General Staff on the situation at the front: 87 combat clashes, hottest in the Pokrovsk direction
Kyiv • UNN
During the day, 87 combat clashes took place on the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy made 31 attempts to break through. Intense fighting also continues in the Toretsk and Lyman directions.
In total, 87 combat engagements took place at the front since the beginning of the day. In the Pokrovsk direction, the occupiers made 31 attempts to push back Ukrainian defenders, and in the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked 10 times, UNN reports with reference to the General Staff.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces twice in the area of the settlement of Vovchansk. The settlements of Svitlychne and Slatyne were subjected to air strikes.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops four times in the areas of Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Zahryzove. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army attacked 12 times near Yampolivka and in the directions of Stepove, Novomykhailivka, Nove, Zarichne, Dronivka; seven combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times in the area of Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Diliivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked 10 times in the area of Toretsk and near Diliivka, Dachne, Krymske; one battle is currently underway.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 31 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Panteleimonivka, Oleksandropil, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Uspenivka, Novoandriivka, Andriivka and in the direction of Pokrovsk, Kotlyarivka, Oleksiivka. The Defense Forces are holding back the enemy's onslaught and repelled 27 attacks, four combat engagements are still ongoing. Enemy losses are being clarified.
Today in the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked eight times near the settlement of Kostyantynopil and in the direction of Vesele.
In the Huliaipol direction, the enemy attacked our troops twice, trying to advance in the direction of Vilne Pole. It also launched air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Novodarivka, Malynivka and Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the direction of Lobkovo. The settlement of Kamyanske was subjected to an air strike.
In the Siversk and Prydniprovsk directions, the enemy did not conduct active offensive actions.
In the operational zone in the Kursk region, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 10 attacks by Russian invaders during the day, and four more battles are ongoing. The enemy launched five air strikes, dropping eight KABs, and carried out almost 190 shellings, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
The situation on other fronts has not undergone significant changes, the General Staff summarized.