Ukraine shoots down 2 Russian cruise missiles, destroys 10 armored vehicles

Russian forces continue offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone and launch 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 Siversky direction, Russian enemy is taking measures to cover the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions and to prevent the transfer of our troops to other threatening areas. In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian enemy carries out the systematic high-intensity fire in the areas where our troops are concentrated. It also fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Ternov and Cherkasy Tyshky,” reads the report.

“Russian enemy is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Izyum area and resume the offensive on the city of Slovyansk. It fired artillery, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortars and tanks at the settlements of Chepil, Dovhenke, Kurulka, Bohorodychne and Studenok. During the past 24hrs, ten enemy attacks were repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk, four tanks, two artillery systems, an armored personnel carrier, a car and one unit of special equipment were destroyed. Air defense units destroyed five Orlan-10 UAVs. Strike aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at enemy positions - destroyed personnel and up to ten units of light armored vehicles. Our fighters intercepted and shot down two cruise missiles," the report says.