Troops of the Russian Federation are trying to continue offensive operations in the direction of Yampol – Seversk and in the direction of Slavyansk.
Russian troops plan to continue offensive operations in Donbass by crossing the Seversky Donets River, according to a morning report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday, May 21.
“The enemy has not stopped conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and maintain a land corridor along the temporarily occupied Crimea,” the statement said.
The lawsuit continues throughout the line of confrontation and in the depths of the defense of our troops in the Donetsk area of operation and the direction of Slavyansk.
In the directions of Volyn and Polesye, in general, the situation has not undergone significant changes. There is an increase in the system of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare in the neighboring areas of Ukraine.
The threat of missile and air strikes on the objects of our state from the territory of Belarus remains.
In the direction of Seversky, the enemy fired on the positions of defense forces in the border areas of Ukrainian communities on the territory of the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
In the direction of Slobozhansky, the main effort of the enemy was devoted to maintaining the occupied lines. The enemy launched air strikes on the Tsirkuny community.
In the near future, the grouping of troops in the direction of Kharkov is expected to be strengthened by units from the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District.
In the Slavic direction, the aggressor tries to continue the offensive operations. In particular, to ensure the crossing of the Seversky Donets River, it plans to build a crossing.
In the direction of Donetsk, the enemy conducts active combat operations in the direction of Severodonetsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Kurakhovsky.
In the direction of Limansky, the occupiers plan to continue offensive operations in the direction of Yampol-Seversk at the crossing of the Seversky Donets River. In particular, in a certain area there is a concentration of special equipment for guiding a pontoon-bridge crossing. To strengthen the grouping of troops and intensify the offensive, the occupiers re -deployed additional units.
In the direction of Zaporozhye, the enemy carried out a fiery defeat of Ukrainian troops.
In Mariupol, the enemy is taking steps to restore the functioning of the port. In particular, it conducts demining of port infrastructure.
Under the direction of South Buzh and Tauride, the occupiers focused their primary efforts on maintaining occupied lines, conducting reconnaissance, engineering equipment for positions and logistical support for troops.
In the direction of Krivoy Rog and Nikolaev, the enemy did not stop shelling Ukrainian troops. Further deployment of cannon and rocket artillery units was noted.
Enemy Black Sea Fleet ships in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas carry out tasks of separating the area of combat operations, reconnaissance and fire support in the coastal direction.
“The Russian occupiers continue to use tactics of terrorism against the Ukrainian civilian population in the temporarily occupied territories. Drugs and the evacuation of the elderly, the sick and children,” noted the General Staff .
In the past 24 hours, eleven enemy attacks have been repelled in the direction of Donetsk and Luhansk alone, eight tanks, three artillery systems, ten units of armored combat vehicles, three special armored vehicles and six enemy vehicles. the destroyed.
Ground Forces air defense units hit two UAVs of operational-tactical level, and Air Force anti-aircraft missile units destroyed a UAV, a cruise missile and hit a target of an unidentified type ( perhaps a helicopter).
It should be noted that the Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can go on a counter -offensive on all fronts in late June – early July. It requires more weapons from the West.
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Source: korrespondent
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