Kostiantynivka

Over the past 24 hours, 8 civilians died and 14 were wounded in Donetsk region as a result of hostile shelling.

The total number of hostile attacks along the entire frontline increased to 90, while Ukrainian defenders are holding their positions despite the Russian aggressor's continued attacks in several sectors, most actively in the Pokrovske and Kharkiv sectors.

Russian troops are trying to seize the Kostyantynivka road in the Pokrovske direction, which is of great logistical importance, in order to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

The situation in the Pokrovsky direction remains tense, and the Defense Forces are taking measures to deplete the offensive potential of the invaders. Since the beginning of the day, the Russians have made 12 attempts to break through the Ukrainian Defense.

A Russian military intelligence agent was sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing geolocation data of Ukrainian Armed Forces units near Bakhmut to the Russian occupiers.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct a defensive operation and concentrate their main efforts in the Tavrichesky, Donetsk and Slobozhansky operational areas. Over the past day, 116 military clashes occurred.

Yesterday, Russian troops shelled 11 localities in Donetsk region 2648 times, including an air strike on Pivdenne. A civilian was killed in Toretsk as a result of artillery shelling.

Since the beginning of the day, 121 combat engagements have taken place, during which Russian occupants launched 4 missile attacks, 37 air strikes using 47 drones and 376 kamikaze attacks on Ukrainian positions.

Russians conducted 2360 attacks in Donetsk region, damaging 17 residential buildings and wounding 2 civilians, 1 person was killed in Krasnohorivka earlier.

Three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling of 7 localities in Donetsk region over the last day, 45 civilian objects were damaged.

Russian troops continue to attack Chasiv Yar to seize strategic heights for artillery shelling of neighboring towns, but Ukrainian defenders successfully repel the attacks.

Over the past day, russia launched 3 missile strikes, 38 air strikes, used 404 kamikaze drones and fired over 3,000 times at Ukrainian positions, with intense fighting in different directions.

Since the beginning of the day, 44 combat engagements took place, most of them in the Pokrovske, Kramatorsk and Kurakhove sectors, as the enemy continues active offensive actions, trying to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops.

Russian occupants do not abandon their intention to capture the town of Chasiv Yar, despite losses in manpower and military equipment.

Russian invaders continue to increase their efforts in the Pokrovsk sector, the number of combat engagements there has increased to 30, while Ukrainian soldiers are holding the line and responding to the invaders' actions.

On May 16, intense fighting continued along almost the entire frontline, with 58 combat engagements recorded, with the Russian occupiers being most active in the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors, and Ukrainian troops taking measures to prevent their advance.

Since the beginning of the day, 23 combat engagements have taken place on the frontline, with Russian troops unsuccessfully trying to break through the defense in the area of Klishchiyivka and Andriyivka three times, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.

In the Kharkiv sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces partially drove the Russian occupiers out of the city of Vovchansk. Defensive actions are underway in the northern and northwestern outskirts of the city.

Since the beginning of May 15, 41 combat engagements have taken place on the frontline, with intense fighting continuing in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversk, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Vremivsk sectors. The defense forces inflict significant losses on the Russian-terrorist forces.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 112 Russian attacks in nine frontline areas, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector, where 30 attacks were repelled, according to an evening report from the General Staff.

According to Yuriy Fedorenko, commander of the Achilles UAV battalion of the 92nd Separate Special Forces Brigade, the Defense Forces are preventing the russian army from capturing or encircling Chasiv Yar, despite heavy pressure and intense fighting.

At night, air defense forces shot down eight enemy "shaheds" in Mykolaiv region, and the fallen debris caused a fire in the open.

Over the past day, 95 combat engagements took place, during which the enemy launched 6 missile and 80 air strikes, and fired 127 times at Ukrainian positions and localities from multiple launch rocket systems.

Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 76 combat engagements along the frontline over the last day, with the enemy conducting most of its attacks in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka sectors, trying to improve its tactical position with the support of aviation, but suffering heavy losses.

Over the past day, 146 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline, during which the enemy launched 60 missile attacks, 90 air strikes and 107 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops repelled 121 combat engagements in various sectors of the frontline, with the enemy conducting the most attacks in the Avdiivka and Bakhmut sectors and intensifying their activities in the Orikhivsk sector, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure.

Ukraine's Armed Forces have made progress in the Lyman sector, improving the tactical situation in the area of Serebryany forestry, said a spokesman for the Khortytsia Regional Military Command.

On May 7, the Russian occupation forces conducted 64 combat engagements, launching 1 missile, 40 air strikes and 72 rocket attacks, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure, while Ukrainian troops repelled numerous attacks in many directions.

In Donetsk region, Russian troops fired 1,879 times at 11 localities, damaging residential buildings, an educational institution and a police building in Toretsk, and dropped an UMPB D-30SM bomb on Kostyantynivka.

Over the past day, 103 combat engagements took place, the enemy carried out 100 air strikes and over 50 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, and Ukrainian troops struck 13 enemy concentrations and 7 objects, including radar stations and air defense systems.