The aggressor continues to destroy Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and divert resources from the Far East.

As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine clarified, the enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv areas. It is trying to improve the tactical position in the Kupyan and Lyman directions. In other directions, the enemy defends previously occupied lines, is concentrating  their efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, and simultaneously continues to shell Ukrainian troop positions and civilian objects along the line of contact. During the day, the enemy carried out 10 air strikes and 4 missile strikes on civilian objects in Andriivka, Vovchansk, and Soledar and about 20 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kherson. In addition, the threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure facilities continues throughout Ukraine.