Ukrainian troops repel several enemy attacks in past day, says General Staff

The General Staff talked about the battles in Donbas
The General Staff talked about the battles in Donbas

According to the Ukrainian military, in the Kramatorsk area, the enemy shelled civilian infrastructure near Siversk and Hryhorivka. In turn, Ukrainian soldiers inflicted significant losses on the enemy during an offensive that it attempted in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Bilohorivka and Hryhorivka.

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The invaders had to retreat, the General Staff said.

In the Bakhmut area in Donetsk Oblast, the enemy shelled Ukrainian positions with artillery of various calibers near Berestove, Bilohorivka, Travneve, Shumy, and New York. The Vuhlehirska thermal power plant came under missile attack.

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In addition, with the support of artillery, the enemy conducted assault operations near Novoluhanske, but failed to succeed and retreated.

"Our soldiers stopped the enemy offensive in the area of Spirne and repelled an attack near Vershyna," reads the report.

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"They inflicted losses on the invaders and pushed them back. The enemy is trying to regroup."

The Russian invaders are also advancing near Luhanske, hostilities continue, the General Staff said.

The General Staff said that shelling from mortars, artillery and rockets continues along the contact line in the Avdiyivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka, and Zaporizhzhya areas.

The enemy also launched missile strikes near Avdiyivka.