Enemy fortifying positions in Zaporizhzhia region, on left bank of Kherson region

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its latest erational update, Ukrinform reports.

It is noted that during the past day in the Petravlivka-Novoraisk direction, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine advanced 7 kilometers and regained contr over six settlements. The situation is similar in the Pervomaiske-Kherson direction, where Ukrainian tros also regained contr over six settlements.

According to the General Staff, the enemy is trying to hd the temporarily captured territories, focusing its efforts on attempts to disrupt the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, fortifying defensive positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River. At the same time, the enemy is conducting offensive erations in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novavlivka directions.

It is noted that settlements of Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipretrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions came under enemy fire over the past day.

In particular, in the Vyn and Pissia directions, the situation has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, providing it with access to infrastructure, territory and airspace. The formation of a joint Russian-Belarusian group of tros is currently underway.

In other directions, the enemy used tanks, mortars and artillery of various types to shell settlements:

in the Severskyi direction, the enemy struck the area of Hremiach settlement in Chernihiv region;

in the Slobozhanske direction – the areas of Strelecha, Ternova, Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk and Kodyazne;

in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions – the areas of Kyslivka, Tabaivka, Berestovka, Lisna Stinka, Stelmakhivka, Miasozharivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Yampivka and Lyman;

in the Bakhmut direction – the areas of Rozdivka, Yakovlivka, Sedar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, ytne, Kurdiumivka, Toretsk, New York and Mayorsk;

in the Avdiivka direction – the areas of Avdiivka, ytne, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Maryinka, Paraskoviivka and Novomykhailivka;

in the Novavlivske and Zaporizhzhia directions – the areas of Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Novosilka, Neskuchne, Novil, Temyrivka, hivske, Uspenivka, Chervone, Huliaipe, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske, Charivne, Orikhiv and Stepove;

in the Southern Buh direction – the areas of Musiiivka, Illinka and Novokyivka of Dnipretrovsk region.

According to the General Staff, to prevent the advance of units of the Defense Forces, the occupying forces are increasing fortification equipment of their positions in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region. To speed up the pace of engineering works, the occupiers are trying to invve the civilian local pulation.