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Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Invaders Remove Construction Materials From Civilian Households in Kherson Oblast to Reinforce Fortifications

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Photo credit: the General Staff of Ukaine
Photo credit: the General Staff of Ukaine

The two hundred-thirty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues. Ukraine’s troops continue to eliminate occupiers striking their strongholds, command posts and military facilities

The enemy keeps shelling Ukrainian positions all along the line of contact, reinforces defensive lines and positions on certain directions, and conducts aerial reconnaissance. The occupant forces attack civilian infrastructure and residences, thus violating the rules of International Humanitarian Law, and the laws and principles of war.

Over the past day, the enemy launched 10x missile and 58x air strikes, and launched up to 60x MLRS attacks.

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Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Invaders Remove Construction Materials From Civilian Households in Kherson Oblast to Reinforce Fortifications, Defense Express, war in Ukraine, Russian-Ukrainian war
Photo credit: the General Staff of Ukraine

Areas of more than 35x Ukrainian settlements were hit by enemy attacks. In particular, Kyiv and other settlements in Kyiv Odesa, and Mykolaiv oblasts; Bilohorivka, Terny, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka (Donetsk oblast); Nova Kam’yanka and Biloghirka (Kherson oblast). Russian invaders continue to attack the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of our State with cruise, airborne and anti-aircraft guided missiles, and Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drones. In particular, 43x Shahed-136 drones were involved in attacks on Ukraine, 38x of them were successfully downed by Ukrainian defenders.

Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Invaders Remove Construction Materials From Civilian Households in Kherson Oblast to Reinforce Fortifications, Defense Express, war in Ukraine, Russian-Ukrainian war
Photo credit: the General Staff of Ukraine

Key points of the report:

Siverschyna axis: russian artillery shelled the vicinities Senkivka (Chernihiv oblast); and Seredn’ya-Buda and Dmytrivka (Sumy oblast);

Slobozhanschyna axis: the enemy used tanks, mortars, tube and rocket artillery to engage Khatne, Staritsa, and Strilecha settlements;

Kup’yans’k axis: the areas around Berestove, Hryanikyvka, Dvorichna, Kotlyarivka, Serebryanka, and Stelmakhivka were subject to mortar, tube and rocket artillery attacks;

Lymansky axis: settlements of Bilohorivka, Hrekivka, Zarichne, Nadiya, Novoehorivka, and Terny came under artillery fire and were attacked by russian attack drones.

Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Invaders Remove Construction Materials From Civilian Households in Kherson Oblast to Reinforce Fortifications, Defense Express, war in Ukraine, Russian-Ukrainian war
Photo for illustration / Source - General Staff

Bakhmut and Avdiivka axes: the enemy employed tanks, mortars, tube and rocket artillery all along the contact line.

Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhya axes: the enemy shelled more than 15x settlements, including Biloghirya, Bohoyavlenka, Vuhledar, Malynivka, Orihiv, and Shevchenko.

Pivdennyi Buh axis: the occupiers attacked military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 20x settlements along the contact line were affected. Russian invaders conducted more than 30x UAV flights to conduct aerial reconnaissance.

Violating all norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and principles of war, russian occupiers continue to reinforce their defense lines trough robbing local population. Thus, the invaders remove construction materials and metal structures from local civilian households in the settlement of Blahodatne (Kherson oblast) to reinforce their fortifications.

Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Invaders Remove Construction Materials From Civilian Households in Kherson Oblast to Reinforce Fortifications, Defense Express, war in Ukraine, Russian-Ukrainian war
Captured russia's MT-LB / Photo credit: the General Staff of Ukraine

Ukrainian Air Force conducted 22x air strikes during the past day. 18x concentrations of weapons and military equipment, 1x strong point, and 3x anti-aircraft missile systems are confirmed hits. Ukrainian air defense units shot down 3x cruise missiles.

Ukrainian missile and artillery troops engaged 1x command post, 1x concentration of enemy troops, weapons and military equipment, 2x air defense and artillery facilities, 1x ammunition depot, and several other military targets.

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