Situation at the front: Kharkiv region is under constant bombardment by enemy aircraft

Situation at the front: Kharkiv region is under constant bombardment by enemy aircraft

As of 16:00 on Saturday, July 13, 109 military clashes have occurred at the front since the beginning of the day. The enemy is carrying out air strikes on the Kharkiv region, and also carries out artillery shelling of border settlements in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.

It is noted that the border settlements of Sumy and Chernihiv regions continue to suffer from cynical shelling from the territory of Russia. The settlements of Khodyno, Karpovychi, Grabovske, Zapsil, Hirsk and Mogrytsia were hit by cannon artillery and MLRS fire.

At the same time, Kharkiv region is under constant bombardment by enemy aircraft. Today, from the Russian cities of Belgorod and Shebekino, terrorists conducted eight air strikes using 18 combat aircraft. They targeted the areas of Ukrainian settlements Liptsy, Vovchansk, Starytsia and Mali Prokhody. In addition, in the Kharkiv sector, Russian occupants attacked the defensive lines of Ukrainian units near Vovchansk and Hlyboke 13 times. Our soldiers repelled 10 attacks, three more are ongoing.

Russian occupants became significantly more active in the Vremivsk sector. Here, the enemy tried to break through Ukrainian defences near Urozhayne, Makariv, Kostyantynivka and Velyka Novosilka. Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 Russian assaults, and another enemy attack is underway near Vodiane.

In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy carried out 11 assault operations near Sinkivka, Vilshany, Petropavlivka, Novoselivka, Berestove and Stelmakhivka. Four of the battles ended and seven are ongoing. The highest concentration of enemy forces is observed in the area of Berestove. In the Liman sector, the invading army attacked our positions near Makiivka, Hrekivka and Terny 15 times. Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 attacks, five more are ongoing.

In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian defence forces repelled four enemy attacks near Bilohorivka and Verkhnekamianske. Three more firefights are ongoing in the areas of Razdolivka and Spirne. In the Kramatorsk sector, the invaders attacked six times near Chasiv Yar, Hryhorivka, Andriivka and Klishchiyivka. Three battles ended, three more are ongoing. In the Toretsk sector, the enemy attacked seven times near Pivnichne, Toretsk and New York. Six of the battles ended without success for the Russians, and another battle is ongoing.

In the Pokrovsk sector, since the beginning of the day, the occupants have made the largest number of attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Progress, Novoselivka Persha, Lozuvatske, Novooleksandrivka and Yasnobrodivka. The defence forces are holding back the enemy’s offensive and repelled 17 attacks, seven combat engagements are still ongoing. In the Kurakhove sector, the enemy attacked nine times near Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka and Pobeda. Seven battles were completed, two are ongoing.