Ukrainian Armed Forces Repel 139 Enemy Attacks Since Morning, Fiercest Fighting in Pokrovske Sector

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released an operational update at 10:00 p.m. on June 26, 2025, concerning the Russian invasion.

Since the beginning of the day, a total of 139 combat engagements have occurred. The invaders carried out 39 airstrikes, dropping 68 guided aerial bombs. Additionally, the Russians deployed 796 kamikaze drones and launched 2,752 attacks against the positions of our troops and civilian settlements.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian units repelled 20 enemy attacks, with one engagement still ongoing. The enemy also launched one airstrike, dropped four anti-aircraft missiles, and conducted 171 attacks, including three using multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked our defenders’ positions nine times near the settlements of Glyboke, Zybyne, Vovchansk, Krasne Pershe, Kamyanka, Kindrashivka, and Mala Shapkivka, with one engagement still ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, enemy forces conducted seven assault operations, attempting to break through our defenders’ positions near Golubivka, Kindrashivka, Stepovaya Novoselivka, Zeleny Gay, and in the direction of Petropavlivka.

In the Lyman direction, since the start of the day, Russian invaders have launched 17 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Hrekivka, Novyi Mir, Ridkodub, and in the directions of Olhivka, Seredny, Kolodzyaz, Zelenaya Dolyna, and Torske. Ukrainian defenders have successfully repelled four of these attacks so far.

Currently, the Defense Forces are repelling two enemy offensive actions near Viymka and Fedorivka in the Siverskyi direction.

Three clashes have been recorded in the Kramatorsk direction, with enemy units attempting to advance toward Markovoye, Bila Hora, and Bondarne.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian forces attacked Defense Forces’ positions 16 times. The invaders concentrated their efforts around Toretsk, Dachny, Shcherbanivka, Oleksandro-Kalynovy, Romanivka, Yablunivka, and Rusyn Yar, with two engagements still ongoing.

Since the beginning of the day, in the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces have attempted 39 times to breach our defenses near Poltavka, Malynivka, Shevchenko Pershe, Myrne, Myrolyubivka, Promyn, Lysivka, Novomykolaivka, Kotlyarivka, Myrnograd, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Oleksiivka, Novoukrainka, and toward Volodymyrivka. Fighting continues at six of these locations.

Our Defense Forces are successfully holding back enemy assaults, inflicting heavy losses on the invaders. Today, 148 occupiers were neutralized in this sector, including 80 irrecoverable losses. Additionally, two vehicles, seven motorcycles, one howitzer, three drones, a satellite communication terminal, and a UAV control point were destroyed, and an enemy cannon was damaged.

In the Novopavlivske direction, Ukrainian units repelled 13 enemy attacks near the settlements of Zirka, Yalta, Zaporizhzhia, Bahatyr, Fedorivka, Komar, Odradne, and in the Voskresenka area, where five more clashes are ongoing.

In the Orikhiv direction, the aggressor launched airstrikes on Stepnohirsk, Primorsk, and Kamyansk.

In the Dnipro direction, the enemy made five unsuccessful offensive attempts, suffered losses, and retreated. Kozatske was also targeted by airstrikes.

No offensive operations were conducted by the enemy in the Hulyaipil and Orikhiv directions.

Elsewhere, the situation remains largely unchanged.

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