Fierce fighting continues on 5 eastern fronts – General Staff reports

Russian forces are continuing to focus their main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts, where fierce fighting continues, with 22 clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces taking place today alone.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 12 July

Quote from the General Staff: "On the Kupiansk front, [Ukrainian] forces are holding the line. [Russian] forces carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Kyslivka (Kharkiv Oblast). Fyholivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupiansk and Kyslivka (Kharkiv Oblast) came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.

On the Lyman front, [Russian forces] conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the vicinity of Novoselivske (Luhansk Oblast) over the course of today. They conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Spirne, Vesele and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast). More than 10 civilian settlements were shelled, including Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Torske, Spirne, Berestove and Rozdolivka (Donetsk Oblast)."

Details: On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes on areas in and around Stupochky, Oleksandro-Shultyne and Dyliivka (Donetsk Oblast). Over 15 settlements, including Lyman, Bohdanivka, Khromove, Ivanivske and Toretsk (Donetsk Oblast), came under Russian fire.

On the Avdiivka front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces successfully repelled Russian air- and artillery-supported assaults in the vicinity of Avdiivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske. Russian forces conducted an airstrike near Panteleimonivka (Donetsk Oblast) and shelled over 15 civilian settlements, including Avdiivka, Berdychi, Vesele, Vodiane and Zhelanne Pershe (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Marinka front, Ukrainian forces are continuing to hold back Russian forces near Marinka. The Russians conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Krasnohorivka and shelled more than 10 civilian settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Heorhiivka, Maksymilianivka and Katerynivka (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes near Zolota Nyva, Makarivka and Rivnopil, and shelled Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Velyka Novosilka and Zolota Nyva (Donetsk Oblast).

Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts are focusing their efforts on preventing Ukrainian forces from advancing. They shelled over 20 civilian settlements, including Temyrivka, Novodarivka, Chervone, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne and Orikhiv (Zaporizhzhia Oblast); Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast); and Beryslav, Vesele, Antonivka, Bilozerka and Kherson (Kherson Oblast). Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defence Forces continued to conduct offensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts, where they are engaging in counter-battery fire.

The Duna (Dune) Hotel in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) was attacked; a large number of Russian military personnel were killed in the attack.

Russian forces ramped up counterintelligence measures in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol (Donetsk Oblast).

Russian occupation forces are raiding residential buildings and people’s apartments, where they inspect local residents’ documents and mobile devices in an effort to intimidate them and uncover those who might be helping Ukraine’s Defence Forces.

The operational situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts remains much the same as before. 

Russia continues to maintain its forces on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts. Over the course of today, Russian forces deployed mortars and artillery to fire on more than 10 civilian settlements, including Huta-Studentska (Chernihiv Oblast); Vyntorivka and Manukhivka (Sumy Oblast); and Vidrodzhenivske, Izbytske and Zemlianky (Kharkiv Oblast).

Over the course of the day, Ukrainian aircraft carried out six airstrikes on areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated and two on Russian air defence systems.

Units of Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck a Russian command post, 16 field artillery units, four anti-aircraft defence systems, and two electronic warfare systems. 

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