In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Federation carried out 47 offensive actions: General Staff

During the day, 157 combat clashes were recorded on the front. In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy carried out 47 assault and offensive actions, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy carried out 41 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, using 87 guided aerial bombs. In addition, 3,723 strikes by kamikaze drones and 3,373 artillery shells were recorded.

In the Severno-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled four assaults. The enemy also carried out four air strikes, using 12 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 97 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements, including five from multiple launch rocket systems. In the South Slobozhansk direction, five attacks were repelled in the areas of Vovchansk and Kamyanka.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried twelve times to dislodge Ukrainian units from positions near Pishchane, Hlushkivka and Bohuslavka. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.

In the Lymansk direction, the enemy carried out fifteen attacks in the areas of Korovy Yar, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Stavkiv and Novoselivka. Two battles are still ongoing. In the Slavyansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka and Viyimka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped two enemy attempts to advance near Stupochky and Vyrolyubivka. In the Kostyantynivka direction, 24 enemy attempts to break through the Ukrainian defenses were recorded in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Predtechyny, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Berestok, Rusyny Yar and Sofiivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, during the day, the enemy carried out 47 assault and offensive actions in the areas of Shakhovo, Dorozhny, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Zvirovo, Kotlyno, Molodetsky, Udachny, Novopavlivka, Novoekonomichny, Chervony Lyman, Myrnograd, Balagan, Lysivka and Pokrovsk. Currently, fighting is ongoing in three locations.

According to preliminary data, in this direction, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 58 enemies, 39 of them – irretrievably, one – was taken prisoner. Two units of automotive equipment and six drones were destroyed, three artillery systems and one unit of enemy equipment were damaged.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, the defenders repelled 20 attacks in the areas of Myrne, Sichneve, Novoselivka, Ternovo, Sosnivka, Stepovye, Verbovye, Rybne, Pryvillye, Novohrygorivka, Vyshneve and Pryvilnye. Six more battles are ongoing. The enemy also launched an air strike on Pokrovsk.

In the Orikhivka direction, since the beginning of the day, the enemy has conducted six offensive actions near Stepovye, Novodanylivka, Kamyanske and Stepnohirsk. In the Prydniprovka direction, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy assaults in the direction of the Antonivka bridge. Enemy aircraft struck the Olhivka area.