The occupiers are trying to advance in the direction of Bakhmut – the General Staff of the Armed Forces

What happened? The russian occupiers are trying to advance in the Bakhmut direction in Donbass.

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

Details. In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation has not changed significantly.

In the Siversky direction, the enemy used artillery shelling to attack the areas of the settlements of Turya, Myropilske and Slavgorod in the Sumy region.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position of its units near the town of Slovyansk by storming. It used barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Bohorodychne, Nova Dmytrivka, Novopavlivka, Kurulka, Dolyna, Pryshyb, Krasnopillya, Vernopillya, Ridne, Chervone, Shnurky, Chervona Polyana, Karnaukhivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka and Semylanne.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is fighting to deter units of the Defense Forces and prevent them from entering the state border. It carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Kharkiv, Bayrak, Peremoha, Korobochkyne, Shevelivka, Rubizhne, Lebyazhe, Mospanove, Shestakove, Petrivka, Ruska Lozova, Khrestyshche, Kulynychi, Udy, Staryi Saltiv, Verkhniy Saltiv, Pytomnyk, Rtyshchivka and Pechenehy.

In the Donetsk direction, the occupying forces are trying to advance towards the city of Bakhmut and establish control over the city of Siverodonetsk.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy launched air strikes in the areas of Verkhnyokamyanka, Severodonetsk and Syrotyne. Fighting continues for the city of Siverodonetsk.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Berestove, Yakovlivka, Klynove and Vershyna, and air and missile strikes near Chasiv Yar, Novoluhansk and Hirske.

The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction. It fired at the positions of the Defense Forces with artillery in the Pryshyb, Sydorove, Donetske and Mayaky districts.

In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy continues to systematically fire in order to prevent the transfer of units of the Defense Forces to other directions.

The enemy launched air strikes near Novobakhmutivka, Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar and Shevchenko.

In the area of Novobakhmutivka, our soldiers repulsed the assault and forced the enemy to withdraw.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy, with the engineering equipment of the positions, fire from barrel and jet artillery, is trying to prevent the advance of units of our troops into the occupied territory.