In total, since the beginning of this day, 185 combat engagements have taken place at the front. The enemy launched 6.5 thousand drones and dropped 183 guided aerial bombs, and was actively operating in the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk and Kostiantynivka directions, UNN reports, citing a summary from the General Staff.
The aggressor carried out 56 air strikes using 183 guided aerial bombs, deployed 6,597 kamikaze drones for attacks, and carried out 1,982 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements
In the North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, three combat engagements have taken place since the beginning of the day; the enemy launched an air strike using three guided aerial bombs and carried out 36 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements, including three using multiple-launch rocket systems.
During the day, in the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy assaulted the positions of our units eight times near Starytsia and toward the settlements of Vilkhuvatka and Kolodiazne. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy launched one attack toward Novoplatonivka.
Three attempts by the invaders to advance were repelled in the Lyman direction near Novoselivka and toward Zarichne.
In the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped 20 attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of the settlements of Riznykivka, Zakitne, Kryva Luka and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Russian invaders launched two attacks near Fedorivka Druha and toward Yurkivka.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar and toward the settlements of Dovha Balka and Toretske. One combat engagement is ongoing.
The enemy carried out 24 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas of the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Udachne, Molodetske and toward the settlements of Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Ivanivka, Novyi Donbas, Svitle, Serhiivka and Novopavlivka. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, 43 occupiers were eliminated here today and 13 were wounded; one artillery system, eight vehicles and 20 shelters for enemy personnel were destroyed. One tank, one multiple-launch rocket system, five artillery systems, three UAV control posts, two vehicles and four units of special equipment, as well as 93 shelters for enemy personnel, were damaged. A total of 308 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy launched two attacks toward Novyi Zaporizhzhia.
In the Hulyaipole direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks toward the settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Hirke, Rivne, Verkh nia Tersa and Novoselivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders stopped three attempts by the enemy to advance toward Novoiakovlivka and Prymorske.
In the Dnipro River direction, our defenders successfully stopped three assault actions toward the Antonivskyi Bridge.
There were no significant changes in the situation in the other directions, the General Staff concluded.