Fierce battles continue at the front, with the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole directions remaining the hottest. This was reported by the General Staff, according to UNN.
The enemy launched 54 airstrikes and dropped 168 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 3,401 kamikaze drones for strikes and carried out 1,902 shellings of populated areas and our troops' positions.
In the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out 43 shellings of populated areas and our troops' positions, five of which involved multiple launch rocket systems. The enemy attacked once.
In the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units four times in the directions of the settlements of Starytsia, Lyman, Okhrimivka, and Zemlianky. One of these assault actions is ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, our defenders repelled four enemy assaults toward the settlements of Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka, and Kucherivka.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian warriors stopped five attempts by the invaders to advance toward Lyman and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk and Kramatorsk directions, the enemy has not conducted active operations since the beginning of the day.
Defense forces repelled 15 enemy assaults in the Kostiantynivka direction toward Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Sofiivka, Kucheriv Yar, and Rusyn Yar. Three of these battles are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 39 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novopidhorodne, Muravka, Molodetske, and Filiia. Four enemy attacks are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, 35 occupiers were liquidated and 23 wounded in this direction today; one unit of automotive equipment and two enemy shelters were destroyed. A gun, three units of automotive equipment, and 100 personnel shelters were damaged. 151 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
In the Oleksandrivsk direction, the occupiers tried to improve their position six times, attacking toward the settlements of Oleksandrohrad, Khoroshe, Kalynivske, Sichneve, and Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole direction, 24 attacks by the occupiers took place toward the settlements of Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Charivne, Pryluky, Staroukrainka, Hirke, Vozdvyzhivka, and Sviatopetrivka. Three attacks are still continuing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy advanced once toward the positions of our defenders in the Stepove area.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy conducted three futile attacks.
Russia cannot actively counter Ukrainian drones due to shortages - Syrskyi26.04.26, 18:06