Almost half of the 159 at the front last day occurred in two directions - Pokrovsk and Kursk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report on June 9, showing a map of hostilities on June 8, writes UNN.
In total, 159 combat engagements were recorded over the past day
Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike using one missile at the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 83 air strikes, including dropping 142 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out 5661 shellings, 131 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and involved 3139 kamikaze drones for destruction.
"Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 17 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, three artillery systems, a command and observation post, a UAV control point and an electronic warfare station of the Russian invaders," the statement reads.
Situation by directions
No combat clashes were recorded in the Kharkiv direction during the past day.
In the Kupyansk direction, seven attacks by the occupiers took place. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the area of Stepova Novoselivka, Hlushkivka and Zahryzove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times. He tried to advance near the settlements of Hrekivka, Novyi Myr, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna and towards Cherveshchyna, Torske, Serebryansky forest.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy carried out four assaults on the positions of our units near Hryhorivka, Verkhnyokamyanske and Vyimka during the day.
Six combat engagements were recorded in the Kramatorsk direction near Bila Hora, Predtechyne and in the Kurdyumivka area.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 19 attacks near Dachne, Diliivka, Toretsk and towards Yablunivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 47 offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Malinivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lisivka, Zvirove, Udachne, Horikhove, Andriivka and in the direction of Myrny, Mykolaivka, Promin, Novoserhiivka, Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 19 attacks on the positions of our troops near the settlements of Bahatyr, Odradne, Rivnopil, Novosilka, Novopil, Vilne Pole and in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, Voskresenka and Shevchenko.
In the Huliaipilsky direction, the enemy made four attempts to advance near Malinivka last day.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders successfully repelled three enemy attacks towards Novoandriivka and Pavlivka.
Last day in the Prydniprovsky direction, the enemy twice unsuccessfully tried to approach the fortifications of our defenders.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polisky directions.
"In the Kursk direction, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 27 attacks by Russian invaders over the past day. In addition, the enemy launched 13 air strikes using 25 guided bombs, and also carried out 215 artillery shellings of our troops' positions and settlements, including four from multiple launch rocket systems," the statement said.