In the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, Russia is concentrating on conducting offensive actions, and in the Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhya directions, it is defending captured lines.

Today, the Russian occupiers carried out two airstrikes and fired 16 rockets from multiple rocket launchers at the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects.

As reported in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00, the situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not undergone significant changes, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.

In the Siverskyi direction, in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions, the enemy continues to carry out the tasks of covering the section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, conducting demonstration and provocative actions.

The occupiers shelled the areas of the settlements of Gai, Hrenivka and Yasna Polyana in the Chernihiv region and Basivka and Seredyna-Buda in the Sumy region with artillery.

In the direction of Slobozhansk, from the border areas of the Belgorod region, the enemy fired mortars, barrel and rocket artillery at the areas of the settlements of Guryev, Strelechchya, Liptsi, Zeleny, Staritsa, Ogurtsov, Figolovka, and Dvorichna of the Kharkiv region.

In the area of ​​Zelene settlement, the enemy used an attack drone.

On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the occupiers shelled, in particular, the districts of the settlements of Berestov, Andriivka, Kurylivka, Kupyansk and Kislivka of the Kharkiv region; Maidanchyk and Makiivka in the Luhansk region and Yampolivka and Toretsk in the Donetsk region.

“In the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, the invaders are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive actions. Enemy shelling of objects in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, New York, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Doslydne, Maryinka was recorded. airstrikes were carried out near Spirny, Nevelsky and Kamianka,” the General Staff said.

In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the occupiers are defending the previously captured lines. The areas of Oleksandropil, Novobakhmutivka, Velyka Novosilka, Vugledar, Vremivka, and Zolota Niva settlements in the Donetsk region and Zeleny Hay, Dorozhnianka, Orihiv, Shcherbaki, and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia were hit by fire.

“In the Kryvyi Rih and Kherson directions, the enemy is improving the fortification equipment and logistical support of advanced units. He used artillery of various calibers to shell Prydnipryansky, Dnipropetrovsk region; Mykhailivka, Kachkarivka, Milovy, Zmiivka, Ivanivka, Antonivka, and Chornobayivka in the Kherson region and itself.

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As the General Staff reported earlier, over the previous day, the Russian occupiers had launched 78 missile and 23 air strikes on Ukraine. Also, the Russian enemy launched more than 70 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

It is also known that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military has eliminated approximately 85,720 Russian soldiers on our land. Last day, this number increased by 310 people.

Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces also warned that there is a possible escalation of hostilities on the Russian-Ukrainian border from November 23 to 28.