199 battles took place on the frontline yesterday, Ukrainian defenders repelled 49 enemy attacks in the Kursk sector, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a summary as of 8 a.m. on December 18, UNN reports.
The situation at the front remains tense. The enemy is using its superiority in manpower and equipment to attack our positions. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught and inflicting significant losses on the enemy. In total, 199 combat engagements were registered over the last day
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, using four missiles, 51 air strikes, including 75 KABs. In addition, it conducted over 4,300 attacks, 89 of which were from multiple rocket launchers and engaged about 1,800 kamikaze drones.
Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit six areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment.
The situation in these areas is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our defenders four times near the town of Vovchansk, using attack aircraft.
In the Kupyansk sector, five militants' attacks took place over the last day. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Petropavlivka and Lozova.
The enemy actively used aviation in the Lyman sector, attacking 21 times. They tried to break into our defense near Zelenyi Hai, Terny, Novoyehorivka, Makiivka and in Serebryany Forest.
In the Siversky sector, our troops repelled nine enemy attacks near Hryhorivka, Bilohorivka, Siversk and Verkhnekamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, three combat engagements took place in the vicinity of Chasovyi Yar and Stupky in the last day.
The enemy actively used bomber aircraft in the Toretsk sector, launching seven attacks in the direction of Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders stopped 38 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Dachanske, Novyi Trud, Novovasylivka, Pishchane, Novooleynivka, Novopryinka, Chumatske, Ukrayinka, Sukhyi Yar and Novoolezavetivka.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces repelled 28 attacks. The occupants were most actively trying to advance near Dachne, Sontsivka, Staryi Terny, Kurakhove and Yantarne.
In the Vremivsky sector, the enemy launched 27 attacks on our positions in the areas of Kostiantynopolske, Sukhi Yaliv, Storozheve, Novosilky, Temyrivka, Novopil and Novodarivka.
The enemy did not conduct any active operations in the Huliaipilsky sector.
In the Orikhiv sector, our defenders repelled three enemy attacks near Novoandriivka, Orikhiv and Novodanylivka.
Four times without success, the invaders' troops tried to force the units of the Defense Forces out of their positions in the Prydniprovsky direction.
Over the last day in the Kursk sector, our defenders repelled 49 enemy attacks, the enemy made about five hundred artillery attacks, launched eight air strikes, dropping 10 KABs.
There were no signs of forming enemy offensive groups in the Volyn and Polissky directions.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy is using artillery from the territory of the Russian Federation in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.