The relevant statement was made by the Joint Forces Operation Task Force on Facebook.
According to the statement, along the entire line of defense the enemy uses combat aircraft, multiple rocket launchers, large-caliber artillery, tanks, mortars of various systems, launching missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas.
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russian troops fired on 46 settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroying and damaging 62 civilian facilities: 59 residential buildings, an electric substation and a community center.
As a result of these shelling attacks, at least three civilians were killed and two others injured in the Pokrovsk and Bakhmut districts of the Donetsk region.
"Ukrainian defenders from the Joint Forces Task Force repulsed 14 enemy attacks today. Fighting with the occupiers continues at three more locations. Our brave warriors are inflicting losses on ruscist invaders in manpower and equipment," the statement reads.
In the past 24 hours, JFO Group destroyed:
- 2 artillery systems,
- 11 armored vehicles;
- 10 enemy vehicles.
In addition, Ukrainian defense units shot down two X-59MK cruise missiles and three Kub high-precision unmanned aerial vehicles.
In all, servicemen from the Joint Forces Task Force repulsed 76 enemy attacks in the past week, destroying 22 tanks, a piece of special equipment, 17 artillery systems, 67 armored fighting vehicles, a special armored vehicle and 28 motor vehicles (one of them with ammunition). Ukrainian air defense units shot down an enemy K-52 helicopter, three cruise missiles and 25 unmanned aerial vehicles.
As Defense Express reported the russian army did not stop offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and block Ukraine's maritime communications in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
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