Up to a third of battles are in the Pokrovsk direction: General Staff updated the combat map
Kyiv • UNN
Over the past day, 160 combat engagements were recorded, almost a third of which took place in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy launched 1 missile and 78 air strikes, used 4150 kamikaze drones, and carried out 5662 shellings.
Almost a third of the 160 battles over the past day took place in the Pokrovsk direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its morning summary on July 17, showing a map of the combat operations, writes UNN.
In total, 160 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the invaders launched one missile and 78 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, used two missiles and dropped 125 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 4150 kamikaze drones and carried out 5662 shellings of our troops' positions and settlements, including 102 from multiple rocket launcher systems.
"Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 12 areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment," the report says.
Situation by directions
In the Northern-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 21 assault actions of the occupiers. In addition, the enemy launched 13 air strikes, dropping 33 guided bombs, and also carried out 340 shellings of our troops' positions and settlements, including seven from multiple rocket launcher systems.
In the Southern-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units 13 times in the areas of Vovchansk, Zelene, Stroivka and towards Kudiyivka.
In the Kupiansk direction, three attacks by the occupiers took place during the day. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Kindrashivka, Synkivka and Zahryzove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 22 times, trying to advance near the settlements of Novoiehorivka, Novyi Myr, Nadiia, Karpivka, Kolodiazi, Yampilivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske and towards Serebrianka.
In the Siversk direction, in the area of Hryhorivka and towards Vyyimka, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops four times.
In the Kramatorsk direction, seven combat engagements were recorded, the invader attacked in the area of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and towards Bila Hora and Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Nelipivka, Toretsk, Rusynyi Yar and Oleksandro-Kalynove.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 51 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Muravka and Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked our positions 22 times in the areas of the settlements of Piddubne, Myrny, Vilne Pole, Voskresenka and Zelene Pole.
In the Huliaipole, Orikhiv and Prydniprovsk directions, over the past day, the occupiers did not conduct offensive actions.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.