At the same time, the occupiers are actively using operational-tactical and army aviation to launch strikes against the positions of Ukrainian troops.
That is according to Ukraine’s General Staff operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on February 9, 2023.
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As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states, during the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 21x strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers and 3x strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian artillery and missile troops hit 2x enemy command posts, 3x concentrations of manpower, 2x ammunition depot, and 1x fuel and lubricants depot.
According to Ukraine’s General Staff operational update, over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Stelmakhivka, Belogorivka settlements of Luhansk Oblast; Viymka, Fedorivka, Bakhmut, Krasna Gora, Paraskoviivka, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Novokalynove, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Vesele, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Bogoyavlenka and Prechistivka of Donetsk Oblast and and Novoandriivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Commander of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine / the commander of the Eastern Group of Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky, visited the units at the front lines, where the fiercest battles are taking place.
Key points of the report:
- Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no signs of the formation of offensive groups were found in the. Areas of more than 40 settlements were shelled, in particular, Gai of the Chernihiv Oblast; Zarutske, Vovkivka, Atynske, Stukalyvka, Sokhany, Pavlivka, Yunakivka, Sadky and Myropyllya in Sumy Oblasts, Chervona Zorya, Krasne, Lyptsi, Starytsya, Vovchansk, Varvarivka, Verkhnya Pysarivka, Ambarne, Figolivka, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna and Zapadne in Kharkiv Oblast. There are deaths and injuries among the civilian population, and a large number of civilian residential buildings have been damaged.
- Kup’yansk and Lyman axes: areas of more than 25x settlements were affected by the enemy fire. Among them are Kup'yansk, Synkivka, Kucherivka, Pischane, Kurylivka, Kislivka, Tabaivka and Berestovka in the Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Chervonpopivka, Kreminna, Kuzmyne, Dibrova and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Kotlyarivka and Tabaivka in the Kharkiv Oblast and Serebryansk forestry in Luhansk.
- Bakhmut axis: in particular, Spirne, Berestov, Bilogorivka, Rozdolivka, Vasyukivka, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Bogdanivka, Ivanivske, Mykolayivka, Klishchiivka, Ozaryanivka, Aleksandro-Shultine and Vesele in Donetsk Oblast were under fire. In total, there are more than 30x settlements. The occupiers also carried out airstrikes near Spirne.
- Avdiivka and Novopavlivka axes: more than 20x settlements were under enemy fire, in particular, Petrivka, Kamianka, Avdiivka, Severne, Tonenke, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Bogoyavlenka, Prechistivka, and Vugledar of the Donetsk Oblast. Airstrikes were carried out near Avdiyivka, Vesely, Krasnohorivka and Ugledar.
- Zaporizhzhia axis: Vremivka and Novopil of Donetsk Oblast and Olhivske, Malynivka, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaki, Stepove and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia were damaged by fire.
- Kherson axis: the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Havrylivka, Chervonyi Mayak, Zmiivka, Shlyakhove, Beryslav, Odradokamyanka, L`vove, Tyaginka, Ponyativka, Antonivka, Komyshany, Yantarne, Berehove, Veletenske and Kherson were affected by enemy fire. In the village of Kohane, Vasylivsky District, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the russian occupying forces are engaged in mass looting.
As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes, during the day, the russian occupiers launched 3x rockets and 45x airstrikes, as a result of which 3x civilians were killed and three others are in serious condition. In addition, the enemy carried out 67x attacks from MLRS, in particular, on civilian infrastructure in the Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine’s General Staff also warns that the threat of russian air and missile strikes remains high across Ukraine.
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