General Staff: occupiers create 19 "commandant's offices" in Kherson and Zaporizhizhia Oblasts
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022, 18:44
The Russians have created 19 "commandant's offices" in the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Source: report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6 pm
Quote: "Measures of the administrative-police regime in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are continuing. Therefore, according to available information, the occupiers have created nineteen so-called "commandant's offices" in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts."
Details: On the Slobozhansk front, the invaders are trying to hold onto the lines they occupy. Ukrainian troops are being shelled in order to prevent their further advance towards the state border. They are trying to improve the tactical position of their units.
With the support of artillery, the aggressors resumed assault actions near the settlement of Ternov, but had no success.
On the Sloviansk front, the main focus of the aggressors was on maintaining their occupied positions, conducting reconnaissance and creating conditions for resumption of the offensive. Russian forces launched an airstrike near the settlement of Bohorodychne and fired artillery at the settlements of Husarivka, Chepil, Dolyna and Sviatohirsk. The invaders used multiple rocket launchers and heavy flamethrower systems near the village of Studenok.
On the Donetsk front, Russian units kept trying to break through the defences of Ukrainian troops in order to surround them and reach the administrative borders of Luhansk Oblast. The main efforts are focused on the Bakhmut front.
No active hostilities have been reported on the Lyman front. The aggressors carried out artillery shelling of Ukrainian Defence Force units and civilian facilities in the village of Lyman.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, supported by artillery, Russian forces carried out assault operations, but failed, suffered losses and retreated.
On the Bakhmut front, the aggressors tried to launch an offensive, but were unsuccessful. Towards Luhansk they conducted reconnaissance operations, but had no success and retreated.
On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the Russians continued to shell the positions of Ukrainian troops in order to restrain their actions. The fitting out of defensive lines near the settlement of Posad-Pokrovskyi continues.
On the Siversk front, Russian forces continue to take measures to strengthen the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The Russian occupiers keep shelling the positions of Ukrainian Defence Forces deployed in the immediate vicinity of the state border of Ukraine in Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, certain units of the Belarusian Armed Forces perform tasks to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The threat of missile and bomb strikes from the territory of the Republic of Belarus remains.
In the Black Sea and Azov operational zones, Russian naval groups continue to carry out tasks to isolate combat areas and deliver missile strikes on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
According to available information, in order to increase its air defence system, the invaders are deploying two additional S-400 anti-aircraft missile divisions in the north-western part of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
