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  • Operational update regarding the #russian_invasion as of 18:00, on July 23, 2022
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 23 July 2022 18:11

    Glory to Ukraine! The one hundred and fiftieth (150) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.

    The situation has not changed significantly in the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions. The enemy shelled the village of Starykov, Sumy oblast. Aerial reconnaissance of the border area in Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts by unmanned aerial vehicles continues.

    In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy's units, using all available means, continue to restrain the units of the Defense Forces from advancing deep into the temporarily occupied territory.

    In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out fire damage from barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Ruski Tyshki, Cherkaski Tyshki, Bazaliivka, Husarivka, Ruska Lozova, Udy, Malynivka and of others. Made an airstrike near Verkhniy Saltv.

    In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy fired artillery at the districts of Dibrovne, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytryvka, and others. Near Bohorodychne, by the forces of the reconnaissance group, he tried to identify weak points in the defense of our troops. The enemy is neutralized.

    In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers continue to focus their main efforts on the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions, and attempts to establish control over the territory of the Vugleghirskaya TPP continue.

    In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy shelled, in particular, the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Riznyivka, Zakitne, Hryhorivka, Vyimka and Zvanivka settlements. Made an airstrike near Spirny.

    He tried to improve the tactical position in the Verkhnokamyansky area by attacking from different directions. Ukrainian soldiers met the enemy with dagger fire and inflicted significant losses. The occupiers left in panic.

    In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is trying to create favorable conditions for continuing the offensive on Bakhmut. It fired at our troops from tanks, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Travnevo, Semihirya, Rozdolivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bilohorivka and a number of other settlements. Airstrikes on Pokrovske and Novoluhanske.

    The occupiers again, already from different directions, tried to storm the territory of the Vuglehirskaya TPP. Again unsuccessfully and with losses.

    Enemy reconnaissance groups tried to identify weak points in the defense of our troops in the directions of Soledar and Pokrovske. Detected and neutralized.

    In the Avdiyivka, Novopavlivka, and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy systematically shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutivka, Pisky, Opytne, Vodyane, Shevchenko, Mala Tokmachka, Novosilka, Zelene Pole, Bilohirya, and many others. There were the air-strikes near Krasnohorivka and Kamianka.

    In the South Buh direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops. Supports a high intensity of reconnaissance by unmanned aerial vehicles. Reciprocal shelling from barrel, rocket artillery and tanks continues along the entire contact line.

    The Defense Forces of Ukraine are inflicting casualties on the enemy in all directions where hostilities continue and are ready for any changes in the operational situation.

    Cases of desertion and open disobedience to the command are increasingly recorded in units of the russian occupation forces.

    We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together to victory!

    Glory to Ukraine!