In the east, the enemy is averaging 40-50 drones per day

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The enemy uses about 40-50 drones per day in the east. In particular, the Russians used 42 kamikaze drones on Ukrainian positions in the Bakhmut area per day and 18 drones on the Limansk-Kupyansk area.

This was reported by the head of the public relations service of the AFU Ground Forces Command, Volodymyr Fityo, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

We see that only in a day 60 drones are used . On average, the use of drones in the area of responsibility of OSUV Khortytsa by the enemy is somewhere in the region of 40-50 drones, - said Fitio.

However, according to Volodymyr Fityo, the enemy has no advantage over the Ukrainian Defence Forces in this area.

He added that the enemy uses a lot of kamikaze drones in the Bakhmut direction. In the area of Bakhmut the Russians used 42 UAVs on the positions of the Ukrainian military. Also the occupants made 486 shelling from artillery.

This all took place in the area of Kleshchyivka and Andreevka. The Ukrainian defenders managed to destroy 164 Russian occupants and 17 units of military equipment, including one tank. We see that the situation in the Bakhmut direction remains quite tense but controlled," the speaker said.

The Russians have no strategic successes.

Fityo noted that during the day the Russians released 18 kamikaze drones in the Liman-Kupyansk direction. And on the Kupyansk direction, the enemy launched 10 air strikes.