Russian troops stepping up offensive at Pokrovsk,- Ukraine’s General Staff
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
July 10 saw intense combat on the fronl lines as Ukrainian forces repelled 42 enemy attacks in the Pokrovske direction, according to the latest update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A total of 146 engagements were recorded across various fronts.
At Kharkiv, nine confrontations took place near Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
Kupyansk sector saw Ukrainian troops fend off ten attacks near Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, and Berestove.
At Lyman, the enemy launched 14 assaults around Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, and Terny.
At Siversk, Ukrainian troops repelled 17 enemy attempts near Verkhnokamyanske, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Rozdolivka, and Vyimka.
The Kramatorsk frontline saw six attacks thwarted in the regions of Hryhorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, and Klishchiivka.
The situation remains serious at Toretsk where 24 attacks were turned back near Pivnichne, New York, Toretsk, and Deliivka.
The action is escalating in the Pokrovsk sector after 42 enemy assaults were crushed near Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Progress, Kalynove, Lozuvatske, Novoselivka Persha, Yurivka, Yevhenivka, and Karlivka where the enemy used air support, with the fiercest fighting going near Novooleksandrivka.
At Kurakhove, twelve enemy attempts to break through were repelled near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Paraskoviivka, Dalnie, Nevske, and Kostyantynivka.
At Vremivka, seven enemy assaults were thwarted near Vodiane, Kostyantynivka, Urozhayne, and Makarivka.
The enemy’s efforts to advance in Hulyaipole got nowhere, too.
At Orikhiv, two combat engagements saw the enemy bogged down near Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne.
At Prydniprovske, the enemy’s attempts to dislodge our forces from their positions along the left bank of the Dnipro near Krynyky were unsuccessful.
No serious changes were observed at tha Volyn and Pollisya sectors – they see no signs of enemy offensive group formations
The enemy continues to maintain a presence along the borders with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, engaging in artillery shelling of settlements and planting minefields along the border.
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