General Staff: 20 combat engagements took place in the vicinity of Hlyboke and Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector
Kyiv • UNN
The General Staff reports 144 combat engagements over the day. In the Kharkiv sector, 20 combat engagements took place in the vicinity of Hlyboke and Vovchansk, where the enemy actively used bombers.
Yesterday, the invaders continued to actively attack in the Toretsk, Pokrovske and Kharkiv sectors. In the latter sector, 20 combat engagements took place in the areas of Hlyboke and Vovchansk. A total of 144 combat engagements were registered in the frontline over the last day. This is stated in the report of the General Staff as of 8:00 a.m. on July 18, UNN reports.
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According to the updated information of the General Staff, yesterday the enemy launched two missile attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas with one missile, 67 air strikes, involving 104 combat aircraft. In addition, it made 4,605 attacks, 94 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces conducted two strikes on the enemy's military equipment and manpower, destroying two command posts, an air defense facility, four radar and electronic warfare stations and two other important enemy targets.
According to the General Staff, the situation is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued offensive and assault operations . There were 20 combat engagements in the area. All of them took place in the areas of Hlyboke and Vovchansk. The occupants were actively using bombers to carry out attacks.
In the Kupyansk sector, the number of attacks increased to 11 over the last day. Defense forces repelled all enemy assaults near Synkivka, Novoosykovske, Andriivka, Berestove and Stelmakhivka.
In the Liman sector, our troops stopped ten occupants' attacks near Hrekivka, Makiivka, Terny, Torske and in the Serebryany forest.
In the Northern sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled ten assault attacks. The enemy tried to advance near Spirne, Verkhnekamianske, Vyymka and Rozdolivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops stopped six enemy attempts to break through our defense. The occupants, supported by aviation, made their main efforts in the area of Chasovyi Yar.
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The invaders continued to be active in the Toretsk sector yesterday . In total, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 29 times in the Northern and New York areas. He carried out air strikes with drones.
In the Pokrovsky sector , Ukrainian troops repelled 26 assaults and attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Karlivka, Novoselivka Persha and Yasnobrodivka, where the invaders, supported by aviation, tried to force our units out of their positions.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces stopped enemy attacks near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka and Paraskoviivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 12 times.
In the Vremivsk sector , the enemy made three assaults on our positions near Kostiantynivka and Novodarivka.
In the Orikhivsk sector, seven combat engagements took place in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka. In addition, the invaders fired about a hundred unguided aerial missiles in the directions of Huliaipol, Lobkove, Rivne, Kamianske and Pyatikhatky.
In the Prydniprovskyi sector, the occupants continue to try to drive the Defense Forces units from their positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Five Russian attacks were unsuccessful.
In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, the operational situation remained unchanged. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the occupiers maintain a military presence, shelling settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation, and conducting sabotage and reconnaissance activities in Ukraine.
"Fighting continues along almost the entire contact line. Ukrainian soldiers are holding back enemy attacks. Our artillery, reconnaissance, aviation and unmanned aerial systems are engaged in combat operations, depleting the enemy's forces," the General Staff said.
