There have been 138 battles on the front: where is the most difficult situation?

Defense forces are taking measures to prevent the enemy from advancing deeper into Ukrainian territory. Since the beginning of the day, 138 combat clashes have occurred.

This is stated in the General Staff report .

Today, communities in the border settlements of Bobilovka, Novovasilovka, Gorki, Bachevsk, Bruski, and Ulanovo in the Sumy region suffered from enemy artillery fire.

Five combat clashes have been recorded in the Severo-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions since the beginning of the day, four of which are still ongoing. Furthermore, the enemy launched four airstrikes, dropped ten guided bombs, and carried out 99 attacks on our troop positions and settlements, four of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South Slobozhansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks, and three more clashes are still ongoing. The enemy is attempting to advance in the areas of Vovchansk and Kamenka.

In the Kupyansk direction, the invading army launched seven attacks on Ukrainian unit positions near Kupyansk, Peschanoye, Borovskoy Andreyevka, and in the direction of Petropavlivka. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Liman direction, Russian infidels attempted to break through our defenses five times in the areas of the settlements of Kolodets, Novoselovka and in the direction of the settlement of Korovoy Yar.

In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks near the settlements of Yampol, Dronovka, Serebryanka, Grigoryevka, and Zvanovka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders successfully stopped two enemy attacks near Minkovka. Two more clashes are currently ongoing near the village of Stupochki.

In the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 18 assaults in the areas of Pleshcheyevka, Rusiny Yar, Sofiyivka, and in the direction of Ilyinovka. Fighting is currently ongoing in three locations.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders have made 45 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their positions near the settlements of Shakhovo, Fedorovka, Nikanorovka, Krasny Liman, Rodinske, Krasny Yar, Grodovka, Dachenskoye, Novogrodovka, Mirnohrad, Pokrovsk, Peschanoye, Zver’, Novonikolayevka, Filial, and in the direction of Novopavlovka and Kucherov Yar. Defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 39 enemy attacks. Six combat clashes are ongoing.

In the Aleksandrovsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through our defenders’ defenses near the settlements of Verbovoye, Yanvarskoye, Orestopol, Pavlovka, Novogrigorovka, Yegorovka, Novovasilovskoye, Rybnoye, Novonikolayevka, and in the direction of Ternovatoye. Our soldiers repelled six enemy assaults, and five more are ongoing.

In the Gulyai-Polye and Orekhovo directions, the enemy has not carried out offensive operations since the beginning of the day, but has carried out air strikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Yablokovo, Rivnepolye, Krasnoye, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Novoandreyevka, and Preobrazhenka.

In the Dnieper direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks by invaders near the Antonovsky Bridge.