57 battles on the front, half in three directions
Kyiv • UNN
From the beginning of the day until 4 p.m., 57 battles occurred on the front, which is a third less than the previous day. Half of the battles took place in the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, and Huliaipole directions.
Since the beginning of the day and until 4:00 PM, 57 battles have taken place at the front, which is a third less than during the same period the day before, with half of them occurring in three directions - Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, and Huliaipole, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the latest summary, UNN writes.
Since the beginning of the day, the aggressor has attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 57 times
Artillery shelling of border areas continues. Today, in the Sumy region, the settlements of Korenok, Neskuchne, Volfyne, Yastrubshchyna, Ulanove, and Bachivsk were affected. The enemy also launched airstrikes on the area of the settlement of Luzhky in the Sumy region.
Situation by directions
In the North-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, the Defense Forces stopped one enemy assault action. At the same time, the occupiers carried out 20 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements.
In the South-Slobozhanskyi direction, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled two attacks by the invaders in the area of Hoptivka.
In the Kupiansk direction, our defenders stopped one attempt by the enemy to advance in the area of Kivsharivka.
In the Lyman direction, five attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Novoselivka, Shyikivka, Drobysheve, Yampil, and Lyman were recorded, one combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Sloviansk direction, the occupiers tried to advance 14 times near Zakitne and towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and Riznykivka, three combat engagements are ongoing.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, since the beginning of the day, 12 assault actions by the occupiers have been recorded in the areas of Ivanopillia, Oleksandro-Shultyne, and towards Kostiantynivka, two combat engagements are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attempted 16 times to push our soldiers out of their positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Dorozhnie, Kotlyne, Udachne, Bilytske, Nikanorivka, and Novyi Donbas, one combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled two attacks in the area of Voskresenka.
In the Huliaipole direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Rybne, Vozdvyzhivka, Charivne, and Novoselivka, and towards Dobropillia, Verkhnia Tersa, Tsvitkove, and Kosivtseve.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders stopped one attempt by the enemy to advance in the area of Shcherbaky.
In the Kramatorsk and Prydniprovsk directions, no enemy attempts to advance were recorded. In other directions, no significant changes in the situation are currently taking place.
Ukrainian troops are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat contact and in the rear.