Situation on the front: 196 combat clashes occurred, RF attacks along the entire front line

Situation on the front: 196 combat clashes occurred, RF attacks along the entire front line

Since the beginning of this day, 196 combat engagements have been recorded on the front. 

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the day, the aggressor carried out 50 airstrikes, using 148 guided aerial bombs. In addition, to strike our positions and adjacent settlements, the invaders deployed 6,242 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,338 shelling attacks using various types of weapons.

On the North Slobozhanske and Kursk directions, one combat engagement took place. The enemy carried out one airstrike using 1 guided aerial bomb, conducted 64 shelling attacks on settlements and positions of our troops, five of which involved multiple launch rocket systems.

On the South Slobozhanske direction, the occupiers launched five assaults on the defensive positions of our units near Vovchanski Khutory and toward Okhrimivka. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.

On the Kupyansk direction, the invaders attacked the positions of the Defence Forces once near the settlement of Hlushkivka.

On the Lyman direction, Ukrainian troops successfully repelled 15 enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Stavky, Dibrova, and toward Shyikivka and Lyman. One combat engagement remains active.

On the Slovyansk direction, the Defence Forces fully neutralized eight attempts by the invaders to break through near Zakitne, Riznykivka, and toward the settlements of Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka. Two more combat engagements are ongoing.

On the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped one offensive action by the occupation forces toward Tykhonivka. On the Kostiantynivka direction, the Defence Forces successfully repelled 15 enemy assaults in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Pleshchiivka, Rusynove Yaru, and Illinivka.

On the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy conducted 26 attacks. The occupiers attempted to break through our defences near the settlements of Zapovidne, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, and toward Novyi Donbas, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka. Three combat engagements are still ongoing in this area.

According to preliminary data, 40 occupiers were eliminated in this direction today, and another 13 were wounded. Our troops neutralized one electronic warfare system, one vehicle, four pieces of special equipment, and two enemy ammunition depots. They also damaged one tank, two vehicles, three artillery pieces, and 11 enemy personnel shelters. In addition, 274 enemy drones of various types were destroyed or suppressed by electronic warfare means.

On the Oleksandrivka direction, the occupiers made five attempts to advance near Ternove, Vorone, and toward Dobropillia. Two combat engagements are ongoing there.

On the Huliaipole direction, 28 enemy attacks were recorded near the settlements of Rybne, Varvarivka, Zaliznychne, and toward Novoselivka, Dobropillia, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Huliaipilske, and Charivne. Three combat engagements are ongoing.

On the Orikhiv and Prydniprovske directions, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.

In other sectors of the front, the situation remains under control, with no significant changes in the operational environment.