The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed more than 70% of Russian troops who were in the area of concentration of forces in Svatove (the Luhansk region).
This was reported in the morning summary of the General Staff.
There was also confirmation of the results of yesterdayʼs strike in Novoaidar: the Russians disabled 50 pieces of equipment and destroyed ammunition.
During the day, the Defense Forces repelled attacks in the districts of Mayorsk, Vesele, Kurdyumivka and Novomykhailivka. Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 24 areas of concentration of forces and equipment, four positions of air defense systems, ammunition warehouse. Missile forces and artillery hit six areas of concentration of forces and equipment, seven areas of concentration of artillery and three warehouses with ammunition.
Over the course of the day, Russia launched 10 missile and 15 air strikes, fired 56 times with anti-aircraft missiles — the infrastructure of more than 33 settlements was damaged.
The enemy continues illegal "mobilization" in the occupied territories: they canceled the deferment of 500 employees of the Yenakiiv Metallurgical Plant and prohibited men from leaving Crimea without the permission of the Military Commissariat.
Also, the Russians are forming four rifle battalions in Transbaikalia, they are taking teachers of the Far Eastern Command School as officers for them. A rifle regiment is being formed on the basis of the Black Sea Higher Naval School in Sevastopol.
- The Ukrainian military cleared and completely took control of the village of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region. Bilohorivka is located in Lysychansk city community of Severodonetsk district. In 2019, 852 people lived in the village of Bilohorivka.