Nearly 300 battles occurred over the day of May 29 - General Staff
Kyiv • UNN
During the past 24 hours, 291 combat engagements took place; the enemy lost 1,430 personnel. The AFU struck a command post and nine areas of enemy manpower concentration.
Over the past day, May 29, 291 combat engagements took place on the front line. The enemy launched one missile strike using seven missiles and carried out 91 air strikes, dropping 277 guided aerial bombs. This was reported by UNN with reference to the General Staff of the AFU.
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The Russians also deployed 8,549 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,807 shellings of populated areas and positions of Ukrainian troops, including 53 from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit a command post, three artillery systems, a drone control point, nine areas of manpower concentration, and two other important enemy targets.
Losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,430 personnel. Additionally, two tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 70 artillery systems, five multiple launch rocket systems, one air defense system, four ground robotic systems, 1,781 unmanned aerial vehicles, six missiles, 483 units of motor vehicles, and four units of special equipment of the enemy were neutralized.
In the Pivnichno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions over the past day, the aggressor launched three air strikes using six guided aerial bombs (KABs) and carried out 64 shellings of Ukrainian troop positions and settlements, including six using MLRS.
In the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units eight times in the areas of Starytsia, Lyman, Vovchansk, and towards Ternova and Izbytske.
In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped eight enemy attempts to advance towards the settlements of Kivsharivka, Novoplatonivka, Novoosynove, and in the areas of Borivska Andriivka and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to break into the Ukrainian defense 12 times towards Lyman, Drobysheve, Shyikivka, Ozerne, and Glushchenkove.
In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy launched three assaults in the areas of Rai-Oleksandrivka and Kryva Luka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy conducted three offensive actions in the areas of Nykyforivka, Pryvillia, and towards Tykhonivka.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the occupiers carried out 12 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, and towards Rozkishne.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 49 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and towards the settlements of Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Dorozhnie, Toretske, Nove Shakhove, and Shevchenko.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked six times in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Zlahoda, Ternove, and towards Verbove.
In the Huliaipole direction, the occupiers carried out 40 attacks in the areas of Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka, and towards Nove Zaporizhzhia, Huliaipilske, Verkhnia Tersa, Vozdvyzhivka, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped ten enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Shcherbaky, Plavni, and Stepnohirsk.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations.