“The Russian troops, trying to take full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka areas outside Kreminna, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Opytne, Marinka and Vuhledar. It actively uses tactical and army aircraft to launch strikes on the positions of our troops,” the report reads.
The threat of further Russian air and missile attacks against Ukraine remains high, the General Staff said.
In the village of Kokhane, Vasylivka district, Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian occupying forces are engaged in mass looting.
“In the past day, the aircraft of the Defense Forces launched 21 strikes on the areas of concentration of troops and military equipment of the occupiers and three strikes on the positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems. Our gunners and rocket forces hit two Russian command posts, three troop concentration areas, three positions of anti-aircraft missile systems, two ammunition depots and a fuel depot,” the General Staff said.