Zelensky pledges that “victory shall be ours” in video message on 100th day of war

The Normal Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated Friday that a minimum of 5 Russian assaults have been “repulsed” over the previous 24 hours within the Donetsk and Luhansk areas of jap Ukraine.

The army stated that Russian forces “tried to interact in clashes and storm operations” with the “assist of separate items and sabotage and reconnaissance teams” in two areas round Donetsk. It added the assault was unsuccessful, and the Russians troops “retreated to [their] earlier positions.”

Ukraine’s army stated some items of Russia’s one hundred and fiftieth Motorized Rifle Division “suffered important losses [of] a minimum of 50% of the personnel, weapons and gear” within the space round Popasna, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Severodonetsk.

It stated that it believed “the personnel of the enemy is demoralized” because of the “fixed postponement of their rotation.”

Within the Sloviansk space to the west of Severodonetsk, Russia was “unsuccessful” in carrying assault operations in two areas and “withdrew after losses,” the army stated.

Russia additionally “carried out unsuccessful assault operations” within the Bakhmut space.

However regardless of the losses highlighted by the Ukrainian army, Russia continued with heavy shelling throughout the east.

A separate replace from Ukraine’s Joint Forces Activity Power on Friday stated Russian forces had been attacking 28 areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas over the previous day.

At the least seven civilians had been killed and eight others injured, the duty drive stated. Additional 1,472 folks have been evacuated from the areas of hostilities previously day, the assertion added.

Round 80 buildings had been destroyed or broken, together with factories, three fireplace stations, and residential properties. 5 massive fires had been attributable to Russian shelling within the area, and “in quite a few circumstances, fireplace and rescue items got here below fireplace and had been pressured to return to their places,” the duty drive stated.

The Normal Employees of the Armed Forces stated combating continued within the middle of Severodonetsk. Round 80% of the town is now below the management of Russian forces.

Within the northeast, a missile strike was launched on civilian infrastructure in Sumy, and shelling hit three residential areas, the army stated.

The army additionally stated that Russian forces “proceed to organize for an offensive” in Kharkiv, firing artillery and a number of rocket launchers in 5 areas.