Heavy fighting continues in the directions of Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky. During the day there are more than 20 battles in the battle.
Russian aggressors advanced into the Donetsk region and tried to recapture the village of Makarovka from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was liberated during the counter-offensive. The General Staff reported this in the evening summary on Thursday, June 22.
“In the directions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, the enemy continues to conduct defensive operations, focusing his main efforts on stopping the advance of our troops. He tried to restore the lost position in the Makarovka area of the Donetsk region, ” said the report. .
At the same time, the enemy continued to focus his main efforts in the directions of Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky, intense fighting continued. During the day there are more than 20 battles in the battle. The enemy’s offensive actions were repelled.
The military recalled that today the Russian aggressors launched a missile and air strike on Ukraine, using three Kh-47 aeroballistic missiles. dagger, three Kh-22 cruise missiles and four Shahed-136/131 drones. Air defense forces shot down three UAVs.
In addition, the enemy launched 44 air strikes, carried out about 30 shelling with MLRS on the positions of our troops and settlements. Unfortunately, in addition to destroyed infrastructure, civilians suffered.
In this regard, the flight of the defense forces in one day hit the areas of concentration of enemy personnel and four – on the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
During the day, rocket and artillery units hit a command post, two enemy personnel and military equipment concentration areas, two ammunition trains, a train and lubrication train, 23 artillery units in the positions of firing, two electronic warfare equipment and two occupier communication centers.
Recall that President Volodymyr Zelensky predicts an acceleration of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the end, the offensive in the south will continue in the same way as in the fall, when at first the process seemed to slow down, the head of state believes.
Source: korrespondent
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