Occupiers try to progress on multiple fronts, but to no avail – General Staff report

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – FRIDAY, 22 JULY 2022, 18:55

Ukrainian military forces did not allow the Russians to approach Pokrovske on the Bakhmut front, Verkhnokamianske and Ivano-Darivka on the Kramatorsk front, or Andriivka and Bilohorivka on the Pivdennyi Buh front. They also repulsed an offensive near the villages of Vesele and Vodiane.

Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00

Details: On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians have been using tubed and rocket artillery near the localities of Donetske, Starodubivka, Zakitne, Siversk, Hryhorivka, Kramatorsk, Zvanivka, Ivano-Darivka, Vyimka and Spirne. They also launched an airstrike near Spirne.

All attempts by the occupiers to move forward towards Verkhnokamianske and Ivano-Darivka have been undermined by the Ukrainian forces. The occupiers have retreated.

On the Bakhmut front, the Russians used tubed and rocket artillery to launch attacks near the localities of Berestove, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Vesele, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Niu-York and other places. They launched airstrikes near Berestove, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske and Vesela Dolyna.

The occupiers attempted to carry out ground support actions in order to move forward towards Pokrovske, but were unsuccessful and retreated.

Another unsuccessful attempt to take control of the Vuhlehirsk Thermal Power Plant was made.

On the Avdiivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, there were no significant changes. The occupiers launched airstrikes near Kamianske and Chervone.

Ukrainian forces successfully repulsed an offensive near the villages of Vesele and Vodiane and pushed the Russians back to their previous positions.

On the Sloviansk front, the occupiers launched attacks near 18 localities, particularly near Dolyna, Dibrovne, Bohorodychne and Nortsivky. They carried out aerial reconnaissance using an unmanned aerial vehicle near Velyka Komyshuvakha.

On the Sivershchyna front, the Russians launched attacks with tubed artillery near Kamianska Sloboda and Mykolaivka in the Chernihiv Oblast and Volfyne in the Sumy region in order to demonstrate their presence and block the actions of the Ukrainian forces.

On the Kharkiv front, the occupiers used tubed and rocket artillery to launch attacks near the localities of Kharkiv, Prudianka, Zolochiv, Dementiivka, Udy, Ivanivka, Staryi Saltiv, Borshchova, Ruski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, Kutuzivka, Chuhuiv, Petrivka, Ruska Lozova, Slatyne, Cherkaski Tyshky, Bazaliivka, Duvanka, Mospanove, Lebiazhe, Peremoha and Rtyshchivka. Airstrikes were recorded near Verkhnyi Saltiv.

On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the occupiers launched an airstrike near Potomkyne. They attempted to move forward towards Andriivka and Bilohorivka. They received a firm rebuff and retreated.

In the Black Sea, the occupiers have two carriers of high-precision weapons on stand-by with a total salvo of up to 16 Kalibr cruise missiles.