There were 119 combat engagements on the frontline yesterday, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector, in the Kharkiv sector fighting took place near Vovchansk and Hlyboke, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff reported in a summary as of 8 a.m. on July 16, UNN reports.
Over the last day, 119 combat engagements took place
According to the updated information, over the past day the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of our troops and populated areas, 131 air strikes, dropping 135 guided aerial bombs, used 909 kamikaze drones to destroy them, and fired 4323 times, 139 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces, as indicated, struck 11 areas of concentration of personnel, a command center, two air defense facilities, radar and an electronic warfare station of the enemy.
The situation is reportedly as follows:
A total of 18 combat engagements took place in the Kharkiv sector. Fighting took place near Vovchansk and Hlyboke. The enemy was actively using aviation to support the assault.
In the Kupyansk sector, the number of attacks amounted to five yesterday. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Petropavlivka in Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk region.
In the Lyman sector, our troops repelled eight occupants' attacks in the vicinity of Nevske, Luhansk and Terniv, Donetsk regions.
In the Seversky sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled seven assaults near Bilohorivka, Luhansk region, Rozdolivka, Verkhnekamianske and Spirne, Donetsk region.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped six enemy attempts to break through the defense in the areas of Hryhorivka and Chasovyi Yar, Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy carried out 14 attacks. He concentrated his efforts towards New York and Northern. He supported his actions with strikes by bombers and attack aircraft.
In the Pokrovske sector, our defenders repelled 31 assault attacks in the areas of Novoselivka Persha, Novooleksandrivka, Prohres and Yasnobrodivka in Donetsk region, where the aggressor, supported by aviation, tried to force our units out of their positions.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka and Karlivka, where the enemy tried to seize our fortifications 17 times.
In the Vremivsky sector, the aggressor made seven unsuccessful attacks near Vodiane, Kostiantynivka and Makarivka in the Donetsk region.
Three times the occupants unsuccessfully stormed our positions in the Orikhiv direction, near Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka.
At the Prydniprovsky direction, the enemy continues to try to drive our units out of their positions. Three unsuccessful assaults by enemy infantry were repelled by Ukrainian troops.
In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, the operational situation remained unchanged. No signs of the formation of offensive groups of occupants were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy continues to conduct sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shelling settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increasing the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine.