Ukrainian Armed Forces hit 2 anti-aircraft missile systems, Russian forces use ballistic missiles – General Staff report

Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have repelled more than 30 Russian attacks, and also hit two anti-aircraft missile systems and a radar station; the occupiers used ballistic missiles to strike on Ukrainian settlements.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Quote: "Over the past day, the Ukrainian Air Force has delivered six strikes on clusters of occupiers’ personnel and military equipment. Units of missile troops and artillery hit eight areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, a fuel and lubricants storage point, two anti-aircraft missile systems, an artillery unit at its firing position, as well as an electronic warfare station." 

Details: Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 5 missile strikes and 12 airstrikes, and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to conduct 20 further attacks.

Unable to reach the desired result on the battlefield, the Russian Federation continues to use terror tactics against the civilian population.  

On Friday, the Russian Federation launched another missile attack on civilian infrastructure in the city of Zaporizhzhia and other Ukrainian settlements, using ballistic missiles. The Russian army also used six Shakhed-136 type UAVs for airstrikes – all of them were shot down by Ukraine's defenders. 

Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on conducting offensive operations on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts.  

Over the past day, Ukraine’s defence forces repelled more than 30 Russian attacks. The fighting in the settlements of Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka remains the most fierce. 

On the Kupiansk front, Kamianka, Fyholivka, Synkivka, Krokhmalne in Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselivske in Luhansk Oblast came under Russian fire.

On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Makiivka, Kreminna, Dibrova, Bilohorivka and in the area of Serebrianka Forest. The following settlements near the contact line came under Russian artillery fire: Nevske, Dibrova, Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Bakhmut front, the occupiers continued their assault on the city of Bakhmut, trying to take it under full control. Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces shelled the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Ozarianivka and Maiorsk in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Avdiivka and Marinka fronts, the Russians carried out unsuccessful offensive actions near the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka and Pervomaiske. Settlements of Stepove, Tonenke, Marinka, Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast came under fire.

On the Shakhtarsk front, over the past day, Russian army actively used UAVs to adjust artillery fire, shelled the settlements of Vodiane, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Krasnohorivka and Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts, occupiers did not conduct active operations, but improved defence lines and positions in terms of fortification. Shelled, in particular, the settlements of Vremivka, Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast; Olhivske, Huliaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as Kherson.

There are no significant changes on the Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts. As part of combat training, the training of the units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus was completed. At the same time, the top political leadership of this country continues to support Russian aggression, providing air space and territory to the Russian forces. Training of units of the territorial troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues at the Belarusian training grounds. However, no signs of the formation of offensive groups have been detected. 

The occupiers continue to maintain a military presence in the border areas of Kursk and Belgorod oblasts.

Over the past day, the Russians fired on the settlements of Baranivka in Chernihiv Oblast, Sosnivka, Volfyne, Kindrativka, Novomykolaivka, Popivka, Oleksandrivka in Sumy Oblast, and also the settlements of Veterynarne, Hoptivka, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Bochkove and Budarky in Kharkiv Oblast.

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