On the front line yesterday, there were 165 combat clashes, of which 58 occurred in the Pokrovsk direction. The highest concentration of enemy attacks was near Vozdvyzhenka and Hrodivka. This is stated in the summary of the General Staff as of 8:00 on August 15, reports UNN.
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According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched five missile strikes using five missiles, as well as 58 air strikes, including the dropping of 71 guided aerial bombs, on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements. In addition, it carried out 4,365 shellings, of which 135 were from multiple launch rocket systems.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck nine times on areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment, as well as a command post, and also hit four artillery systems, an air defense asset, an ammunition depot, and another important object of the occupiers.
According to the General Staff, the situation in the directions is as follows:
In the Kharkiv direction, there were four combat clashes in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk and Sotnytskyi Kozachok.
In the Kupiansk direction, there were nine enemy attacks over the past day. The Defense Forces repelled the assault actions of the enemy near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Berestove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times. It tried to advance forward near Nevske, Terniv, and Makiivka.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 25 assault actions of Russian invaders near Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamyanske, Pereizne, Sporne, and Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked five times near Chasiv Yar and Andriivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out 24 attacks in the areas of Pivnichne, Nelipivka, Zalizne, New York, and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 58 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor towards the settlements of Vozdvyzhenka, Yelyzavetivka, Hrodivka, Orlivka, Mykolaivka, Zhelanne, Skuchne, Yasnobrodivka, and Ptychе. The highest concentration of enemy attacks was near Vozdvyzhenka and Hrodivka, the enemy actively used assault and bomber aviation.
In the Kurakhovе direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight attacks near Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, and Heorhiivka.
In the Vremivka direction, according to updated information, the enemy carried out seven assaults on our positions near Vodyane and Vuhledar.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers tried to dislodge the Defense Forces units from their positions in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Novodanilivka - they carried out a total of three assaults.
In the Prydniprovsk direction, Russian invaders attacked our positions seven times. They received a tough rebuff and suffered losses.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation actively uses artillery against the areas of Ukrainian settlements.