135 combat engagements were recorded at the front during the day. The most intense battles continue in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy launched the largest number of attacks and suffered significant losses. This was reported by the General Staff as of 10:00 PM, writes UNN.
Today, the enemy carried out 47 air strikes, dropping 135 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it used 6140 kamikaze drones for attacks and carried out 2553 shellings of settlements and positions of our troops.
In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, two combat engagements took place; in addition, the enemy launched one air strike, dropping one aerial bomb, and carried out 58 shellings of settlements and positions of our troops, one of which was with the use of a multiple rocket launcher system.
In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units three times in the areas of Starytsia and Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk direction, our defenders repelled three enemy assaults in the direction of Novoplatonivka and in the area of Pishchane. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy advanced six times towards the settlements of Lyman, Stavky, Novoserhiivka, and in the area of the settlement of Drobycheve.
In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy attacked three times in the area of Yampil and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces four times in the areas of Nykyforivka, Minkivka, and towards Mykolaivka.
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The Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults in the Kostiantynivka direction in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Sofiivka, and towards Novopavlivka, Stepanivka. One combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 23 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, and towards Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novopavlivka. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, today 72 occupiers were eliminated and 20 were wounded in this direction; seven units of automotive equipment and three units of special equipment, three EW systems were destroyed; two artillery systems, four units of automotive equipment and 14 shelters for personnel were damaged. 206 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the occupiers tried to improve their position six times, attacking towards Kalynivske, Verbove, and Oleksandrogorod. Velykomykhailivka, Kolomiytsi, Andriivka, Fedorivske, Vovche suffered air strikes.
In the Huliaipole direction, there were 11 attacks by the occupiers towards the settlements of Svyatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka, Huliaipilske, and in the area of the settlements of Varvarivka, Pryluky, Tsvitkove. The enemy launched air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Nizhenka, Zirnytsia, Verkhnia Tersa, Charyvne, Liubytske, Kopani, Lisne, Trudove.
In the Orikhiv direction, the settlements of Mykilske, Yurkivka, Zarichne suffered air strikes.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy carried out three futile attacks towards the Antonivskyi bridge.
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