There were 98 battles at the front – General Staff

Since the start of the day, 98 combat clashes have occurred on the front, according to the General Staff’s construction report .

The enemy launched artillery shelling from Russian territory in the areas of the settlements of Senkovka and Yasna Polyana in the Chernihiv region; and Bachevsk, Belaya Bereza, and Bobylovka in the Sumy region.

In the Severo-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy attacked Defense Force positions seven times, and fighting continues. The enemy also launched five airstrikes, using 14 guided bombs, and carried out 104 attacks, two of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

Seven armed clashes occurred in the South Slobozhansky direction. The enemy attacked the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Odradnoye, and Zapadnoye.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to advance toward our positions in the Kupyansk and Petropavlovka areas three times during the day. Defense forces successfully repelled two attacks, and another clash is ongoing.

In the Liman area, Ukrainian defenders repelled five offensives by the invading army in the areas of the settlements of Kolodets, Novoselivka, Torskoye, and Shandrigolovo; three clashes are still ongoing.

In the Seversky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two enemy attacks. Infidel units attempted to advance near Yampol.

In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled one enemy attack in the area of Kostyantynivka.

In the Toretsk direction, the invaders advanced eight times on our units’ positions near Aleksandro-Shultino, Shcherbinovka, Kleban-Byk, Rusiny Yar, Yablonovka, and Poltavka. The defense forces successfully stopped all attempts by the invaders to advance.

During the day, the enemy attempted to advance toward our positions 38 times in the Pokrovsk direction near the settlements of Vladimirovka, Nikanorovka, Novoye Shakhovo, Zolotoy Kolodets, Novoekonomicheskoye, Mirolyubovka, Rodinskoye, Nikolaevka, Luch, Lisovka, Zverevo, Kotlino, Udachnoye Naselenie, and Molodetsko Filial. Two clashes are ongoing.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the aggressor launched 18 attacks near the settlements of Poddubnoye, Yanvarskoye, Kamyshevakha, Novonikolayevka, and Novoivanovka. Four clashes are ongoing.

At present, the enemy has not carried out any offensive operations in the Orekhov and Dnieper directions.

In the Hulyay-Polye direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks near the village of Poltavka. One attempt by the enemy to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units failed, and two more clashes are still ongoing.

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