AFU advanced on Zaporizhzhia Axis – General Staff
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) forced the russians to retreat from some positions near Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia Region and did not let their defenses break through in the Avdiyivka and Kupiyansk Axes.
This was announced in the morning briefing by the AFU General Staff.
"Over the past 24 hours, 57 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 89 missile- and 72 airstrikes, including by Shahed-136/131 type drones, and carried out 48 attacks using MLRSes on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and more than 130 injured civilians, including children. More than 100 private residential and apartment buildings and other civil and industrial infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolayiv, and Odesa were destroyed or damaged," the General Staff said in a statement.
Bilohorivka and Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk Region suffered airstrikes; Avdiyivka, Novomykhailivka, and Heorhiyivka in the Donetsk Region; Novodanylivka and Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region.
About 120 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolayiv Regions came under artillery fire.
In the Kupiyansk Axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven attacks near Synkivka and east of Petropavlivka, Kharkiv Region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
The occupiers did not conduct offensive (assault) actions on the Lyman Axis.
On the Bakhmut Axis, our soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the Bohdanivka, Klishchiyivka, and Andriyivka Districts of the Donetsk Region.
On the Avdiyivka Axis, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiyivka.
"Our soldiers are firmly holding the defense, inflicting significant losses on the invaders. Thus, during the past day, the Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks near Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, and Avdiyivka and 16 more attacks in the Pervomaiske and Nevelske Districts of the Donetsk Region. Southeast of Novobakhmutivka, our defenders improved their tactical position," the General Staff reports.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions on the Mariyinka and Shakhtarsk Axes.
On the Zaporizhzhia Axis, the Defense Forces repelled an enemy attack near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Region. In the area of Verbove, our troops advanced, forcing the enemy to abandon some positions.
On the Kherson Axis, the Defense Forces continue measures to expand the bridgehead. Despite significant losses, the occupiers do not stop trying to knock our units out of their positions. During the past day, the enemy carried out nine unsuccessful assaults.
The defense forces of Ukraine continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.
During the past day, Ukrainian aviation struck 12 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Units of missile troops hit two areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, three anti-aircraft missile complexes, two control points, an artillery system, a radar system, and a warehouse of fuel and lubricants of the enemy.
As earlier reported, 47 civilians were injured as a result of the missile attack on Kharkiv. One person received non-life-threatening injuries.