The two hundred ninety-seventh day (297) of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of more than twenty settlements. In particular, these are Plosрchanka, Chervonopopivka, Bilohorivka of the Luhansk oblast and Bakhmut, Opytne, Zelenopillia, Andriivka, Maryinka, Pobyeda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast.

At the same time, the russian invaders launched a massive missile attack on the civil and energy infrastructure of our country. In total, the enemy launched 98 rockets and fired more than 65 MLRS attacks.

The threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure facilities remains throughout Ukraine.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the occupiers shelled the areas of the settlements of Hai in the Chernihiv oblast with artillery; Havrylova Sloboda, Seredyna-Buda, Yastrubyne and Kindrativka in Sumy oblast and Strilecha, Starytsa, Ambarne, Vilkhuvatka, Dvorichna and Krasne in Kharkiv oblast.

In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of Sinkivka, Orlyanka, Tabaivka, Berestove and Vyshneve of Kharkiv oblast and Volodymyrivka and Stelmakhivka of Luhansk oblast were affected by fire.

In the Lymany direction, the enemy shelled the positions of our troops near Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova, and Hirske in the Luhansk oblast.

In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy shelled the areas of more than twenty-five settlements. Among them are Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Zalizne, Maryinka and Pervomaiske in Donetsk oblast.

In the direction of Novopavlivka, the enemy inflicted fire damage near the settlements of Bohoyavlenka, Neskuchne, Prechystivka and Vuhledar of the Donetsk oblast.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy continues to destroy the civil infrastructure of settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River with artillery. More than 35 settlements were shelled. In particular, Plavni, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Olhivske and Nikopol in the Zaporizhzhia oblast and Chornobayivka, Antonivka, Kherson and Mylove in the Kherson oblast.

The enemy redeploys individual units and withdraws part of its troops from Kakhovka and Nova Kakhovka of the Kherson oblast to the area of the settlement of Nyzhni Sirohozy. Among local residents, servicemen are spreading information that Kakhovka will be abandoned by russian troops by the end of this year, therefore, locals loyal to the occupiers are being offered a move to the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

In the Luhansk oblast, the occupiers continue to exert pressure on local entrepreneurs and force them to re-register their businesses according to the legislation of the russian federation.

Over the past day, units of the Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit 5 personnel concentration areas, one command post and an enemy ammunition depot.