The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released an operational update on the state of warfare as of 06.00 on June 26, 2022.
According to Ukraine’s General Staff operational report, russian troops continue to conduct defensive operations in the Kharkiv and the South Buh directions. The enemy's main efforts are focused on the Slovyansk and the Lysychansk directions. russian troops were conducting an offensive in the directions of the settlements of Dovhenke and Mazanivka and were attempting to encircle units of the Defense Forces in the Lysychansk area.
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Key points of the report:
- In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation regarding the activities of the armed forces of the republic of belarus has not changed. The threat of using missile weapons from the territory and airspace of this country remains.
- In the Siversky direction, the aggressor fired artillery at the positions of the Defense Forces in the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.
- In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continues to conduct defensive operations. It carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Kharkiv, Bazaliyivka, Ruski Tyshky, Stary Saltiv, Verkhniy Saltiv, Kutuzivka, Rubizhne, Dementiyivka, Chepil, Svitlychne, Korobochkine, Ivanivka, Shestakove and Pechenihy.
- In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy concentrated its main efforts on conducting an offensive in the directions of the settlements of Dovhenke and Mazanivka. It fired from artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers in the areas of Nova Dmytrivka, Khrestyshche, Dibrivne, Bohorodychne, Novopavlivka, Adamivka, Hrushuvakha, Vernopillya, Krasnopillya, Mazanivka, Vesele and Kurulka.
- In the Donetsk direction, the enemy's main efforts are focused on the Lysychansk direction and attempts to encircle units of the Defense Forces in the Lysychansk area.
- It carried out shelling near Vovchoyarivka, Loskutivka, Bila Hora, Verkhnokamyanka, Vyimka, Verkhnokamyansky and Zolotarivka. Inflicted an air strike by a pair of Su-25s near the village of Bila Hora.
- The enemy did not take active action in the Kramatorsk direction. It carried out fire damage from artillery in the areas of Mayaki, Pyskunivka, and Siversk.
- In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhia directions, it is conducting hostilities and carrying out systematic fire action in order to restrain our troops and prevent them from being transferred to threatening directions.
- It carried out shelling from tanks and artillery in the areas of the settlements of Keramik, Krasnohorivka, Sievierne, Vodiane, Opytne, Umanske, Tonenke, Karlivka, Novomykhailivka, Maryinka, Paraskoviivka, Pavlivka, Shevchenko, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Novosilka , Volodymyrivka, Huliaipilske, Bilogirya, Novopil, Chervone, Zelene Pole, Huliaipole and Malynivka.
- In the South Buh direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on maintaining the occupied frontiers and exerting fire on our units in order to prevent the regrouping of troops. Our aircraft, in the relevant areas, struck at enemy clusters. The losses of the occupiers are being clarified.
At the same in the Black and Azov Seas, the main efforts of the enemy ship group are focused on blocking civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Two carriers of naval cruise missiles of the "Caliber" type are ready for the use of missile weapons in the Black Sea..
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