237 battles took place at the front over the past day, with the largest number—almost one-third—on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka axes, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its morning briefing on August 12, UNN writes.
A total of 237 combat engagements were recorded over the past day
Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile strikes using 13 missiles and carried out 80 airstrikes, during which it dropped 284 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the invaders deployed 11,155 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,422 attacks on populated areas and the positions of our troops, 28 of them using multiple-launch rocket systems.
The enemy shelled the populated areas of Korenok, Sopych, Bachivsk, Neskuchne, Rohizne, Tovstodubove, Bezzalivka, Vyntorivka, Hirky, Yastrubshchyna and Topolia in Sumy region. Sumy, Hurko-Ozhynka and Pustohorod came under airstrikes.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three command posts, one area where enemy personnel were concentrated, one artillery system and four unmanned aerial vehicle command posts.
Situation by axis
On the North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk axes, our defenders stopped seven enemy assaults over the past day. At the same time, the aggressor carried out 71 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including one using a multiple-launch rocket system.
On the South Slobozhanskyi axis, Ukrainian units repelled 13 enemy attacks. The invaders attempted to advance near the populated areas of Lyman and Starytsia and toward the populated areas of Khatnie, Kolodiazne, Okhrimivka and Vodiane.
On the Kupiansk axis, the enemy carried out 15 offensive actions near Zahryzove and Kurylivka and toward Radkivka and Petropavlivka.
Attempts to penetrate our defenses were repelled on the Lyman axis, where the occupiers attacked seven times near the populated areas of Karpivka, Serednie, Zarichne and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk axis, the enemy carried out 18 assault actions near the populated areas of Riznykivka, Zakitne, Kryva Luka and Kalenyky and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka and Ozerne.
On the Kramatorsk axis, the Russian invaders carried out one offensive action toward Yurkivka.
Thirty-four attacks were recorded on the Kostiantynivka axis. The invaders conducted assault operations near the populated areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia and Illinivka and toward the populated areas of Dovha Balka, Stepanivka, Toretske, Novyi Donbas and Kucheriv Yar.
The enemy carried out 37 attacks on the Pokrovsk axis. The occupiers attempted to advance near the populated areas of Nove Shakhove, Myrne, Dorozhnie, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne and Novomykolaivka and toward the populated areas of Shevchenko, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka axis, the invaders carried out one attack toward Ternove.
On the Huliaipole axis, the occupiers attacked the positions of our defenders six times. The enemy attempted to advance toward the populated areas of Vozdvyzhivka, Charivne, Kosivtseve, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove and Huliaipolske.
On the Orikhiv axis, our defenders stopped two attempts by the enemy to advance toward Prymorske and near Luhivske.
On the Dnipro axis, the enemy did not conduct any assault operations over the past day.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected on the Volyn and Polissia axes.