185 combat engagements took place, the enemy launched 6,700 drones — General Staff on the situation at the front
Kyiv • UNN
Over the past day, there were 185 combat engagements at the front. The enemy was active in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions, using 6,770 kamikaze drones and 208 guided aerial bombs.
Overall, since the beginning of this day, 185 combat engagements have taken place on the front. The enemy launched 6.7 thousand drones and dropped 208 guided aerial bombs, and was active in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions, UNN reports, citing the General Staff’s update.
The aggressor carried out one missile strike, using 11 missiles, conducted 58 airstrikes using 208 guided aerial bombs, deployed 6,770 kamikaze drones for attacks, and carried out 2,458 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas
In the North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, four combat engagements have taken place since the beginning of the day, and the enemy carried out 50 shelling attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
During the day, in the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units six times in the areas of the populated areas of Lyman and Starytsia and toward the populated areas of Okhrimivka and Vodiane. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, nine enemy attacks took place in the area of Zahryzove and toward Radkivka and Petropavlivka. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, seventeen attempts by the invaders to advance were repelled in the areas of the populated areas of Karpivka, Zarichne, and Dibrova. Four combat engagements are ongoing.
In the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped eight attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of the populated areas of Riznykivka, Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Kalynyky and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian invaders conducted no offensive operations.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 34 enemy assaults in the areas of the populated areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, and toward the populated areas of Dovha Balka, Stepanivka, Toretske, Novyi Donbas, and Kucheriv Yar. Three combat engagements are ongoing.
The enemy carried out 22 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas of the populated areas of Nove Shakhove, Dorozhnia, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, and toward the populated areas of Shevchenko, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, 38 occupiers were eliminated here today and 16 were wounded; four vehicles, one UAV control post, and 22 shelters for enemy personnel were destroyed. Four artillery systems, six vehicles and four items of special equipment, one electronic warfare system, and 118 shelters for enemy personnel were damaged. A total of 373 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out one attack toward Ternove.
In the Huliaipole direction, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks toward the populated areas of Vozdvyzhivka, Kosivtseve, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove, and Huliaipolske.
In the Orikhiv and Dnipro directions, the enemy conducted no offensive operations.
There were no significant changes in the situation in the other directions, the General Staff concluded.