Ukraine discovered and neutralised an enemy reconnaissance group."

Details: On the Sloviansk front, the occupiers are trying to create favourable conditions for further advancement in the area of Izium - Sloviansk using artillery. Russian army aircraft struck the Chepil and Bohorodychne areas.

Ukrainian defenders successfully repulsed all Russian assault attempts in the areas of Dovhenke – Krasnopillia and Pasika – Dolyna. The invaders have left. They carried out remote demining of a section of the highway near Velyka Komyshuvakha.

On the Donetsk front, the Russian occupying forces continued to use the available firepower to attack positions of the Defence Forces and settlements close to the front line. They conducted a rocket strike near Shumy.

The Russian army conducted aerial reconnaissance with an unmanned aerial vehicle in the area of Kramatorsk. The invaders also made an unsuccessful attempt to storm the area of Zolotarivka – Verkhnokamianske. Ukrainian soldiers forced the occupiers to scatter through the bushes in the Zolotarivka area with the help of accurative fire.

On the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, the Russian forces continued shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops using mortars, tube and rocket artillery along the front line. Airstrikes were recorded in the Avdiivka and Novoandriivka districts.

The Russian forces tried to improve their tactical position, carrying out an assault in the area of Yasynuvata – Avdiivka. They were unsuccessful and left with losses.

The invaders’ attempts to advance in the Marinka area were also unsuccessful.

On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the occupiers continued to focus their efforts on using the firepower available to defend the occupied positions and prevent the advance of units of the Defence Forces [of Ukraine] deep into the temporarily occupied territory.

There are no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. In order to prevent reconnaissance of border areas with Ukraine by unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare systems have been activated. The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory and airspace of Belarus remains.

On the Sivershchyna front, the invaders used attack aircraft for an attack near Volodymyrivka, Sumy Oblast. 

The occupiers are demoralised by the complete resistance of the Ukrainian people. The General Staff noted that it is increasingly difficult for the Russian command to replenish the units suffering losses in the senseless war it unleashed.