In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops tried to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 39 times: General Staff

During the day, 192 combat clashes were recorded at the front. In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian army tried to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 39 times, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian forces launched a massive missile-air strike, launching 53 missiles and carrying out 40 airstrikes, during which 77 guided aerial bombs were dropped. In addition, the occupiers used 1,862 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,983 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.

On the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian forces repelled seven enemy assaults, another combat clash is ongoing. The enemy also carried out three air strikes, dropping seven guided bombs, and launched 123 attacks, including five from multiple rocket launchers.

In the South-Slobozhansk direction, the enemy tried 29 times to storm the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Vovchanskyi Khutori, Odradny, Bologhivka, Kutkivka, Krasny Pershy, Kamianka, and Zapadny. Six battles are ongoing.

In the area of ​​Kupyansk and Petropavlivka, the aggressor carried out offensive actions, however, Ukrainian soldiers repelled six attacks; one clash is still ongoing. In the Lymansky direction, Russian troops attacked the positions of the Defense Forces nine times near Seredny, Novoselyvka, Karpivka, Torsky, as well as in the directions of Cherneshchyna and Drobyshevy. One battle continues.

On the Siverskyi direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine assaults — the enemy tried to advance near Yampol, Hryhorivka, Vyimka, and Fedorivka. One clash continues. In the areas of Chasovoy Yar and Stupochky in the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian troops tried 15 times to advance on the positions of Ukrainian forces in the Oleksandro-Kalynovoy, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbinivka, Rusyny Yar and Poltavka areas. Twelve attacks have been stopped, three more battles are ongoing.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, 39 attempts of the enemy to advance were recorded in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Sukhetsky, Zvirovo, Nikanorivka, Zoloty Kolodyaz, Rodinsky, Chervony Lyman, Myrolyubivka, Novoeconomy, Kozatsky, Lysivka, Kotlyny, Udachny, Molodetsky, as well as in the Pokrovsk and Filia directions. Five combat clashes are ongoing.

According to preliminary information, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 133 occupiers in this direction, 83 of them irreversibly. One tank, two armored combat vehicles, two units of automobile equipment, four drones and two units of special equipment were also eliminated. Two control points of unmanned aerial vehicles, two units of special equipment and one enemy gun were damaged.

On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the enemy tried 39 times to break through the defense of the Defense Forces in the areas of Myrny, Piddubny, Novoselivka, Sichnevy, Novoyehorivka, Ternovy, Sosnivka, Komyshuvakha, Vorony, Maliivka, Berezovy, Kalinivskyi, Novomykolaivka, and Novogrigorivka. Battles continue at seven points.

In the Gulyaipil direction, four combat clashes were recorded near Poltavka, and the settlement of Zaliznychne was hit by an airstrike. Five battles took place in the Orykhiv direction — the enemy tried to advance near Stepovoy and Plavny and carried out an air strike in the Zaporozhye region.

In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian troops repelled two enemy assaults in the direction of the Antonivsky Bridge, the settlement of Antonivka was under air strikes.