Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces has carried out 11 strikes on areas where the enemy’s personnel and military equipment are concentrated, as well as a strike on its anti-aircraft missile complex.
The four hundred and sixty-second day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state continues.
The Russian Federation, suffering heavy losses, continues to wage a war of aggression. He continues to use terror tactics, trying to intimidate the population of Ukraine, strikes and attacks not only military, but also civilian objects.
Yesterday, the Russian Federation carried out another massive airstrike on the territory of Ukraine, using the “Shahed” attack UAV. Almost all drones were destroyed by our defenders. However, there are victims among the civilian population, private residential buildings, other civil and administrative infrastructure have been damaged.
In general, during the past day, the enemy carried out 64 air and 1 missile strikes, carried out 88 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. During the past day, units of the defense forces repelled 22 enemy attacks.
The operational situation on the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed much.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate a sabotage and intelligence group across the State Border of Ukraine in the area of Zelene settlement of Kharkiv region.
He also carried out an airstrike in the area of the village of Udy. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the settlements of Khrinivka, Karpovychi, Yanzhulivka, Leonivka, Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Fotovizh, Atynske, Uhroidy, Velika Pysarivka of the Sumy region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy conducted fruitless offensives west of Masyutivka in the Kharkiv region and in the direction of Novoselivskyi in the Luhansk region. He carried out airstrikes in the districts of Kotlyarivka of Kharkiv and Stelmakhivka of Luhansk regions. Kamianka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, and Berestov in Kharkiv region were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks.
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In the Lyman direction, the enemy conducted offensive actions south of Kuzmyny, without success. He carried out airstrikes in the areas of Belogorivka, Luhansk region, and Yampolivka, Donetsk region. Nevske, Belogorivka, Luhansk region, and Spirne, Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.
During the past day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. He carried out an air strike in the Vesely area and a missile strike in the New York area of the Donetsk region. Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Khromov, Ivanivske, Bila Gora, Severnye, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk region suffered from enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the North direction, without success. Carried out airstrikes near Avdiivka. He carried out artillery fire on the settlements of Avdiivka, Orlivka, Pervomaiske, and Netaylovo in the Donetsk region.
In the Marinka direction, our defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the area of the city of Marinka, as well as in the direction of the settlements of Pobieda and Novomykhailivka. At the same time, the enemy carried out an air strike within the Maryinka settlement, Georgiivka and Pobeda of the Donetsk region were subjected to artillery fire.
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General Staff
On the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy launched airstrikes in Vodyanyi, Prechistivka, and Velikay Novosilka areas. He shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Novoukrainka, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, and Shakhtarske.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. He carried out an airstrike in the Orikhov region of the Zaporizhzhia region. Shelled the settlements of Zelene Pole, Novopil, and Temyrivka in the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Novoandriivka and Stepove of the Zaporizhzhia region; Sadov, Komysany, Kizomys of the Kherson region, Kherson, as well as the city of Ochakiv of the Mykolaiv region.
In the temporarily occupied Yalta Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Russian occupation authorities are illegally seizing real estate from Ukrainian citizens who did not accept Russian citizenship during the occupation of the peninsula. Servicemen of the Russian occupying forces move into such settlements.
The invaders continue to impose Russian citizenship on the population in various ways. In particular, in Stanytsia Luhanska, employees of one of the budget institutions were warned that in June only those who have re-registered at a Russian bank will be able to receive their salary.
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Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces has carried out 11 strikes on areas where the enemy’s personnel and military equipment are concentrated, as well as a strike on its anti-aircraft missile complex.
During the past day, our defenders destroyed 32 attack UAVs of the “Shahed” type.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit three control points, an area where the enemy’s manpower was concentrated, four artillery units in a firing position, an anti-aircraft missile complex, three warehouses of fuel and lubricants, and a radio-electronic warfare station.
The Air Force shot down 29 drones out of 31 that the Russian Federation directed into the Ukrainian sky at night. In two days, Kyiv experienced three massive Russian attacks, two of which took place at night. Air defense units where they attacked the city.