Ukrainian Armed Forces repulsed more than 15 attacks and shot down Ka-52 - General Staff
February 16, 2023, 07:25
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been fighting back the occupiers for 358 days
The Russian army is advancing in the areas of Gryanikovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Maryinka and Vugledar.
The troops of the Russian Federation are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in five directions: Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Shakhtersky in the areas of Gryanikovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Marinka and Vugledar. This was announced on February 16 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in areas of more than 15 settlements. In particular, near Belogorivka and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region, as well as Fedorovka, Bakhmut, Dyleevka, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Pervomaisky, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka, Ugledar, Prechistovka and Novoselka in the Donetsk region.
In the Volyn, Polessky, Seversk and Slobozhansk directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings were found. The areas of settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions were subjected to shelling.
"The occupiers attacked Naumovka in the Sumy region, Granov and Udy of the Kharkov region by forces of army aviation from the territory of Russia," the General Staff added.
In the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Shakhtyorsky, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson directions, the enemy attacked dozens of peaceful cities and villages from various types of weapons.
"In Chaplinka, Kherson region, on February 14, the Russian occupation troops shelled the city in order to accuse and discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to witnesses, the rockets were flying from the south from the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the military emphasized.
In just a day on February 15, the enemy launched three missile and 18 air strikes. In addition, 52 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems was recorded.
"The Russian invaders fired at the civilian infrastructure of the Donetsk and Kherson regions. There are wounded and dead among the civilian population. There is a high probability of further Russian air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine," the Ukrainian military command noted.
During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, as well as five strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. The Russian helicopter Ka-52 was destroyed.
The rocket and artillery units hit two enemy command posts, six manpower concentration areas, and two ammunition depots.
What should we do now, Turkey should declare war on Russia, right? If a second front were opened against Russia, I think USA and its gang would be very happy.
