General Staff report: 77 combat engagements have occurred on the front since the start of the day.
Фото: Генштаб
Since the start of the day, the front has been shaken by 77 combat engagements — Ukrainian forces stand firm, disrupt enemy advances, and continue to dismantle Russian offensive plans step by step.
This was reported by the General Staff of Ukraine.
Throughout the day, the enemy launched artillery strikes from the territory of the Russian Federation on the following settlements: Pokrovka, Novodmytrivka, Porozok, Yezdetskoye, Rozhkovychi, Dmytrivka, Myropilske, Popivka, Progress, Chuykivka, Vysoke, Malushyne, Luhivka, Sumske, Bachivske — all in Sumy region, as well as Tymofiivka in Kharkiv region.
In the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two assaults by the aggressor near Kamyanka and in the direction of Krasne Pershe.
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops repelled one attack in the Holubivka area, while another combat engagement near Zahryzovye is still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, 11 combat clashes occurred near the settlements of Hrekivka, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, and in the directions of Cherneshchyna, Olhivka, Novyi Mir, and Karpivka. Four combat contacts are currently ongoing.
In the Siversk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions twice in the Hryhorivka area. One combat engagement remains active.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy launched six attacks in the Bila Hora area and the direction of Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk direction, seven enemy assaults were recorded near Diliivka, Shcherbynivka, and in the direction of Yablunivka.
The enemy remains particularly active in the Pokrovsk direction, having conducted air strikes on the settlements of Razine, Novoekonomichne, and Sukhyi Yar.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the aggressor attempted to advance four times near the populated areas of Myrne, Shevchenko, and Svobodne Pole.
In the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces made three attempts to advance towards Ukrainian positions near Novoandriivka and Kamianske. Additionally, enemy aircraft struck the settlements of Lobkove and Stepnohirsk.
The enemy did not carry out active offensive operations in the Huliaipole and Dnipro directions but launched an air strike on the village of Kazache in the Kherson region.
“Ukrainian forces are wearing down the enemy along the entire line of engagement and deep in the rear,” the General Staff reported.