Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6.00 a.m., February 22, 2023

Day 364 of the full-scale russian military aggression has begun. 

Last day, the enemy launched 59x attacks from MLRS. As a result of the criminal actions of the russian occupiers, civilian residential buildings were destroyed and damaged, and civilians were killed and wounded.

There is a great danger of further russian air and missile attacks on the entire territory of Ukraine.

The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations on the Kup’yansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarske axes.

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Kuzemivka and Dibrova in the Luhansk Oblast and Fedorivka, Yagidne, Berkhivka, Bakhmut and Kurdyumivka in the Donetsk Oblast.

Volyn’, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected. Areas of settlements of Bachivsk, Brusky, Pavlivka, Vorozhba and Grabovskoe of Sumy Oblast, as well as more than 20x areas of settlements in Kharkiv Oblast, were subjected to enemy shelling. Among them are Strilecha, Morokhovets, Starytsa, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Volohivka, Budarky, Bologhivka and Kolodyazne.

Kup’yansk and Lyman axes: the enemy shelled the areas of Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kotlyarivka, Kup’yansk and Berestove settlements of the Kharkiv Oblast; Stelmakhivka, Ivanivka, Nevske, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova and Bilogorivka in the Luhansk Oblast and Fedorivka in the Donetsk Oblast.

Bakhmut axis: areas of 21x settlements were shelled. In particular, these are Rozdolivka, Vesele, Bilogorivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Stupochki, Klishchiivka, Ozaryanivka and Toretsk.

Avdiivka and Shakhtarske axes: the enemy fired artillery at the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Mar’yinka, Bogoyavlenka, Novomykhailivka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, Prechystivka, and Vugledar.

Zaporizhzhia axis: the areas of the settlements of Novosilka, Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk Oblast and Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Malynivka, Magdalinyvka, Pavlivka, Stepove, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, Orihiv, Charivne, Novodanylivka and Mala Tokmachka of the Zaporizhia Oblast were hit by fire.

Kherson axis: the city of Kherson was hit from an multiple launch rocket system. There are victims among the civilian population. Areas of 18x settlements were also hit by enemy artillery. Among them are Mykhailivka, Dudchany, Mylove, Tomarine, Shlyakhove, Beryslav, Mykolaivka, Kozatske, Vesele, Antonivka and Veletenske.

In the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson Oblast, the enemy continues to forcibly issuing passports to the population. The russian occupying forces, together with the police, have increased checks at checkpoints and are threatening to evict all citizens who do not receive a russian passport from the beginning of March.

Over the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces made 8x strikes on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers and 2x strikes on anti-aircraft missile complexes. Our units of missile and artillery forces hit 2x areas where the enemy's manpower was concentrated.

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