General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: operational information on the Russian invasion (as of 06.00 16.05.2022)

We bring to your attention the operative information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00:16.05.2022 on March XNUMX, XNUMX regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

The eighty-second era of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion began.

The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone. The enemy focused its main efforts on the Donetsk direction. In the Slobozhansky direction, it is trying to deter the offensive of the Defense Forces north of the city of Kharkiv and prevent them from reaching the state border of Ukraine. The enemy is preparing offensive operations by units concentrated in the area of ​​the city of Izyum.

Russian aircraft destroyed civil and military infrastructure in the Eastern Operational Zone and industrial facilities deep in Ukraine.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions the enemy did not take active action. Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (up to seven battalions) continue to carry out tasks to cover the section of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

The next stage of testing the combat readiness of the response forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus will last until May 21. The activity of the mobile complex of radio monitoring in the border zone is recorded, in particular on the territory of Ukraine. It operates to monitor cellular networks.

In the northern direction The enemy has tightened control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions and is demonstrating to keep units of the Defense Forces in the direction and prevent them from being transferred to the Eastern Operational Zone. The probability of shelling and rocket-bomb attacks from the territory of the Russian Federation in this direction continues.

In the Kharkiv direction The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on maintaining its positions and preventing the advance of our troops towards the state border of Ukraine with the Russian Federation.

In the Slavic direction the enemy did not conduct active hostilities. Carries out additional staffing and replenishment of losses.

The Russian occupiers fired artillery at civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Dovgenke, Ruski Tyshky, Ternova and Petrivka. The enemy conducted air reconnaissance with the help of the Orlan-10 UAV.

In the Donetsk direction the occupiers fired from the full range of available weapons at the air force, including the depletion of personnel and the destruction of fortifications of units of our troops.

In the Lyman, Bakhmut and Kurakhiv directions the enemy continues to conduct the offensive, the fighting continues.

In the Avdiivka direction after the losses inflicted by the Defense Forces, the enemy retreated to the previously occupied positions.

In the Severodonetsk and Novopavlovsk directions the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, tried to carry out fire damage to units of our troops.

In Mariupol the enemy continues massive artillery and air strikes. The main efforts of the occupiers were to block and defeat our units in the area of ​​the Azovstal plant.

In the South Bug direction the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, fired at our units with the use of artillery and mortars.

The defense forces struck at enemy positions in the area of ​​the village of Chornobaivka, inflicted losses in manpower and equipment. The quantity is specified.

In the previous day, the air defense units of the ground forces and air forces hit eleven air targets: two helicopters (Ka-52 and Mi-28), seven UAVs of operational and tactical level and two cruise missiles.

The air force in certain directions continued to fire at the enemy, to support the fighting of units of our troops and to patrol the airspace of Ukraine.

Seventeen enemy attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions over the past XNUMX hours, three tanks, one artillery system, six units of armored combat vehicles and an enemy car were destroyed. Losses of personnel of the Russian occupiers are specified.

Let's win together! Glory to Ukraine!

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