Despite the intensification of hostilities in some areas, due to heavy losses, the morale and psychological state of the personnel of the invaders remains low, there is a systemic use of alcoholic beverages and desertion. The personnel of the enemy units complain about the ineffectiveness of their attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Hulyaipole area.

This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for May 8.

Russia has focused its main efforts on the destruction of airfield infrastructure

The enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control of the territory of Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson regions and maintain a land corridor between these territories and the occupied Crimea.

The enemy concentrated its main efforts on destroying the airfield infrastructure in order to prevent the actions of our aviation, including the Bayraktar UAV , to support the actions of air units in the zone of responsibility of the Joint Forces grouping and in the Black Sea operational zone. He increased the intensity of the use of operational-tactical aviation over the waters of the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

Volynskoe, Polesskoe and Seversk directions

In the Volyn and Polesye directions , the enemy did not take active actions. Until May 27 of this year, a training meeting of territorial defense units is being held on the territory of the Minsk region with the involvement of those liable for military service who are in the reserve. There is still a possibility that units of the RF Armed Forces will carry out missile and bomb strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure facilities from the territory and airspace of the Republic of Belarus.

In the Seversk direction , the enemy did not take active actions. At the checkpoints and border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, reinforced border service units, as well as units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, continue to be kept.

In the future, fire damage to units of our troops and infrastructure facilities in the border areas is not ruled out.

Sloboda

In the Slobozhansky direction , the enemy is concentrating reserves on the territory of the Belgorod region to conduct combat operations near the state border of Ukraine. The deployment of individual units from the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District in the indicated areas has been confirmed.

Kharkiv, Izyum directions

In the Kharkov direction, the invaders did not carry out active offensive operations. The main efforts were concentrated on preventing the advance of our troops. The grouping was strengthened by moving units from the Western Military District from the area of restoring the combat capability. The shelling of military and civilian infrastructure continues.

In the Izyum direction, the enemy regrouped its units, replenished supplies in order to build up offensive capabilities and conducted aerial reconnaissance using the Orlan-10 UAV in order to clarify the positions of our troops.

Donbass and Tauride direction

In the Donetsk and Tauride directions , the enemy is conducting military operations in order to tie down the actions of the Defense Forces units. During the last 24 hours, the enemy has stepped up the conduct of hostilities. He is trying to reach the administrative borders of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. He regrouped, replenished losses, built up air defense and logistics systems, presumably with the aim of intensifying hostilities in the areas of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk settlements.

In the Limansky direction , with the help of individual units from the 90th Panzer Division, he tried to take full control of the settlement of Aleksandrovka, and also, with the support of artillery, to gain a foothold in the northern outskirts of the settlement of Shandrigolovo. Didn’t have any luck. In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy is trying to capture the settlement of Rubizhnoye, but there is no success. In the Popasnyansky direction, it is trying to take positions in the village of Popasnaya and take control of the section of the Popasnaya-Bakhmut highway. He is conducting an offensive in the direction of the Novoselovka settlement, there is no success, the fighting continues.

On the Kurakhovsky direction, he is trying to improve the tactical situation in the direction of the Novomikhailovka settlement, but there is no success. In the Mariupol direction , the intensity of hostilities has been reduced.

The situation in the southern regions

In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions , the enemy has stepped up aerial reconnaissance in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Gulyaipole, Kamyshevakh, and Yasnaya Polyana.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction , the enemy, with forces of 15 battalion tactical groups, is trying to hold their positions. Does not produce active hostilities. He carried out shelling from mortars, cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems of positions of our troops. Made up for losses. He used army aviation in the area of u200bu200bthe settlement of Karernoye.

Russians intensify filtration measures in the occupied territories

Measures of the administrative-police regime in the temporarily occupied territories continue. Thus, there is an increase in the implementation of filtration measures by the divisions of Rosgvirdia in the areas of the settlements of Heroiskoye, Golaya Pristan, Kherson.

There remains the possibility of conducting assault operations in separate directions in order to improve the tactical situation, pin down our troops and prevent the overturning of reserves.

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