The Armed Forces of Ukraine deter the enemy and carry out successful counterattacks in some areas: operative information of the General Staff

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are carrying out successful counterattacks in certain areas. Also, the Ukrainian military is holding back the Russian occupiers in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions.

This was reported by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The thirty-fourth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion has begun. The Defense Forces Group continues to conduct a defense operation in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions. In all of them, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully holding back the enemy, and in some directions our troops are carrying out successful counterattacks,” the statement reads.

The enemy continues to insidiously launch missile and bomb strikes, trying to completely destroy the infrastructure and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

“Concentrates on fuel storage, in order to complicate logistics and create conditions for a humanitarian crisis. In violation of the requirements of international humanitarian law in some temporarily occupied settlements of Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Chernihiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, the Russian occupiers continue to terrorize the local population. They shell houses; they rob, kidnap, hold civilians hostage, loot,” the General Staff added.

The grouping of the Joint Forces repulsed 7 enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions during the day. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 12 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and 3 units of automotive vehicles. The enemy also suffered losses in manpower.

“Over the previous day, defenders of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 17 air targets – 8 planes, 3 helicopters, 4 UAVs of various types and 2 cruise missiles. Aviation of the Air Force delivered rocket and bomb strikes at places of accumulation of enemy equipment and manpower. The losses of the Russian occupiers are being clarified,” the General Staff reported.

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