{"id":1418559,"date":"2026-07-17T08:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/249-battles-took-place-on-the-front-the-general-staff-named-the-hottest-areas\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:12:47","slug":"249-battles-took-place-on-the-front-the-general-staff-named-the-hottest-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/249-battles-took-place-on-the-front-the-general-staff-named-the-hottest-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"249 battles took place on the front: the General Staff named the hottest areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Over the past 24 hours, 249 combat clashes took place on the front. Russian troops continued massive attacks along the entire contact line, using missiles, aircraft, guided bombs, kamikaze drones and thousands of artillery shells. The largest number of attacks was recorded in the Pokrovsky, Slavyansky, Konstantinovsky and Yuzhno-Slobozhansky directions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeneralStaff.ua\/posts\/pfbid02KEC5PztGLNUdxpKPLSFHunPtMhsesRtaQ7GgjHzc1bTQyQdSNrw7xTGExVen8pial?locale=uk_UA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike, used eight missiles, carried out 85 air strikes, dropping 265 guided bombs. In addition, it used 9,920 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,110 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops, including 31 from multiple rocket launchers.<\/p>\n<p> Over the past day, the Defense Forces&#8217; aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck 18 areas of manpower concentration and two other important enemy targets.<\/p>\n<p> In the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions over the past day, the invaders carried out one airstrike, dropping two guided bombs, and carried out 65 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements, including one using a multiple launch rocket system.<\/p>\n<p> In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units 19 times in the area of the settlement of Starytsia and towards the settlements of Izbitske, Kutkivka, Khatnie, Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Radkivka, Vilcha, and Bereznyki.<\/p>\n<p> In the Kupyansk direction today, the enemy carried out three assaults on Defense Forces positions in the Kolisnykivka area and towards the settlements of Kupyansk-Vuzlovy and Novoplatonivka.<\/p>\n<p> In the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to penetrate our defenses ten times, attacking in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Novomykhailivka and towards the settlements of Lyman, Dibrova, and Ozerne.<\/p>\n<p> In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy stormed 23 times towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Pyskunivka, Mykolaivka, and in the areas of Riznykivka and Zakytne.<\/p>\n<p> In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian invaders carried out one attack towards Tikhonivka.<\/p>\n<p> In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 20 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka, Ivano-Pil&#8217;ya, Stepanivka and towards Dovha Balka.<\/p>\n<p> In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 37 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhne, Hryshyne, Novopidhorodne, Rodynske, Vasylivka, Kotlyne and towards the settlements of Vilne, Novy Donbas, Myrne, Serhiivka, Kucheriv Yar.<\/p>\n<p> In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked twice towards Vorony.<\/p>\n<p> In the Hulyaipil direction, the invaders carried out 17 attacks towards the settlements of Kosivtsevo, Verkhnia Tersa, Tsvitkove, Charivne, Girke, and Vozdvizhivka.<\/p>\n<p> In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our defenders ten times in the areas of Bilogirye, Shcherbaky, Maly Shcherbaky, and towards Novoandreyevka and Prymorske.<\/p>\n<p> The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.<\/p>\n<p> No signs of enemy offensive formations have been detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions. Ukrainian defenders continue the systematic destruction of the enemy, providing effective resistance on all sections of the front.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past 24 hours, 249 combat clashes took place on the front. Russian troops continued massive attacks along the entire contact line, using missiles, aircraft, guided bombs, kamikaze drones and thousands of artillery shells. The largest number of attacks was recorded in the Pokrovsky, Slavyansky, Konstantinovsky and Yuzhno-Slobozhansky directions. 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