Ukrainian and Russian forces clash 29 times on 5 fronts in past 24 hours – General Staff report

Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian occupation forces 29 times across five key fronts over the course of 11 July.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 12 July

Quote: "Last night the Russian Federation once again deployed Iranian-made Shahed attack drones to attack Ukraine. Information about the aftermath of this terrorist attack is being confirmed.

Russian occupation forces launched a total of 28 Shahed attack drones on Ukraine over the course of the past 24 hours. [Ukraine’s] air defence destroyed 26 of these attack drones. Our defence forces also destroyed five reconnaissance drones.

Over the course of the past day, Russian forces conducted 65 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) in 71 further attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops and on civilian settlements. Several civilians sustained injuries and a number of infrastructure facilities were damaged in these attacks.

There is a high ongoing threat of missile and airstrikes across all of Ukraine.

[Russia] is continuing to focus its main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts, where heavy fighting continues. A total of 29 combat engagements occurred [between Russian and Ukrainian forces on these fronts] over the course of the day."

Details: The situation remains unchanged on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. There is no evidence that Russia is forming offensive units on those fronts. Meanwhile, units of the Belarusian Armed Forces are carrying out operations in areas near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

Russia continues to maintain its forces on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts. Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Volfyne (Sumy Oblast) and Veterynarne (Kharkiv Oblast) and deployed mortars and artillery to fire on more than 20 civilian settlements, including Karpovychi and Mykolaivka (Chernihiv Oblast); Sopych and Romashkove (Sumy Oblast); and Strilecha, Veterynarne, Stoivka and Sotnytskyi Kozachok (Kharkiv Oblast).

Ukrainian forces are holding the line on the Kupiansk front. Russian aircraft struck areas in and around Podoly, Kucherivka and Kyslivka (Kharkiv Oblast). Krasne Pershe, Kamianka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Masiutivka and Kyslivka (Kharkiv Oblast) and Novoselivske (Luhansk Oblast) came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.

On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the vicinity of Vesele (Donetsk Oblast) and carried out airstrikes in and around Bilohorivka and Nevske (Luhansk Oblast). They also shelled Bilohorivka and Nevske (Luhansk Oblast) and Rozdolivka, Torske, Verkhnokamianske and Vesele (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Bakhmut front, Ukraine’s defence forces repelled Russian artillery- and air-supported assaults on Hryhorivka (Donetsk Oblast) and to the east of Orikhovo-Vasylivka. Over 15 settlements, including Oleksandro-Shultyne, Vasiukivka, Bohdanivka, Khromove, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, and Pivdenne (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian fire.

On the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian forces are continuing to prevent Russian forces from advancing in the vicinity of Avdiivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske. Russian forces conducted airstrikes near the settlement of New-York and the city of Avdiivka and shelled more than 10 civilian settlements, including Avdiivka, Berdychi, Sieverne and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Marinka front, Ukrainian forces repelled all Russian attempts to advance near Pobieda, Novomykhailivka and Marinka. The Russians shelled more than 15 civilian settlements, including Kostiantynivka, Marinka, Pobieda and Yelyzavetivka (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the vicinity of Blahodatne and carried out airstrikes near Odradne, Storozheve, Rivnopil and Makarivka. They shelled a total of more than 15 settlements, including Vuhledar, Blahodatne, Makarivka and Prechystivka (Donetsk Oblast).

Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts are focusing their efforts on preventing Ukrainian forces from advancing. They conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Mala Tokmachka and Orikhiv (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) and Zolota Balka and Molodizhne (Kherson Oblast). They also shelled over 30 civilian settlements, including Huliaipole, Huliaipilske, Zaliznychne, Poltavka and Olhivske (Zaporizhzhia Oblast); Kozatske, Lvove, Inzhenerne, Tokarivka and Kherson (Kherson Oblast); and Dniprovske, Dmytrivka and Ivanivka (Mykolaiv Oblast). Meanwhile, Ukraine’s defence forces continued to conduct offensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts, where they are consolidating the positions they had previously captured and engaging in counter-battery fire.

Over the course of the day, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 15 airstrikes on areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated and 4 on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.

Units from Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck 3 Russian command posts, 10 field artillery units, an anti-aircraft defence system, and an electronic warfare system. 

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