Throughout the day, the enemy tried to attack Ukrainian positions on the front line dozens of times. In addition, border areas of our country were affected by Russian artillery and air strikes. UNN reports with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As of 16:00, Russian troops attacked the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine 82 times. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsky direction.
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In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian units are repelling three attacks in the areas of Serhiivka and Novy, and four more attacks have already been repelled.
Currently, two enemy assaults have taken place in the Kramatorsk direction. The enemy attacked in the areas of Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk direction, Russian occupiers carried out eight assaults on the positions of our defenders in the areas of Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, Druzhba and Leonidivka. Five combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have already carried out 27 attacks on the positions of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Tarasivka, Vodyane Druge, Yelizavetivka, Kotlyne, Novosergiyivka, Bogdanivka and Andriivka. The Defense Forces, deterring the enemy's onslaught, repelled 24 attacks, three combat clashes are still ongoing. The aggressor's aviation launched air strikes with KABs on Nova Poltavka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the invaders went on the offensive five times on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Kostyantynopol, our soldiers have already repelled four enemy attacks, one battle is ongoing.
Also, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy twice tried to advance to the positions of our defenders in the areas of Vovchansk and Vovchansk Khutory. One battle is ongoing.
The enemy attacked twice in the Kupyansk direction, near Petropavlivka and Zagryzovo.
Separately, the General Staff indicated that border areas of our country, in particular the settlements of Yemadykyne, Shalyhyne, Mezenivka, Slavhorod, Lisne, Myropilske, Petrushivka of Sumy region, were affected by Russian artillery and air strikes.
Among other directions of the Russian-Ukrainian war front:
In the Huliaipil direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Novopol and Pryvilne, Vilne Pole and Shevchenko, and five more combat clashes are still ongoing. At the same time, the enemy launched air strikes on Novopol, Zelene Pole, Shevchenko, Chervone, Malinivka and Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers are attacking in the areas of Stepove, Shcherbaky and Mali Shcherbaky. Currently, two enemy attacks have been repelled, and one is ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders once.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy did not conduct active offensive actions today.
Regarding Kursk region:
According to the information available at this time, our defenders repelled 13 attacks by the invaders, and one more combat clash is ongoing. In addition, the enemy carried out 31 air strikes, dropping 48 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 319 artillery shellings, including 14 from multiple launch rocket systems.
There have been no significant changes in other directions at this time.