There were 118 battles at the front – General Staff

Since the start of the day, 118 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Ukrainian defenders are stopping the enemy, holding their lines, and thwarting Russian plans.

This is stated in the General Staff’s evening report.

Areas of populated areas, including Bobilovka, Starikove, Korenok, and Belaya Bereza in the Sumy region, suffered from Russian artillery shelling.

Seven combat clashes occurred in the Severo-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions. The enemy launched 89 attacks, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Yuzhno-Slobozhansky direction, 13 combat contacts occurred near the settlements of Volchansk, Volchanskie Khutor, Otradnoye, and in the direction of Dvurechansky. Seven enemy attacks are ongoing.

Eleven combat clashes continue in the Kupyansk direction. Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has attempted to advance 16 times toward our defenders’ positions in the areas of Kupyansk, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, and toward Glushkovka, Petrovpavlovka, and Novoosinove.

Six combat clashes occurred in the Liman sector today. The enemy attacked near the villages of Redkodub, Nadezhda, Tverdokhlebovo, Kolodets, and toward the village of Korovin Yar.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks today in the areas of Dronovka, Seversk, Serebryanka and Pereyezdnoye.

At present, no combat contact has been recorded in the Kramatorsk direction.

Defense forces stopped 11 enemy attacks in the Konstantinovka direction. The invaders attempted to advance in the areas of the villages of Belaya Gora, Shcherbinovka, Pleshcheyevka, Konstantinovka, Yablonovka, Rusin Yar, and toward Sofiyivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops have attempted 46 times to advance on our positions near the settlements of Vladimirovka, Nikanorovka, Krasny Liman, Mirnohrad, Rodinske, Lysovka, Pokrovsk, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Molodetskoye, and Novonikolayevka. Our defenders have already repelled 38 attacks, and fighting continues.

In the Aleksandrivske sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven enemy attacks near the villages of Sosnovka, Novonikolaevka, Pervomayskoye, and toward Sladkoye. Two more enemy attacks are ongoing.

In the Gulyai-Polye direction, fighting continues in the areas of the settlements of Zelenaya Roshcha and Novouspenovskoye.

In the Orekhovo direction, the Defense Forces repelled an enemy attack towards the village of Primorskoye.

The enemy has not carried out any offensive operations in the Dnieper direction since the beginning of the day.

“There have been no significant changes in the situation in other areas,” the report said.