The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published an operational report from the front, which says that Russian troops continue to gather forces to attack Slavyansk and shell the Kharkiv region. The General Staff of VFU writes about this on Facebook, reports the Ukrainian edition “Country”.
In the Volyn and Polesie areas, certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus perform tasks to protect the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, carry out fortification activities in the Gomel region and conduct electronic intelligence.
In the Seversk region, units of the Russian armed forces continue to place engineering equipment at positions in the border areas of the Kursk region. It is noted that the air defense system in the Bryansk region has been strengthened.
In the direction of Kharkov, the Russian army is intensively shelling Ukrainian positions with artillery and grenade launchers. A combat reconnaissance mission was conducted near the village of Rubizhne, but was unsuccessful
Russian forces have not taken active action in the direction of Slavyansk. They focused their main efforts on accumulating resources for further offensive in the direction of Slavyansk. Ukrainian positions were shelled and air reconnaissance was carried out with the Orlan-10 drone.
No active actions of the Russian Federation have been detected in the direction of Limansk.
In the direction of Severodonetsk, the Russian army conducts round-the-clock air reconnaissance with Orlan-10 drones. Air strikes are being carried out in order to establish full control over the city of Severodonetsk.
In the direction of Bakhmut, Russia carried out air strikes with Ka-52 helicopters near Yakovlevka and missile strikes near the villages of Mayskoye, Dolomitno, Zaitsevo and New York. On the eastern outskirts of the village of Berestovo, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repulsed an enemy attack.
Russian forces are not active in the Avdeevskaya, Kurakhovskaya, Novopavlovskaya and Zaporozhye regions. In the area of Avdeevska there is an increase in the intensity of artillery fire compared to Ukrainian positions.
In the direction of Yuzhnobuzhsk, the Russian army shelled the peaceful villages of Liman, Luparevo, Nova Zorya, Tavriche, Novohrikhorovka, Belousovo, Knyazhevka, Topolino, Golyama Kostromka and Osokorovka.
Russian forces are improving the engineering equipment of the first and second defensive lines. An air defense system is being built in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported that the commander of the Carpathian Logging Battalion, Oleg Kutsin, was killed in battles with the enemy near Izyum. This was announced by the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Marcinkov.
Kutsin is the founder and longtime leader of the Legion of Freedom, and also commands the 49th Independent Rifle Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “Carpathian Sich”.
“He was known as a true warrior, respected as a commander and a good man of indomitable character,” Martsinkyov wrote.
Svoboda party leader Oleg Tyagnibok said Kutsin had died near Izyum.
After the start of the war, his battalion defended Kyiv, occupying positions in Irpin, Romanovka, Stoyanka and in the direction of Brovarsk. After the deoccupation of the Kiev region, the unit was moved to Izyum.
At the same time, information emerged, along with videos posted online, that Russian spies had captured a group of Ukrainian soldiers, including an anti-tank missile specialist and instructor, who said during interrogations that he had never fired, world media reported.
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The intelligence of the Russian group “O” confirms that a detachment of the “Georgian Legion” fighting on the side of Ukraine, has suffered losses, demoralized and withdrew from its positions, according to world media.
The detachment operated northwest of the village of Mirna Dolina in the direction of Lisichansk. The Georgian Legion has already been replaced by a company from the 4th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard in Lisichansk.
Reports of foreign mercenaries arriving in Ukraine who have either been killed or captured have increased in recent days. Missile and artillery strikes often prevent them from even approaching the line of contact. The deaths hit foreign mercenaries tens of kilometers from the front line.
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