Day 482 of the Russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun. The adversary continues to shell Kharkiv Oblast with mortars, artillery, and air strikes.

Current situation in Ukraine

  • Russia launched another attack on Ukraine using missiles and Iranian Shahed combat UAVs. UAVs were launched from the Bryansk region and the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov. In total, the occupiers used 35 attack drones. 32 were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.
  • In addition, the enemy launched more than 45 airstrikes and fired about 70 multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
  • The likelihood of missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains high.
  • The adversary continues to focus its primary efforts on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka axes, with 45x combat engagements occurring.

Slobozhanshchyna axis

The adversary conducted an air strike on the settlement of Budarky, Kharkiv region. It fired mortar and artillery shells at the territories of Huryev Kozachok, Udy, Chervona Zorya, Kozacha Lopan, Hlyboke, Oliynykove, Lyptsi, Ternova, Starytsia, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Zybine, Okhrimivka, Varvarivka, Nesterne, Budarky, Krasny Yar in Kharkiv region.

Kupiansk axis

The Russian army conducted an air strike on the village of Kyslivka in Kharkiv Oblast. Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zakhidne, Kyslivka and Berestove in the region came under artillery and mortar fire from the enemy.

Kharkiv RMA

The army of the aggressor state continues to attack the region with artillery, mortars and aircraft to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements in Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Chuhuiv, Bohodukhiv and Izium districts of the region.

  • As a result of enemy shelling near the villages of Kivsharivka and Glushkivka in Kupyansk district, forest fires broke out.
  • In Vovchansk, Chuhuiv district, an flat building and a private household were damaged by hostile shelling and a fire broke out.
  • In Izium, an explosive device detonated while a man was burning rubbish in his yard. A man of 52 years old was injured. He was hospitalized in moderate condition.
  • A 32-year-old man exploded on an anti-personnel mine on the river bank in the village of Oskil, Izium district. He was hospitalized with moderate injuries.

Mine clearance

Pyrotechnic teams of the State Emergency Service сhecked about 8.8 hectares of territory, including 2,700 square metres using demining machines, as well as 12.8 km of power lines in Kharkiv, Izium, Kupiansk, Bohodukhiv and Chuhuiv districts. Engineers discovered and defused 127 units of mines, explosives and ammunition.

See also

  • Ukrainians keep trusting military the most – poll. According to a survey by the Razumkov Centre, 93% of citizens continue to trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 86% believe in volunteer battalions.
  • New faces after the victory: most Ukrainians want changes in parliament. After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, trust in Ukrainian state institutions increased, while the issue of whether it was advisable to renew the central government after the victory arose.