Mercenary recruitment centers have been opened in Syria, where more than 1,000 people have been recruited in recent days, about 400 have already arrived in Russoa with the aim of subsequent engagement in the war against Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

According to available information, camps have been set up near the Ukrainian border in Rostov (Russia) and Gomel (Belarus) regions for their accommodation and training. The Russian occupiers continue to accumulate reserves for waging war against Ukraine.

According to the General Staff operational information as of 12.00, the Russian occupation troops continue the offensive operation against Ukraine, however, the enemy has not completed the main tasks of defeating the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine.

In Mykolaiv and Kryvy Rih directions, the occupation troops were stopped.

The enemy continues to bomber aviation, using ammunition of great power and indiscriminate action against the civilian population.

In Volyn direction, the enemy continues measures to strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, conducts aerial reconnaissance of individual sections of the terrain along the border.

In Polissia direction, the Russian occupying troops are not abandoning their attempts to overcome the barrier line along the Irpin River and gain a foothold in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Bucha and Irpin. They are trying to organize the conduct of defensive operations. Subversive and reconnaissance groups are being trained to act under the guise of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In Siversky direction, the enemy is regrouping with the aim of resuming an offensive attempt in the direction of Kyiv.

In Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on restoring the losses received as a result of a decisive rebuff near the city of Kharkiv and a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Izyum region.

In Donetsk and Tavriysky directions, the enemy continues to conduct active hostilities. Due to the numerical advantage in certain areas, it has a partial success.

In Pivdennobuzky direction, the enemy is trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Kryvy Rih. It entrenched on the achieved lines, regroups troops and replenishes supplies. Does not leave attempts to cordon off Mykolaiv.