The Defence Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of seven localities

What happened? The Defence Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the vicinity of Zaytseve, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Krasnohorivka, Vodiane, Bezimenne and Novohryhorivka settlements.

Source. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Details. During the day, the aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 9 strikes – damage was inflicted on 7 strongholds and places of concentration of enemy's manpower and equipment, 2 positions of his anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed. Losses of enemy manpower and equipment are being clarified.

Over the past day, units of missile forces and artillery hit command and control points, areas of concentration of enemy's manpower and combat equipment. The radio-electronic warfare complex, Zoopark radar station, artillery units and ammunition depots fell into the affected area.

It is noted that up to 200 bloody war crimes committed by the russian occupiers are recorded every day on the temporarily occupied and already liberated Ukrainian territories. 

Mine danger in liberated towns and villages remains high, with more than 70,000 square kilometres in ten oblasts mined with ammunition and explosives. The Defence Forces are taking measures to return peaceful life to the liberated communities as soon as possible.

Previously. The AFU liberated a number of settlements in Kherson Oblast.