Kyiv: Ukraine army neutralises Russian reconnaissance groups in Donetsk

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have neutralised reconnaissance groups of Russian troops in the Donetsk region.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces made the statement on its Facebook page, according to RBC-Ukraine.

"In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation did not undergo significant changes. The units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to fulfil the tasks of strengthening the protection of the site of the Belarus-Ukrainian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.

The threat of the task with the enemy of missile and aviation strikes from the territory and airspace of the republic of Belarus is kept.

In the Siversky direction, the enemy continues to keep separate units of the Western Military District troops in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. They carry out demonstration actions to shake the manoeuvre of the units of our troops and prevent their transfer to other areas.

The enemy fired at our positions from the barrel and reactive artillery in the villages of Katerynivka villages, Seredyna-Buda and Mezenivka of Sumy oblast. It led air intelligence near Hay and Schalyhin.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is fighting for the purpose of keeping previously occupied borders and preventing the offensive of Ukrainian soldiers, the enemy tries to reveal the construction of the system of defence of our troops.

In the Kharkiv direction, the occupiers made fire from tanks, barrels and jet artillery in areas of settlements Sosnivka, Duvanka, Prudanka, Dementiivka, Pytomnyk, Ruska Lozova, Cherkaski Tyshky, Petrivka, Bayrak, Stary Saltiv, Bazaliivka, Korobochkyne, Andriivka, Milove, Chuhuyiv, and Chepil. Led air intelligence.

It struck an aviation strike near Verhniy Saltiv.

In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy fired from the artillery districts of Brazhkivka, Karnukhivka, Sulyhivka, Nova Dmytrivka, Protopopivka, Adamivka, Zalymana, Mazanivka and Dolyna.

In the Donetsk direction, with the support of operational-tactical and army aviation, the enemy conducts offensive battles in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions and tries to displace our units from employed borders by artillery fire.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy fired at Hryhorivka, Siversk, Verkhnokamyanske, Zakitne and Ivano-Dariivka.

In the Bakhmut direction, there was recorded enemy artillery fire towards Soledar, Kodema, Bilohorivka, Bakhmutske, Vyjimka, and Vershyna. Near Vershyna, as well as Zaitseve, Dacha, Bakhmut, Yakovlivka and Spirne enemy used aviation.

The invaders tried to conduct reconnaissance by combat in the areas of the settlements of Ivano-Dariivka, Vesele, Yakovlivka and Bakhmut. Ukrainian soldiers caused the fire and forced the invaders to flee. With the same result, the enemy was offensive near Zaitseve.

In the Avdiivka direction, shelling near Vodyane, Pislky, Nevelske, Novoselivka, Krasnohorivka and Sukha Balka beam was recorded. The enemy struck in areas of settlements Marinka, Krasnohorivka, Novoselivka, Avdiivka.

The enemy fought the offensive battles near Krasnohorivka and Avdiivka, but had no success, he departed.

In the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhya directions, districts of settlements of Volodymyrivka, Pavlivka, Orikhiv, Shevchenko, Hulaypilske, Novodanylivka, Stepnohirsk, Olhiv, Kamianske and Novosilka were fired. Air strikes were recorded near Velyka Novosilka, Shcherbaky and Novosilka.

Our defenders neutralised intelligence groups in the areas of the Velyka Novosilka and Vremivka.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy has a defensive operation. Actively uses army aviation. In order to shake our troops, it carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Prybuzke, Posad-Poskrovske, Lupareve, Ukraiinka, Luch, Myrne, Blahodatne, Novorosiyske, Shyroke, Partyzanske, Plotnytske, Bilohirka, Osokorivka and Knyazivka.

It struck air strikes near the Bila Krynytsia, Andriivka, Osokorivka and Olhyne.

It led air intelligence of UAVs in the areas of Bilohirka, Murkhivka, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenkove, and Mykolaivka.

Two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type are in the waters of the Black Sea in readiness for the use of high-precision weapons.

The enemy's aviation group conducts systematic fighting to maintain land groups. The effort focuses on the damage to military sites in the Donetsk direction.

Ukrainian aviation and rocket-artillery units continue the successful fire damage to the clusters of living power, military equipment of Russian invaders and ammunition depots. As a result of losses, the enemy's personnel in many directions refuses to fight and resorts to sabotage."