General Staff update: 94 clashes since dawn on the frontlines
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
The situation on the frontlines remains intense and fluid. On Friday, July 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have faced at least 94 combat engagements.
The border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv are under systematic artillery and MLRS fire. The bombardments targeted theborder communities, including Buchki, Leonivka, Yeline, Pozhnya, Seredyna-Buda, Popivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Velyka Pysarivka, and Myropilske. The enemy also launched unguided rockets in the Oleksandrivka area of Chernihiv.
Kharkiv is facing relentless aerial bombardment. Russian troops attacked the region with 12 guided bombs, targeting Starytsia, Lyptsi, Mali Prokhody, and Vovchansk.
The Kharkiv front saw 8 Russian attempts to break Ukrainian defensive lines near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, and Starytsia. Fighting continues near Starytsia, with Ukrainian troops holding their ground.
The Kupiansk front is heating up after the enemy launched four attacks on Ukrainian positions near Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, Berestove, and Novoselivka, and used guided bombs in the attack on Kupiansk. Two combat clashes are ongoing.
At Lyman, the Russian army used aviation to back up ten attacks on Ukrainian positions near Makiivka, Nevske, Torske, and Terny. Four attacks were foiled, while six battles continue.
On the Siversk front, Ukrainian defenders are currently repelling three enemy attacks near Rozdolivka and Vyiimka. The situation remains under control.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russian army launched nine assaults on Ukrainian positions near Chasiv Yar, Andriivka, and Ivanivske, with two attacks ongoing. Enemy aviation struck Chasiv Yar.
Things are escalating on the Toretsk front. Russian troops launched 12 enemy attacks, focusing their efforts near Pivnichne, Zalizne, and New York. Ukrainian forces repelled nine attacks, with three engagements ongoing.
The situation at Pokrovsk remains the most challenging with 29 clashes reported on Friday. Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles near Oleksandropil, Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Sokol, Progres, Lozuvatske, Novooleksandrivka, Karlivka, and Yasnobrodivka. Ukrainian forces repelled 20 attacks, with nine battles continuing.
In the Kurakhove area, clashes continue near Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka, and Kostiantynivka. Thirteen enemy attacks were repelled today.
On the Vremivka front, Ukrainian forces repelled an attack near Vodyane, with two battles ongoing near Urozhaine.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian units repelled three Russian assaults, with the occupiers failing near Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine ‘maintain control’ over the situation on all the fronts.
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