Armed Forces repel the occupiers' attacks in the Slovyansk, Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions – General Staff of the Armed

What happened? The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to repel the assaults of the russian occupiers in the Slovyansk, Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions in Donbas.

Source. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its official Facebook page.

Details. The Ukrainian military notes that due to significant losses, the occupiers have a very low level of morale and are looking for opportunities to avoid further participation in hostilities.

According to the General Staff, this is widespread, in particular, in units deployed from the districts of Kherson, Mykolaiv and Popasna to restore combat readiness.

In the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions there are without significant changes. In the Siversky direction, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the border areas of the Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy, in order to identify weaknesses in the defense of our troops, tried unsuccessfully to conduct reconnaissance by fighting near Rtyshchivka. In addition, shelling of civilian infrastructure was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Uda, Ukrainka, Korobochkine, Mykhailivka and Petrivka.

In the Slovyansk direction, the main focus of the enemy is on holding positions. It carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Dibrivne, Hrushuvakha, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Krasnopillya and Dolyna. In the area of the settlement of Bohorodychne our defenders successfully repulsed the enemy assault.

The enemy did not take active action in the Kramatorsk direction.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the occupiers continue to fire from artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers at units of our troops. Air strikes were inflicted on civilian infrastructure facilities in the Ustynivka and Lysychansk settlements.

Artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure was recorded near Lysychansk, Hirsky and Ustynivka. Fighting continues for control of the city of Siverodonetsk. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers thwarted attempts to storm the enemy in the areas of Myrna Dolyna and Bila Hora.

On the Bakhmut direction, under cover of artillery attacks, around the settlement of Mykolayivka the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the enemy tried to operate. As a result of the fire received from our soldiers, it retreated. Later, the enemy attempted an assault, but was unsuccessful. In addition, the occupiers fired on civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Bilohorivka, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Pokrovske. They launched air strikes near Maloryazantsevo and Bilohorivka.

In the Avdiivka, Kurakhivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy did not take active action. It fired on civilian infrastructure near Kamyanka, Huliaipole, Avdiivka, Vuhledar, Malynivka and Zaliznychny. He struck air strikes on the settlements of Mali Shcherbaki, Marinka, Vuhledar, Kostiantynivka and Novomykhailivka.

In the direction of the South Buh direction, in order to restrain the actions of our units, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at the areas of Chervony Yar, Kalynivka, Topolyne and Zeleny Hay.