Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 18:00, on September 9, 2022

The one hundred ninety-eight (198) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.

The enemy continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk oblast, maintaining the temporarily captured districts of the Kherson oblast, part of the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, and Mykolaiv oblasts.

UAV conducts aerial reconnaissance with high intensity. It is trying to improve the tactical position and logistical support of its troops.

During the current day, the enemy launched more than 12 missile and more than 12 air strikes on objects on the territory of Ukraine. To do this, it spent up to forty flyes. In particular, infrastructure was affected in the areas of Velyki Prohody, Starovirivka, Yurivka, Temyrivka, Ternovi Pody, Sukhy Stavok, Barvinok and Bilohirka settlements.

There remains a further threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine, in particular from the territory and airspace of the republic of belarus.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. Command and staff exercises are ongoing in the armed forces of the republic of belarus.

In other directions, the enemy is shelling military and civilian infrastructure from tanks, combat vehicles, barrel and rocket artillery, namely:

in the Seversky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Senkivka, Bleshnya and Hai of the Chernihiv oblast and Stukalivka, Zapsilya, Khodyne, Myropilske and Velikiy Prikil of the Sumy oblast;

in the Kharkiv direction - in the areas of Duvanka, Udy, Prudyanka, Velyki Prohody, Ruski Tyshky, Stary Saltiv, Cherkaski Tyshky and Petrivka settlements;

in the Slovyansk direction - in the districts of Slovyansk, Dolyna, Krasnopilla, Dmytrivka, Virnopilla, and Mykilske;

in the Kramatorsk direction - near Bohorodychne, Verkhnyokamyanske, Siversk, Hryhorivka, Rozdolivka and Ivano-Daryivka;

in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of the settlements of New York, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Mayorsk, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut and Vesele;

in the Avdiyivka direction - in the districts of Avdiyivka, Opytne, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka and Pisky;

in the direction of Novopavlivka - near Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Paraskoviivka, Mykilske, Velyka Novosilka, Kurakhove and Pavlivka;

in the Zaporizhzhya direction - in the districts of Novoandriivka, Orikhiv, Novodanylivka and Novopole.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy fired from barrel and rocket artillery along the contact line.

In addition, it actively conducted aerial reconnaissance by UAVs, made more than 60 flies.

Due to significant losses and reluctance to fight, the morale and psychological condition of the occupation units is significantly deteriorating and the number of deserters is increasing. In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, in the area of the settlement of Babenkivka Druha, the enemy was forced to use helicopters and weapons to search for fugitives and return them to combat positions. In addition, through Kalanchak, in the direction of the temporarily occupied Crimea, an intensive movement of unarmed russian soldiers by buses was noted.

Units of the Defense Forces hold their positions and prevent the enemy from advancing deep into the territory of Ukraine. Our soldiers successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Prudyanka, Ruski Tyshky, Virnopillya, Mykolaivka Druha, Zaytseve, Avdiyivka, Kamianka, Pobieda and Bezimenne settlements.

During the day, in order to support the actions of the land groupings, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out more than 10 strikes, during which combat equipment, anti-aircraft defense equipment and a significant number of personnel were destroyed in strongholds in the Donetsk and South Buh directions.

Air defense units destroyed at least 2 enemy UAVs in different directions.

Missile troops and artillery of land groupings continue to carry out the tasks of fire damage to manpower and combat equipment, counter-battery combat, disruption of the enemy's command and control system and logistical support. 3 enemy control points, a pontoon crossing, 28 manpower and military equipment concentration facilities were damaged by fire. Ammunition depots and firing positions of the enemy's artillery fell into the affected area. The results are being verified.

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