The enemy is trying to attack the capital and, for this purpose, rushes in Kozelets-Brovary direction and the Konotop-Nizhyn-Kyiv direction, the city of Konotop has been lost, according to the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Now the enemy, having received a worthy rebuff from the defenders of Chernihiv, is trying to bypass the city and attack the capital. With the same purpose, an attack on Kyiv, regardless of losses, the enemy is rushing in the direction of Kozelets-Brovary and the direction of Konotop-Nizhyn-Kyiv. The city of Konotop has been lost," the Facebook post says.

The General Staff reported that Russian Il-76s with paratroopers on board landed at the Belarusian airfield Gomel.

"Because of the damage to the runway of the Gostomel airfield, the enemy decided to advance under its own power from the territory of Belarus in the direction of Gomel-Chernihiv-Kyiv," the report says.

In Seversk area, units of the 1st separate brigade stopped the enemy along the Bilous River.

"In the south, the enemy continues to carry out his plans of conquest, having reached the line of Kherson, Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka in order to hold the dam of the North Crimean Canal to provide water to the temporarily occupied peninsula of Crimea. He is fighting for the Ukrainian city of Melitopol," the General Staff said.

In the areas of Kharkiv and Valuyky, units from the defense forces continue to conduct defensive battles, stopped the enemy and entrenched themselves along a certain line.