General Staff: 144 combat engagements over the last day, the hottest in the Pokrovsk sector
Kyiv • UNN
There were 144 combat engagements in the frontline, almost a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy launched 7 missile and 74 air strikes, dropping 101 drones. Defense forces are repelling the attacks.
There were 144 combat engagements on the frontline over the last day, almost a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a summary as of 8 a.m. on August 16, UNN reports.
Over the last day, 144 combat engagements were registered. The situation was the most intense in the Pokrovsk sector, and the enemy was also actively advancing in the Toretsk and Kurakhove sectors
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According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched seven missile attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using 12 missiles, as well as 74 air strikes, dropping 101 combat vehicles. In addition, they fired over 4,600 times, 109 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
"Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces conducted three strikes on the areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as hit two artillery systems and two fuel and lubricant depots," the General Staff said.
According to the General Staff, the situation is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, seven battles took place near Liptsy, Starytsia and Vovchansk.
In the Kupyansk sector, 16 firefights took place. Defense forces repelled assaults near Synkivka, Hlushkivka, Kolisnykivka, Andriivka, Kruhlyakivka, Stelmakhivka and Berestove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 10 times near Makiivka, Nevske, Torske and Terny.
There were also 10 combat engagements in the Siversk sector. Ukrainian troops repelled Russian assault attempts near Verkhnekamianske, Bilohorivka, Pereizne and Vyymka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, four battles took place in the area of Chasovyi Yar. The enemy was not successful.
On the Toretsk direction, Russians attacked 20 times near Zalizne, Toretsk, Pivnichne and New York.
In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders repelled 41 enemy assault attacks in the areas of Panteleymonivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Sukha Balka, Kalynove, Zelenove Pole, Novotoretske, Mykolayivka, Novohrodivka, Novozhelanne, Skuchne and Ptyche.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped 19 enemy attacks near Paraskoviivka, Heorhiivka, Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka.
On the Vremivsky direction, the enemy attacked five times, in particular, in the direction of Vodiane, Rivne and Kostiantynivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops made two assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units near Mala Tokmachka.
On the Prydniprovsky direction, the enemy was defeated, attacking the Ukrainian defense lines 10 times.
The situation on the Gulyaypilsky direction remains unchanged.
No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducting mortar and artillery shelling of settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation.
"At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy along the entire combat line," the General Staff emphasized.
