156 combat engagements on the frontline over the past day, – General Staff update
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian frontline has experienced 156 combat engagements, with the most brutal action centered around the Pokrovsk direction.
In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian defense forces repelled eight enemy assaults near Tykhe and Vovchansk.
The Kupyansk front saw eight combat clashes occurred around Stepova Novoselivka, Kolesnykivka, Berestove, Stelmakhivka, and Andriivka.
The Lyman sector dealt with 14 enemy attacks near Makiyivka, Nevske, and Novosergiyivka.
On the Siversk front, Ukrainian defenders fended off four enemy assaults near Verkhnokamyanske, Ivano-Dariivka, and Vyiimka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, ten battles took place in the areas of Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Bohdanivka, and Andriivka.
Fighting intesified in the Toretsk area where 26 combat engagements were reported near Pivnichne, New York, Toretsk, and Zalizne.
Pokovsk saw the most inense fighting as Ukrainian forces repelled 55 enemy assaults around Vozdvyzhenka, Zhelanne, Serhiivka, Panteleimonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Ivanivka, Lysychne, Tymofiivka, Karlivka, Kalynove, and Hrodivka.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian defense forces stopped 13 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Zhelanne, Karlivka, Heorhiivka, and Paraskoviivka, where the enemy attempted to break through Ukrainian defenses.
On the Vremiivka front, Russian forces conducted 12 assaults near Velyka Novosilka and Vodyane.
In the Dnipro sector, six enemy assaults on the left bank of the Dnipro River were unsuccessful.
The situation remains largely unchanged on Huliaipole and Orikhiv fronts.
No signs of enemy offensive group formations were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.
Along the borders with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducting mortar and artillery shelling of Ukrainian communities from Russian territory and keeps laying mine fields.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy in both manpower and equipment, frustrating their attacks.
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