Ukraine's military command says Russia's sabotage and reconnaisance group completely destroyed

The Russian armed forces carried out artillery shelling and launched airstrikes using army helicopters outside the settlements of Vovkivka, Myropillia, Kindrativka and Esman of the Sumy region, Ukraine's military command said, as quoted by Report.

"Near Shestakove, the occupiers remotely mined roads," the statement reads.

"In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy is trying to conduct an assault. The areas of Dolyna, Kurulka, Mazanivka, Bohorodychne, Adamivka, and Chepil were shelled with barrel artillery and multiple launch rocket systems... In the Dobrianka area, Ukrainian soldiers almost completely destroyed the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance group and successfully repelled the enemy assault that followed it."

According to the information, in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, the Russian troops keep four Kalibr sea-based cruise missile carriers in readiness for launching missile strikes on infrastructure facilities across Ukraine.

"Ukrainian rocket-artillery and aviation units continue to hit the enemy's strongholds, concentration points and warehouses in the designated directions," the statement says.