The Armed Forces stopped the occupiers' offensive on the outskirts of Lysychansk – the General Staff of the Armed Forces

What happened? The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to stop the offensive of the russian occupiers on the southern outskirts of Lysychansk.

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

Details. It is noted that in order to resume the offensive, the occupiers put forward reserves. The Ukrainian defenders also stopped the enemy's offensive near Borivske.

The enemy conducted reconnaissance by fighting in the area of the settlement of Bila Hora. The offensive continued near the settlement of Ray-Oleksandrivka. Fighting continues.

The enemy focuses his main efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut areas in order to establish control over the settlements of Severodonetsk and Mykolaivka. It is fixed on previously captured positions in the districts of Loskutivka and Ray-Oleksandrivka. It is trying to renew the losses.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired artillery of various calibers at our positions in the areas of the settlements of Mykolayivka, Berestove, Klynove, Toretsk, Novoluhansk, Pokrovske, Luhanske, and Kodema. The army aircraft of the invaders struck near Klynove.

The occupiers are trying to establish control over the village of Hirske. The forces of assault groups from the 1st Army Corps captured Mykolayivka. The failure of the enemy ended the reconnaissance battle near the village of Vershyna. The enemy tried unsuccessfully to block the actions of our units in the Klynove area.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, artillery and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Syrotyne, Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Voronove and Myrna Dolyna. Units of the 2nd Army Corps, with the support of Rosgvardiya units, carried out assault operations in order to establish full control over Severodonetsk. The fighting continues.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, there were no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups.

In the Siversky direction, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Stari Vyrky, Atynske and Starykove.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Ruska Lozova, Pechenihy, Khrestyshche, Mospanove, Stary Saltiv, Ruski Tyshky, and Pryshyb.

In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy fires on civilian infrastructure from artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers in the areas of Bohorodychne, Adamivka, Dibrivne, Kurulka, Petrovske, Virnopillya and Mazanivka. Our soldiers repulsed an enemy assault near Dolyna and Bohorodychne and forced the occupiers to withdraw.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues to fire on units of the Defense Forces with artillery and jet artillery, mortars and tanks along the line of contact. 

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the enemy fired at the positions of our troops from tanks and artillery near Pavlivka, Vuhledar, and Prechystivka. It struck air strikes in the areas of Pavlivka, Vuhledar and Shevchenko. Near Shevchenko, our soldiers gave the occupiers a fierce battle and forced them to retreat.

To identify weaknesses in our defense, the occupiers used sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka, Novosilky and Neskuchne. Ukrainian soldiers successfully discovered them – the enemy withdrew with heavy losses.

In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy did not wage active hostilities. In order to prevent the transfer of reserves to other areas, it fired at the positions of our troops from tanks, mortars, artillery and jet artillery in the areas of Avdiivka, Pisky, Opytne, Marinka, Hrushove and Novopola.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy did not take active action. It fired on civilian infrastructure from barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Dobryanka, Mykolayivka and Trudolyubivka. It struck an air strike on the positions of our troops near Knyazivka. In order to detect changes in the position of our units and adjust the fire, it conducted aerial reconnaissance of UAVs.

In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, the enemy's naval group is trying to maintain a favourable operational regime. Five high-precision weapons carriers are being held ready to launch missile strikes on targets in Ukraine.