The 70th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic struggle against the russian military invasion goes on.

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Ukraine in Brief:

The 70th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic struggle against the russian military invasion goes on.

The adversary continues offensive action in the East Operational Zone.

The russian aggressor has stepped up its missile and bomb strikes to ruin the transport infrastructure of Ukraine.

Air and artillery strikes of Kharkiv continue. The russian invaders have established an auxiliary operations center of the 36 combined arms army of the eastern army command in valuyki raion, belgorod oblast.

In the Izyum direction, the aggressor attempts to recapture the initiative and carries out an offensive towards Izyum-Barvinkove. For this, the enemy is shelling Ukrainian troops’ positions in the areas of Hrushuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka, and Kurulka.

In the direction of Donetsk, the enemy focused on assaults on Lyman, Orikhove, Popasna, Velyka Novosilka, Huliaypole, Komyshuvakha, and Orikhiv.

In the direction of Lyman, the enemy’s unsuccessful attempts throughout the day have been locked on Oleksandrivka. The invaders have been carrying out offensive action towards Voyevodivka, Severodonetsk direction, though without success. In Popasna direction, the aggressors have been trying, without success, to expand their control over Orikhove.

To keep down Ukrainian Defense Forces units, the enemy has been shelling their positions along practically the whole contact line. It has also been dealing with airstrikes in the areas of Avdiyivka, Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Kramatorsk, and Huliaypole.

The siege in the area of Azovstal in Mariupol and the attempts to wipe out Ukrainian units there continue. The enemy has renewed its offensive in some areas with support from the air to take the mill territory under control. It has not succeeded in it, though.

The invaders are waging combat actions towards Kherson - Mykolayiv, and Kherson - Kryvyi Rih lines to hold the temporarily occupied territories and create conditions for renewed offensive effort.

In the north of Ukraine, individual military units of belarus continue with their task of reinforcing control of the Ukrainian-belarusian border sections in the brest and gomel oblasts.