(MENAFN- ukrinform) over the past day, ukraine's air force delivered 12 strikes targeting russian manpower and equipment clusters, as well as six anti-aircraft missile systems. that's according to a morning update by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, ukrinform reports.
"our rocket and artillery troops hit three command and control points, an anti-aircraft missile complex, two manpower and military equipment clusters, 13 artillery units in firing positions, two ew stations, and an ammunition depot.... also, our defenders downed a russian mi-24 attack helicopter and seven reconnaissance uavs," the report said.
in total, the enemy launched 44 missile and air strikes. in particular, the russians launched six iranian-made one-way attack shahed uavs. all shaheds were intercepted. also, the enemy launched 47 salvos employing multiple rocket launchers.
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further missile and air strikes targeting the entire territory of ukraine remain highly likely.
the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the lyman, bakhmut, avdiivka, and marinka directions, where heavy fighting continues. over 40 combat clashes took place throughout the day.
on the volyn and polissia axes, the operational situation has undergone no significant changes. no signs of enemy offensive groupings being formed were detected.
in the sivershchyna and slobozhanshchyna directions, the enemy conducted airstrikes targeting the settlements of leonivka and mykolaivka of chernihiv region and volfyne of sumy region. russian mortars and artillery struck the settlements of hrynivka, yeline, karpovychi, and leonivka in chernihiv region; seredyna-buda, porokhon, sytne, fotofizh, novi virky, volfyne, shpyl, obody, dmytrivka, kindrativka, loknya, stepne, and velyka pysarivka of sumy region, as well as odnorobivka, udy, veterynarne, kozacha lopan, vysoka yaruha, lyptsi, alisivka, buhruvatka, starytsia, vovchansk, vovchanski khutory, bochkove, pletenivka, mala vovcha, varvarivka, budarky, rublene, aniskine, and mylove in kharkiv region.
in the kupiansk direction, the enemy conducted airstrike in the sinkivka area of kharkiv region. krasne pershe, fiholivka, novomlynsk, dvorichna, zapadne, masiutivka, kislivka, and berestove in kharkiv region were subjected to russian artillery and mortar attacks.
read also: enemy increases intensity of shelling in dnipro direction – humeniuk in the lyman direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of dibrova and bilohorivka in luhansk region and serebrianka in the donetsk region. russian airstrikes were reported near novoyehorivka and bilohorivka in luhansk region and siversk in donetsk region. stelmakhivka, nevske, dibrova, kuzmine, and bilohorivka in luhansk region and torske, verkhniokamianske, spirne, and rozdolivka in donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
in the bakhmut direction, the enemy went on the offensive in the areas of orikhovo-vasylivka, ivanivske, and bila hora, achieving no territorial gains.
russian airstrikes hit the areas of druzhkivske, kurdiumivka, and new york in donetsk region. vasiukivka, orikhovo-vasylivka, bohdanivka, kalynivka, chasiv yar, ivanivske, ozaryanivka, bila hora, kostiantynivka, druzhba, and severne of donetsk region suffered from artillery shelling.
in the avdiivka direction, the enemy made unsuccessful offensive moves in the avdiivka, severne, and pervomaiske areas of donetsk region. airstrikes were reported near avdiivka, severne, and pervomaiske.
russian artillery shelled the areas of oleksandropil, keramik, novokalynove, berdychi, stepove, avdiivka, tonenke, severne, pervomaiske, netailove, and nevelske of donetsk region.
in the marinka direction, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the area of marinka, pobieda, and novomykhailivka of donetsk region, without success. an air strike was reported near krasnohorivka. at the same time, russian artillery shelled the settlements of krasnohorivka, zoriane, hostre, marinka, heorhiivka, kurakhove, and pobieda in donetsk region.
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the enemy remains on the defensive in the zaporizhzhia and kherson directions. they conducted unsuccessful offensive operations toward piatykhatky, zaporizhzhia region. the russians also conducted airstrikes in levadne, preobrazhenka, mala tokmachka, novodanilivka, and stepnohirsk districts of zaporizhzhia region. their artillery shelled the settlements of novoocheretuvate, neskuchne, blahodatne, makarivka, storozheve, zelene pole, temyrivka, novopil, and burlatske of donetsk region; levadne, chervone, huliaipole, novoandriivka, stepove, piatykhatky, lobkove, and kamianske of zaporizhzhia region; zolota balka, mykhailivka, novooleksandrivka, dudchany, kachkarivka, shlyakhove, kozatske, mykolaivka, burhunka, ivanivka, sadove, prydniprovske, naddniprianske, molodizhne, zimivnyk, bilozerka, romashkove, antonivka, kherson, dniprovske, and kizomys of kherson region, and ochakiv of mykolaiv region.
as ukrinform reported earlier, ukraine's defense forces had eliminated nearly 222,000 russian invaders since war-start.