The russians launch active fighting in the Kramatorsk direction

What happened? On the 128th day of the Ukrainian nation's resistance to the russian military invasion, the enemy intensified combat operations in the Kramatorsk direction.

Source. This was stated in the update of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Details. In the Lysychansk direction, the enemy fires at Ukrainian positions from the barrel and jet artillery in the areas of settlements Siversk, Bilohorivka, Lysychansk and Vovchoyarivka. It tries to control the site of the Bakhmut – Lysychansk highway, but has no success.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy focuses on encircling Ukrainian troops in the Lysychansk region from the south and west, and to establish complete control over the Luhansk region. It assaults to block the logistics support of our units.

In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy's troops continue defense, regroup and try to improve the tactical position. The aggressor made artillery shelling of the positions of our troops near the Dolyna, Mazanivka, Dibrivne, Grushuvakha, Adamivka, Husarivka and Ivanivka.

In the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions, the situation did not have significant changes. On the Siversky direction enemy made artillery shelling in the areas of settlements Hremyach, Mikhalchyna Sloboda, Kolos of Chernihiv oblast and Starykove and Atynske of Sumy oblast.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy concentrated the grouping of the troops of the Western Military District, defines previously occupied borders, systematically fires the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine for the excavation of their actions. Thus, from artillery, the occupiers fired at districts of settlements of Bazaliyivka, Peremoha, Verhniy Saltiv, Nortsivka, Chepil, Dmytrivka, Barvinkove, Mospanovo, Velyka Babka, Sorokivka and Pryshyb.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired from the artillery districts of settlements Berestove, Yakovlivka, Vidrodzhenna, Mayorsk and Vyhledarska TTP. It tries to improve the tactical position in the direction of the settlement Pokrovske, but has no success.

At Avdiivka, Kurakhivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, it fired at our positions from the barrel and jet artillery along the battle front line.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy continued shelling of mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of settlements Potemkine, Berezneguvate, Partizanske, Kyselivka, Shevchenkove, Tavriyske. It continues air intelligence with UAVs.

Being ready to launch missile strikes on objects on the territory of Ukraine, the enemy continues to keep three high-precision weapons carriers.

Previously. Earlier the enemy had not conducted active operations in the Kramatorsk direction.