August 1, 2022

Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russia sends additional troops to Kryvyi Rih

Ukraine Defense Ministry

 The one hundred fifty nineth (159) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.

In the Volyn and Polissya e directions, in the border areas with our state, the additional deployment of radio-electronic warfare complexes by the armed forces of the republic of belarus is noted.

In the Siver region, the enemy continues to hold separate units of the armed forces of the russian federation in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. Conducted artillery fire near Pavlivka, Sumy oblast.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy shelled the areas of settlements Novomykolaivka, Prudyanka, Nove, Dementiivka, Pytomnyk, Borshcheva, Ruska Lozova, Ruski Tyshki, Petrivka, Bazaliivka, Korobochkine, Stara Hnylytsia, Ivanivka from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery. Made an air strike near Mospanove.

In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy carried out fire damage near Chepil, Protopopivka, Hrushuvaha, Husarivka, Dibrovne, Mazanivka, Krasnopilla, Dolyna and Barvinkove. With the forces of the reconnaissance group, he tried to clarify the location of the positions of our troops in the direction of Mazanivka, but was unsuccessful, the group withdrew.

The enemy was not active in the Kramatorsk direction. It carried out shelling from barrel, rocket artillery and tank weapons near Siversk, Serebryanka, Hryhorivka, Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Zvanivka, Ivano-Daryivka, and Spirne. Airstrikes near Hryhorivka and Spirny.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling was recorded near Berestove, Soledar, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Vershyna, Kodema, Semyhirya and Travneve Made an air strike near Kodema.

Tried to carry out reconnaissance of the positions of our troops in the direction of Yakovlivka, the enemy’s reconnaissance group was neutralized. The enemy also tried to conduct assaults in the directions of Vershyna and Soledar, but was unsuccessful and retreated. Leads an offensive in the direction of Bakhmut, hostilities continue.

In the Avdiyivka direction, the occupiers shelled the areas of the settlements of Novokalynove, Novoselivka, Avdiivka, Netaylove, Pisky, and Krasnohorivka. Airstrikes near Vesele. It assaults in the direction of Pisky, was unsuccessful, withdrew.

On the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhia directions, it is shelling the areas of Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka, Shevchenko, Novosilka, Novopil, Malynivka, Charivne, Hulyaipilske, Orihiv and Kamianske settlements with barrel and rocket artillery. Carried out airstrikes near Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Shcherbaky, Mali Shcherbaky and Novoandriivka. Conducted combat reconnaissance in the direction of Maryinka, had no success, withdrew. Enemy troops are regrouping in the Zaporozhia direction.

In the South Buh region, the occupiers shelled the districts of Myrolyubivka, Novovoznesenske, Visokopilla, Mykolaiv and more than 25 settlements with barrel, rocket artillery and tanks. Conducted an airstrike near Olhyne. Air reconnaissance of the UAVs continues.

The strengthening of the enemy grouping of troops in the Kryvyi Rih direction is noted.

Active involvement of aviation by the enemy to control the surface and air situation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea area is recorded.

The threat of missile strikes on military facilities and critical infrastructure facilities on the territory of Ukraine remains. There are six Kalibr sea-based cruise missile carriers in the waters of the Black Sea.

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