Heavy fighting continues at key frontlines, with Ukrainian troops holding back the massive advance of Russian forces.
This is reported by Kyiv24
Current Situation on Main Frontlines
In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, there have been three combat encounters over the past day. In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy made six attempts to advance towards the settlements of Petropavlivka and Pishchane, with two clashes still ongoing.
The Lyman direction has faced significant pressure — Ukrainian soldiers repelled twenty assault actions. In the Sloviansk direction, Russian troops attacked thirteen times in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka, Dronivka, and Siversk. In the Kramatorsk direction, defense forces repelled two enemy attacks. Significant tension is also observed in the Kostiantynivka direction, where twenty-seven combat encounters occurred.
Massive Russian Offensive in the Pokrovsk Direction
The enemy has shown the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk direction — since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have launched eighty-seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Bilytske, Zatyshok, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Zelenе, Dachenske, Lysivka, Novomykolaivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne, as well as in the directions of Novo Shakhove, Sofiivka, Rivne, and Novopavlivka. Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy’s advance.
“In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the enemy has attacked 87 times in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Bilytske, Zatyshok, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Zelenе, Dachenske, Lysivka, Novomykolaivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne, and in the directions of Novo Shakhove, Sofiivka, Rivne, and Novopavlivka. Our defenders are holding back the enemy’s pressure.”
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled twenty-six attacks from the invaders. The Huliaipole direction experienced twelve combat encounters, while in the Orikhiv direction, eight clashes have been recorded since the beginning of the day. In the Dnipro direction, defense forces managed to stop another attempt by the enemy to advance. The situation remains unchanged in the other directions.