Russia – Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia – Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., July 5, 2023.
497 day of the russian large-scale invasion begins.
Over the past day, the russian invaders have launched a rocket attack on the city of Pervomaiskyi and the village of Bely Kolodyaz in the Kharkiv region. In addition, 47 airstrikes were recorded and 59 attacks from rocket salvo systems were carried out on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the russian terrorist attacks, civilians were injured, residential buildings, commercial and administrative buildings, as well as private motor vehicles were damaged.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariinka directions, heavy battles are ongoing. During the day, 40 combat clashes took place there
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
The enemy maintains a military presence in the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, and intensified subversive reconnaissance activities in the areas bordering Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, mortar and artillery fire has been carried out on more than 15 settlements. These are, in particular, Girsk, Karpovychi, Mykhalchyna Sloboda, Chaikyne of the Chernihiv region; the settlements of Seredyna-Buda, Vovkivka, Myropillya, Ryasne of Sumy Oblast and Odnorobivka, Udy, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, Zemlianka of the Kharkiv Oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried to advance in the area south of Novoselivsk, Luhansk region. Ukrainian defenders are firmly on the defensive – they repelled all enemy attacks. The settlements of Odradne, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kup’yansk, Masyutivka and Kislivka of the Kharkiv region were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Lymanskyi direction during the day, with the support of aviation, the enemy made attempts to dislodge our troops from the occupied positions in the areas west of Novovodyanyi and south of Dibrova of the Luhansk region, without success. More than 10 settlements, including Nevske, Belogorivka in Luhansk region and Verkhnokamianske, Berestov, Vesele and Rozdolivka in Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.
In the Bakhmut direction, under heavy fire from the enemy’s aircraft and artillery, our defenders successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Orihovo-Vasylivka and Bohdanivka settlements of the Donetsk region. At the same time, our soldiers continue to conduct offensive actions to the south and north of the city of Bakhmut, and are entrenched at the achieved boundaries. More than 15 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Markove, Bohdanivka, Khromov, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, and Severny of the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the advance of russian troops in the area of the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region. At the same time, the enemy carried out artillery fire on more than 10 settlements, in particular, Ocheretine, Berdychi, Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenka and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region were affected.
In the Marinka direction, under enemy artillery fire, our defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the area of the city of Marinka. The enemy shelled more than 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Gostre, Maryinka, and Pobyeda of the Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy launched an airstrike in the Vugledar area of the Donetsk region. He shelled more than 15 settlements, including Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Novoukrayinka, Prechistivka, Makarivka, and Zelene Pole of the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops. The russian troops carried out an airstrike in the Rivnopil district of the Zaporizhzhia region. They also carried out artillery shelling of more than 30 settlements, including Levadne, Olhivske, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya of the Zaporizhzhia region; Zmiivka, Lviv, Tokarivka, Antonivka, Veletenske, Stanislav of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, are entrenched at the reached boundaries, inflict fire damage from artillery on identified enemy targets, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
An increase in the number of cases of acute intestinal infections was noted in the temporarily occupied Skadovska and Genicheska of the Kherson region. According to the course of the disease, it has signs of cholera. The so-called occupying power does not recognize the increase in the number of cases, tries to hide the deterioration of the sanitary-epidemiological situation in the region, and has begun covert cholera vaccination of representatives of the so-called administrations and their closest circle.
Over the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces has struck 13 strikes on areas where enemy personnel are concentrated, 3 on anti-aircraft missile systems, and 1 on an enemy control post. In addition, our defenders destroyed 5 operational-tactical reconnaissance UAVs.
During the day, units of rocket forces and artillery struck the area where the enemy’s manpower, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, 4 ammunition depots, 18 artillery pieces in firing positions, 3 anti-aircraft defenses and 2 enemy radio-electronic warfare stations.
