Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian assault on Sloviansk front – General Staff report

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – WEDNESDAY, 13 JULY 2022, 07:11

Ukrainian forces have successfully repelled a Russian assault towards Dovhenke and Dolyna, on the Sloviansk front.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 13 July

Details: On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the Belarusian Armed Forces rotated some of the military personnel and equipment that have so far been deployed to reinforce the security of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

The inspection of the combat readiness of Belarusian territorial defence forces in the Zhlobyn district of Gomel Oblast of the Republic of Belarus continues. There is still a threat of missile and airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine from Belarusian airspace.

There were no significant changes in the composition and dislocation of Russian forces on the Sivershchyna front, where the Russians also used mortars to fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Vovkivka, in Sumy Oblast.

Russia continues to maintain the presence of units from the Western and Eastern Military Districts of its Armed Forces on the Kharkiv front, where their main efforts are focused on maintaining and defending their present positions.

In addition, Russian forces used tubed and rocket artillery to fire on the city of Kharkiv and the towns and villages of Sosnivka, Dementiivka, Mykilske, Ruski Tyshky and Cherkaski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, Slatyne, Prudianka, Nove, Ivanivka and Zalyman.

On the Sloviansk front, Russia continued to relentlessly fire artillery on the areas around Dolyna, Dibrivne, Kurulka, Mazanivka, Adamivka, Virnopillia, Husarivka, Chepil, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Krasnopillia, Khrestyshche, Dovhenke and Maiak.

Ukrainian forces have successfully repelled a Russian assault towards Dovhenke and Dolyna. It is possible that Russian forces might continue to conduct assault operations in the area in order to improve their tactical positions and to create favourable conditions for launching an offensive towards Izium – Sloviansk.

Russian occupying forces did not undertake active combat operations on the Kramatorsk front, but used tubed artillery and mortars to fire on the areas around Tetianivka, Mykolaivka, Kryva Luka, Siversk, Serebrianka and Spirne, and conducted an airstrike near Verkhnokamianske.

On the Bakhmut front, Russian occupying forces shelled the areas around Berestove, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Pokrovske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Vesela Dolyna, Vershyna, Travneve, Kodema, Toretsk and Shumy. The Russians conducted air and missile strikes on Toretske and Raiske, as well as airstrikes in the vicinity of Berestove, and used Orlan-10 UAVs to conduct aerial reconnaissance. Russian subversion and reconnaissance groups were deployed in the area.

In order to pin down Ukrainian troops on the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russian forces fired artillery on the areas around Avdiivka (near the coke plant), Vesele, Marinka, Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka, Prychystivka, Zaliznychne, Bilohiria, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Kamianske. Russian aircraft conducted airstrikes near Kamianka, Avdiivka and Novomykhailivka.

On the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian troops fired on the areas around Bila Krynytsia, Partyzanske, Blahodatne, Kyselivka, Novohryhorivka, Zoria, Kotliareve, Shevchenkove, Stepova Dolyna, Ukrainka, Mykolaiv and Kulbakyne using artillery in order to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from regrouping. The Russians used UAVs to correct artillery fire.