Defense forces repelled 186 attacks by the invaders: where did the most clashes take place
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Over the past 24 hours, 186 combat clashes have occurred on the Russian-Ukrainian front. The hottest situation remains in the Pokrov direction.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 08:00 on June 18.
According to updated information, yesterday the invaders launched 2 missile and 45 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, used 33 missiles and dropped 79 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 3,600 kamikaze drones to strike and carried out 6,116 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including 72 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Okhrimivka, Potykhonovo in the Kharkiv region; Poltavka, Koptev, Razin, Myrnograd, Novotoretske, Sukhyi Yar in the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Poltavka, Malynivka, Uspenivka, Novoandreyevka, Hulyaipole, Kamianske in the Zaporizhia region.
Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces’ aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck 28 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, 10 artillery pieces, one air defense system, a radar station, five UAV control points, an ammunition depot, and two other important enemy targets.
In the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 28 assault actions of the occupiers yesterday. In addition, the enemy carried out 6 air strikes, dropping 11 guided bombs, and also carried out 215 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements, including four from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units three times near the settlements of Vovchansk, Kamyanka, and Dovgenke.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attacked once, trying to advance near the settlement of Stepova Novoselivka.
In the Lymansky direction, there were 16 attacks by the invaders in a day. The defense forces repelled assault actions near Lypove and towards Hrekivka, Novy Mir, Olhivka, Zelenaya Dolyna, Shandryholovy and Serebryanskyi Forests.
On the Siversky direction towards Serebryanka, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops three times.
In the Kramatorsk direction, 11 clashes were recorded in the direction of Markovoye, Predtechyny, Bila Hora and near Kurdyumivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks in the areas of Diliivka, Toretsk and in the directions of Shcherbinivka, Oleksandro-Kalynovye, Yablunivka, Stepanivka, and Rusyn Yar.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 57 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Koptevo, Poltavka, Malynivka, Myrne, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Dachenske, Udachne, Muravka, Horikhove, Novopavlivka, and Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivske direction, the enemy attacked our positions 22 times in the areas of the settlements of Odradne, Vilne Pole, Bahatyr, Komar and in the direction of Zaporizhia, Myrne, and Shevchenko.
In the Hulyaipil direction, our defenders repelled two offensive actions by enemy units near Malynivka.
No clashes were recorded in the Orikhiv direction.
In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two attacks by the invaders in the area of the Antoniv Bridge.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
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