More than half of the 174 battles took place last day in three directions - Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its morning summary on August 26, showing a map of hostilities, writes UNN.
In total, 174 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, the invaders launched 67 air strikes, dropping 128 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the Russians used 4807 kamikaze drones and carried out 4774 shellings on the positions of our troops and settlements.
"Over the past day, aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, and two enemy artillery systems," the report says.
Situation by directions
In the Northern-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian units repelled five attacks by the occupiers last day. The enemy also launched 6 air strikes, dropping 11 KABs, and carried out 179 shellings, including 5 from multiple rocket launcher systems.
In the Southern-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 12 times near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Ambarnoye, and towards Kutkivka and Kolodyazne.
In the Kupyansk direction, eight combat engagements took place yesterday. Our defenders stopped the enemy's assault actions in the areas of Synkivka, Holubivka, Kolisnykivka, Lozova, and Zahryzove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 28 times. They tried to break into our defense near the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Hrekivka, Kolodyazi, Novoselivka, Zelena Dolyna, and towards Yampil and Serebryanka.
In the Siversk direction, the Defense Forces stopped five offensive actions of the invaders in the areas of Fedorivka, Hryhorivka, and towards Serebryanka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, 13 combat engagements were recorded yesterday, the occupier tried to advance in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Bila Hora, and towards Stupochky and Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out six attacks in the areas of Dyliyivka, Toretsk, Rusyniv Yar, and Oleksandro-Kalynove.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 43 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nykanorivka, Mayak, Myrolyubivka, Novoekonomichne, Rodynske, Hrodivka, Sukhyi Yar, Lysivka, Chunyshche, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Horikhove, and Dachne.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 19 attacks yesterday in the areas of the settlements of Yalta, Zelenyi Hai, Voskresenka, Shevchenko, and Komyshuvakha.
In the Huliaipole direction, there was a Russian attack in the area of Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers tried twice to advance in the area of Plavni and towards Pavlivka.
In the Prydniprovsky direction, the aggressor's troops made three futile attempts to advance on the positions of our units.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the aggressor were detected.
Russian occupiers lost almost 900 servicemen and 33 artillery systems in a day26.08.25, 07:33