149 clashes took place on the frontline yesterday, about half of them in the Kurakhove and Pokrovsk sectors, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a summary as of 8 a.m. on November 18, UNN reports.
The situation at the front remains tense. The enemy, using its superiority in manpower and equipment, is continuously attacking our positions. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught and inflicting maximum losses on the enemy. In total, 149 combat engagements were registered over the last day
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched 3 missile strikes at the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, including one massive missile and air strike - a total of 132 missiles, 85 air strikes, including 141 drones. In addition, it conducted over 4,700 attacks, 111 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems and engaged about 1,699 kamikaze drones.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces, as indicated, hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one control center, one radar and one electronic warfare station of the enemy.
According to the General Staff, the situation in these areas is as follows:
On the Kharkiv direction, the enemy unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our defenders four times near the settlements of Vovchansk and Starytsia, actively using bombers.
Ten militants' attacks took place in the Kupyansk sector over the last day. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Kucherivka, Kruhlyakivka, Zahryzove and Kolisnykivka.
The enemy attacked six times in the Lyman direction. They tried to break into our defense near Tverdokhlibove, Hrekivka, Novoyehorivka, Terny and Cherneshchyna.
In the Siversky sector, our troops repelled one enemy attack near Verkhnekamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, one combat engagement took place in the vicinity of Bila Hora over the last day.
The enemy actively used bomber aircraft in the Toretsk sector, launching three attacks towards Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders stopped 32 aggressor's assault and offensive actions in the areas of Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Krutyi Yar, Yurivka, Hryhorivka, Pustynka and Petrivka.
In the Kurakhove direction, the defense forces repelled 42 attacks. Most actively, the invaders tried to move forward near Novaya Ilyinka, Berestkov, Voznesenka, Solntsevka, Zarya, Maksimilianovka, Dalny, Kurakhovo, Katerynivka, Elizavetovka and Antonovka.
On the Vremivsky direction, the enemy made eight assaults on our positions in the areas of Trudove, Novodvorivka, Rivnopillia and Rozdolivka, and also launched assault and bombing attacks on the village of Velyka Novosilka.
The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Huliaipilsky sector.
In the Orikhivsky sector, our defenders repelled one enemy attack near Novoandriivka.
Four times without success, the invaders' troops tried to force the units of the Defense Forces out of their positions on the Prydniprovsky direction.
No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy is actively using artillery and aviation from the territory of the Russian Federation in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements.
"The operation in the Kursk region continues. Russian aviation continues to level villages and towns. Over the past 24 hours, Russian aircraft conducted 26 air strikes with 33 anti-aircraft missiles on their own territory," the General Staff noted.
Our soldiers, the General Staff emphasized, are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.