In the past day, there have been over 120 combat engagements on the Ukrainian front, indicating an active and tense situation in various directions. The highest number of battles was recorded in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Toretsk directions, where Ukrainian defenders managed to repel numerous attacks from Russian occupation forces.
This is reported by Kyiv24
According to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during this period, Ukrainian military forces eliminated approximately 1210 enemies and destroyed or damaged a significant amount of equipment and weaponry: 8 tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, 86 artillery systems and multiple launch rocket systems, an air defense system, 138 operational-tactical level drones, and 164 units of automotive and special equipment.
“The enemy launched 83 airstrikes, dropping 170 guided aerial bombs. Additionally, they employed 1159 kamikaze drones, carried out 4231 shellings of populated areas and positions of our troops,” the General Staff reported.
Nature of Activity in Specific Directions
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attempted to breach the defense near Vovchansk four times. In the Kupiansk direction, two attacks were repelled in the areas of Zahryzove and Nova Kruhlyakivka. In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked seven times, while in the Siversk direction, they conducted three offensive actions in the areas of Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamianske.
Ukrainian defenders halted three attempts to advance in the Kramatorsk direction and repelled 13 assaults by the occupiers in the Toretsk direction. In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 42 offensive actions, with activity recorded in the areas of 18 populated points. Ukrainian units also stopped 15 attacks in the Novopavlivka direction.
In the Huliaipole direction, the Russians launched airstrikes on the areas of Huliaipole, Novodarivka, and Novopole. In the Orikhiv district, the enemy conducted four offensive actions near Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove, and Piatykhatky. Additionally, in the Dnipro direction, Russian forces carried out an airstrike with unguided missiles in the area of Ivanivka, but no active offensive actions were conducted. In the Kursk direction, there were 21 combat engagements, indicating the enemy’s activity in this region.