Morning report of the General Staff: the threat of air strikes from Belarus is growing, and the Russian military may try to force the Seversky Donets again

Author:
Julia Sheredeha
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released operational information as of 6:00 a.m. The threat of missile strikes and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus is growing, and the Russian military may once again try to force the Siversky Donets.

  • Russian troops are most active near Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk;
  • The threat of missile strikes and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus is growing. The aggressor moved the Iskander-M missile division to the Brest region at a distance of up to 50 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine.
  • the enemy launched an airstrike on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of Bilopillya, Sumy region.
  • in the Kharkiv direction, Russian groups are concentrating their main efforts on maintaining their positions and trying to gain a foothold on the western and northern outskirts of the settlement of Ternova;
  • in the Slovyansk direction, Russian units are preparing to resume the offensive. The enemy, to support the offensive, deployed additional units of artillery in the southern part of Izium;
  • in the Lyman direction, the Russian military is forced to force the Seversky Donets River into the Dronivka-Bilohorivka section. To deploy fire, the Russians deployed jet and barrel artillery units;
  • in the Sievierodonetsk direction, the Russians, with the support of artillery, stormed Toshkivka and Ustynivka;
  • in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy improved its tactical position in the Vasylivka area;
  • the Russian army continues to use tactics of terror against the Ukrainian civilian population in the occupied territories, the socio-economic situation is deteriorating in the south and east of Ukraine.
  • Over the past 24hrs, 16 enemy attacks have been repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk, 8 tanks, 22 units of armored combat vehicles, and one enemy vehicle have been destroyed.
  • Aviation units of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Land Forces destroyed 6 drones, an enemy cruise missile, and 30 armored combat vehicles.