The Armed Forces occupied part of the village of Staromayorsk in Donetsk region - General Staff (map)

The new successes of the Ukrainian military do not give rest to the Russian invaders and they made an attempt to return the former positions. It ended unsuccessfully. The Armed Forces of Ukraine made regular success in Donetsk region during the counter -offensive, but Russian invaders cannot put up with it. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces on July 16.

It is about the village of Staromayorsk in Donetsk region, where the enemy with the help of offensive actions tried to regain lost positions. In particular, this applies to the Wremyevsky speech. "In the northern part of the Staromayorsky Donetsk region, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to restore the lost position," the message reads. At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry argued that the attacks of the Ukrainian military in the Staromayorsky area were allegedly reflected.

Separately, the General Staff noted that the Ukrainian military continues to conduct offensive operations in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, where they manage to become entrenched on the reached boundaries and to carry out counter -backerary measures. "Aviation of defense forces per day made 15 beats in the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 1 of which are on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system," the message reads.

Russian invaders concentrate their main forces on Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Mariinsky directions, where heavy fights continue, but the Armed Forces keep defense - at least 20 combat clashes per day. We will remind, on July 16 it was reported that the Armed Forces destroyed the mobile Reb of the occupiers "Leer-2". According to the data, the complex was discovered by aero-intelligence officers from the 36th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade, after which they took steps to eliminate it.