General Staff: Ukrainian defenders repulse 10 Russian attacks in Donetsk, Luhansk

In the Donetsk direction, in addition to artillery shelling, Russian forces fired from planes and helicopters, Report informs referring to the Facebook page of the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

“The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of Belarus in the Volyn and Polissya directions remains . As part of the creation of the Southern Operational Command, it is planned to increase the number of armed forces of Belarus to 80,000 people. It is planned to equip military units with equipment and weapons at the expense of technical means in storage,” reads the message.

“Over the past day, the defender of Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas repulsed ten enemy attacks, destroyed one tank, three artillery systems, two armored combat vehicles, one car and two ammunition depots. Air defense units shot down two Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles.”