Russian military continue to staff their units and prepare for offensive operations - AFU

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy army is replenishing its forces after losses and preparing to resume offensive operations. This is reported in the Khortytsa OSUV ,

The military also reported that they successfully repelled the assault of the Russians, who were moving on five armoured vehicles, in the Kupyansk direction.

"Khortytsa" notes that the enemy continues fruitless attempts to attack Ukrainian defensive positions in the Pokrovsk direction.

As indicated, in the report of the General Staff of the AFU, for the last day on the front were recorded 149 military clashes. In particular, on the Kharkiv direction three attempts of the enemy offensive in the areas of Kamenka and Zapadnoye were recorded. All attacks were successfully repelled by the Ukrainian forces.

The military noted that Russian forces conducted 101 air strikes with the use of 183 guided bombs, as well as more than 6,400 shellings, including 215 from MLRS. In addition, 2,789 kamikaze drones were used.

The airstrikes were predominantly directed at border and frontline population centres. In particular, the districts of Karasovka, Duvanovka, Kupyansk (Kharkiv Oblast), Mykolaivka (Chernihiv Oblast), Petrushevka, Prokhody, Miropolskoye, Osoyevka, Taratutino, Krasnopolye, Bolshoy Prykol (Sumy Oblast), Konstantinovka, Zari, Shevchenko, Novopol, Bagatir (Donetsk Oblast) and Gulyaypol (Zaporizhzhya Oblast) were affected.

The defence forces carried out pinpoint strikes on 11 areas where enemy manpower and equipment were concentrated, destroying one artillery installation and two air defence systems.

Recall that over the past 24 hours the losses of the Russian invaders totalled 1,240 people. The Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed 11 tanks, seven armoured combat vehicles, 49 artillery systems, two MLRS, 78 operational-tactical UAVs and 128 units of the occupants' vehicles.