General Staff: Russia preparing offensive on Slovyansk

Russian forces don’t stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone and launching missile and air strikes on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, Report informs referring to the Facebook page of the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

“In the Siversk direction, the enemy reinforced units of the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District, which is involved in covering the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, with two battalion tactical groups of airborne troops. Russian aggressor fired artillery at the positions of the Defense Forces in the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts. Conducted air reconnaissance of UAVs in the area of ​​the settlement of Seredyna Buda, Sumy oblast.

In the Kharkiv direction, Russian enemy’s main efforts are focused on conducting positional defense and preventing further advance of units of the Defense Forces to the State Border. The invaders fired, including army aircraft, in the areas of the settlements of Rubizhne, Ruska Lozova, Bayrak and Dementiyivka,” reads the report.

“In the Siverodonetsk direction, Russian enemy strengthened the group by moving to the area of ​​settlements Kreminna - Rubizhne up to two battalion tactical groups. With the support of artillery, it carried out assault operations in the city of Siverodonetsk, trying to gain a foothold in the central part of the city.

In the Slovyansk direction, Russian occupiers are focusing their efforts on establishing full control over the settlement of Bohorodychne and creating conditions for the development of the offensive on Slovyansk.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian aggressor fired artillery at the positions of our troops in the areas of the settlements of the Vidrodzhennia, Novoluhansk and Bakhmut,” the General Staff added.

“In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy mined the coast of the Inhulets River along the Davydiv Brid-Kalynivske border.

In the Mykolayiv direction, in the areas of the settlements of Stanislav, Tomyna Balka, and Doslidne in the Kherson oblast, the enemy deployed up to two jet batteries and one barrel artillery battery.

Five Caliber naval-based cruise missiles are ready to be used in missiles in the Black Sea.

The enemy continues to suffer losses in manpower and equipment. In order to solve the problem of restoring damaged weapons and equipment, there are about 30 mobile brigades in Belhorod, Voronezh, Rostov regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.”