The 469th day of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. The adversary continues to shell Kharkiv Oblast with mortars and artillery.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

  • Within the last day, the adversary launched 35 missile attacks using X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles. All the missiles were destroyed by the air defence forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
  • Moreover, Russian terrorists committed another war crime – to prevent the advance of our troops, they blew up the internal structures of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. As a result of the terrorist attack, about 80 settlements are in the flood zone.
  • The enemy continues to focus its primary efforts on attempts to occupy Luhansk and Donetsk regions fully. Over 30 combat engagements took place over the last day.

Slobozhanshchyna axis

The adversary continues to maintain a military presence in the areas bordering Ukraine. Within the last day, it fired mortar and artillery shells at the settlements of Sotnytskyi Kozachok, Baranivka, Veterynarne, Vysoka Yaruga, Strilecha, Hatyshche, Synelnykove, Tshehelne, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Zybyno, Karaichne, Zarichne, Pechenyhy, Budarky, Vilkhuvatka, Chuhunivka, Milove, Velykyi Burluk, Odradne, Fiholivka in Kharkiv region.

Kupyansk axis

Novomlynsk, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Zakhidne, Masiutivka, Lyman Pershyi, Kyslivka, Tabaivka, Berestove in Kharkiv Oblast came under artillery and mortar fire from the adversary.

Kharkiv RMA

Russians continued to shell the border and frontline settlements of Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Bohodukhiv districts.

Yesterday at about 5:45 p.m. Russians shelled the ammonia pipeline in Kupyansk district again. A total of 6 arrivals were recorded in the area of the pumping station near the village of Masiutivka. Currently, the measurements show no ammonia in the air in the settlements of Kupyansk district.

Mine clearance is ongoing. State Emergency Service’s pyrotechnics defused 78 explosive devices.

See also

  • Forced evacuation of children May be Introduced in Vovchansk and Kupyansk. The Northern and North-Eastern territories of Kharkiv Oblast are the most frequently shelled, with 27 settlements suffering from hostile attacks, including Vovchansk and Kupiansk.
  • The Russian army hit Kharkiv city center, with only a school, a theatre, an office, and residential buildings. One more night shelling hit a car park near the airport.
  • Monument to children killed as a result of Russian aggression unveiled in Kharkiv. The memorial features sculptures of a boy and a girl. Their figures rise above a granite block symbolizing an explosion. The children are depicted as angels with burnt wings.