General Staff of Ukraine Armed Forces: Russia continues to block Azovstal, attack Kharkiv region

Fifteen air targets have been hit by Ukrainian forces over the past day: one plane, five cruise missiles and nine operational-tactical drones, reported from the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, in order to prevent the regrouping of Ukrainian troops, Russian enemy fires at positions from artillery, mortars and rocket-propelled grenade launchers along the entire line of contact.

"Russian occupiers continue to blockade Ukrainian units in Mariupol, near the Azovstal plant. Ukrainian defenders are actively maneuvering defense, in some places counterattacks. In the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts alone, nine enemy attacks have been repulsed in the past 24 hours, six tanks, one artillery system, twelve armored vehicles, one car and one anti-aircraft gun have been destroyed.”

"In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian enemy continues to focus its efforts on maintaining its positions near the city of Kharkiv and is trying to carry out fire damage to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain areas. In the temporarily occupied territories, Russian occupation authorities continue to take measures to restrict the movement and detention of local residents and block humanitarian goods from the territory of Ukraine. In addition, Russian occupiers are robbing peasants. For example, more than 60 tons of wheat were stolen from an agricultural society in the town of Kamianka-Dniprovska together with a truck,” reads the report.

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