266 combat engagements in 24 hours: the hottest spot in the Pokrovsk sector

Over the past day, 266 combat engagements took place at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a morning report on December 25, UNN reports.

The situation at the front remains difficult. The enemy is using its superiority in manpower and equipment to continuously attack our positions. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught of the occupiers and inflicting significant losses on the enemy. In total, 266 combat engagements were registered over the last day

According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using one missile, as well as 17 air strikes, including 34 KABs. In addition, it conducted 4385 attacks, 140 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems and engaged about 1,500 kamikaze drones.

Over the past day, the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one UAV control center, an ammunition depot, five areas of personnel concentration, an electronic warfare facility and two enemy artillery systems.

The situation in these areas is as follows:

In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy attacked five times near Vovchansk and Vysokaya Yaruga.

In the Kupyansk sector, 23 militants' attacks took place over the last day. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Petropavlivka, Kolisnykivka, Zahryzove and Lozova.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 31 times. They tried to break into our defense near Druzhelyubivka, Zelenyi Hai, Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Terny, Torske and in the direction of Hryhorivka.

In the Siversky sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian attack near Bilohorivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupants attacked 14 times in the areas of Chasovyi Yar and Predtechyno.

In the Toretsk sector, the aggressor made 16 attempts to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units near Toretsk, Druzhba and Dachne.

In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders stopped 60 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of Vozdvyzhenka, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Novyi Trud, Dachenske, Shevchenko, Vovkove and Novovasylivka.

In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces repelled 36 attacks. The occupants were most actively trying to advance near Petropavlivka, Shevchenko and in the vicinity of Kurakhove.

On the Vremivsky direction, the enemy launched 34 attacks on our positions in the areas of Uspenivka, Yantarne, Kostyantynopolske, Kostyantynopol, Rozlyv, Rozdolne, Novyi Komar, Novosilka, Velyka Novosilka and Storozheve.

The invaders made four unsuccessful attempts to force the units of the Defense Forces out of their positions in the Prydniprovsky sector.

No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy is actively using artillery from the territory of the Russian Federation in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements.

"The operation in the Kursk region continues, where 37 combat clashes between Ukrainian defenders and the invaders took place over the past day," the report says.

According to the General Staff, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

"In total, the losses of Russian invaders amounted to 1,600 people over the past day. Ukrainian troops also neutralized four tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 10 artillery systems, 74 operational and tactical UAVs and 31 vehicles," the report says.