Russian occupation troops in the Lyman-Kupiansk direction are forced to regroup due to the pressure of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The number of enemy assaults has decreased under the pressure of strikes from the Ukrainian military.

This was told by the speaker of the Eastern grouping of the AFU troops Serhiy Cherevaty on the air of "Radio Svoboda" on Wednesday, August 16. In addition, the army of our country has built a strong defense on this section of the front.

"The enemy's assaults are waning so far, they are regrouping, they are forced to do this under our strikes and the powerful repulse that we made, they have to regroup to continue trying to attack," he said.

According to Cherevaty, there was only one attack in this direction over the past 24 hours, and four today. At the same time, the Russian occupiers are actively using artillery and aviation.

"The enemy uses artillery actively. They struck our positions in the Lyman-Kupiansk direction 541 times. They use aviation more here: 15 air raids of attack helicopters and attack aircraft," the representative of the Eastern grouping of troops of the AFU added.

It became known that the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky arrived near Kupiansk. He said that the situation on this section of the front is difficult, the Russian invaders are trying to break through the defense of the AFU to block Kupiansk and then reoccupy the city.

As OBOZREVATEL wrote, the General Staff reported that the Ukrainian defenders repulsed the offensive of the occupants in Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. At the same time, the AFU continue to advance in Melitopol and Berdiansk directions in the south, consolidate on the achieved borders and implement measures of counter-battery warfare.

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