General Staff Report: Intensification of Hostilities in Eastern Ukraine
This is reported by Kyiv24
In the past day, there were 226 combat engagements along the front line, indicating a significant increase in the intensity of hostilities in certain areas. The fiercest fighting occurred in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Kostiantynivka directions, where the Ukrainian defense forces repelled numerous enemy attacks.
Enemy Losses and Use of Weaponry
Ukrainian military forces eliminated nearly 1,180 enemy personnel, destroyed two tanks, 11 armored fighting vehicles, nine artillery systems, two air defense systems, 141 operational-tactical drones, and 90 units of automotive equipment belonging to Russian occupiers.
The enemy employed a wide arsenal of weaponry, including missile and air strikes. In total, there were three missile strikes and 36 air strikes, with three missiles used and 84 guided aerial bombs dropped. Additionally, 3,901 shellings were recorded, including 130 from multiple launch rocket systems, as well as the use of 3,762 kamikaze drones.
“The enemy launched three missile strikes and 36 air strikes, used three missiles, and dropped 84 guided aerial bombs. Furthermore, they conducted 3,901 shellings, including 130 from multiple launch rocket systems, and deployed 3,762 kamikaze drones,” the General Staff reported.
Situation Overview by Directions
- North-Slobozhansky and Kursk Directions: three combat engagements recorded.
- South-Slobozhansky Direction: the occupiers conducted 18 assaults.
- Kupiansk Direction: nine attacks from the enemy.
- Lyman Direction: the enemy made 32 attempts to advance.
- Sloviansk Direction: the enemy attempted to breach the defense nine times.
- Kramatorsk Direction: no offensive actions from the aggressor were noted.
- Kostiantynivka Direction: 24 attacks from Russian forces.
- Pokrovsk Direction: the highest activity — 81 attacks near 16 populated areas, successfully repelled by Ukrainian defenders.
- Oleksandrivka Direction: Defense forces halted 15 enemy assaults.
- Huliaipole Direction: six combat engagements recorded.
- Orikhiv Direction: the enemy unsuccessfully attempted to breach the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense five times.
- Dniprovsk Direction: Ukrainian units repelled two attacks from the occupiers.
The current situation indicates that the Russian Federation has intensified its activity in certain sections of the front, but the Ukrainian military continues to hold the defense and inflict significant losses on the enemy.