267 battles occurred at the front over the past day, which is fewer than the day before; the hottest spots were in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole directions, which accounted for more than a quarter of the combat engagements, the General Staff of the AFU reported in a briefing as of 8 a.m. on May 29, showing a map of hostilities, UNN reports.
In total, 267 combat engagements were recorded over the past day
Yesterday, the enemy launched a missile strike using one missile, carried out 86 air strikes, and dropped 269 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it deployed 7,881 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,806 shellings of settlements and positions of our troops, including 77 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, particularly in the areas of Mala Slobidka and Nova Sloboda in the Sumy region.
Over the past day, the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one enemy artillery system.
Situation by directions
In the Pivnichno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, five combat engagements took place over the past day; the enemy launched seven air strikes, dropped 15 guided bombs, and carried out 99 shellings of our troops' positions and settlements, including three using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units nine times in the areas of Starytsia, Prylypka, Veterynarne, Shevyakivka, Lyman, and in the direction of Izbytske and Ternova.
In the Kupyansk direction, our defenders stopped seven enemy attacks in the areas of Kivsharivka, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, and Kupyansk.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 13 attempts by the invaders to advance toward the settlements of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Novomykhailivka, Lyman, Drobysheve, and Dibrova.
In the Slovyansk direction, during the past day, our defenders stopped four attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Rai-Oleksandrivka, Zakitne, and Riznykivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped three enemy attacks in the areas of Tykhonivka and Markove.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, Berestok, Rusyn Yar, and Stepanivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 46 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of Vilne, Novyi Donbas, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Pokrovsk, Bilytske, Hryshyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked twice in the areas of Sichneve and Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole direction, 32 attacks by the occupiers took place in the areas of Myrne, Dobropillia, Vozdvizhivka, Hirke, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske, Rybne, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Verkhnia Tersa, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy tried to advance twice in the area of Shcherbaky.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Ukrainian units stopped one enemy attack in the area of Bilohrudyi Island.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.