There were 100 clashes on the front lines over the past 24 hours; the heaviest fighting is taking place near Pokrovsk
Over the past 24 hours, 100 combat engagements were recorded along the front line, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk direction, where Russian troops carried out dozens of attacks. The occupiers are actively using aircraft, drones, and artillery in an attempt to apply pressure across several sections of the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
The agency notes that since the start of the day, the Russian army has carried out one missile strike using 23 missiles, 56 airstrikes, and dropped 162 guided bombs, as well as deployed over 6,400 kamikaze drones and carried out more than 2,500 shelling attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas.
Four clashes occurred in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions, with the enemy also actively shelling the territories, particularly using multiple launch rocket systems. Three assaults were recorded in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, and some of the fighting is ongoing. In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled three enemy attacks, while no active offensive operations were reported in the Lyman and Sloviansk directions. In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defenses twice, but without success.
The heaviest fighting continues in the Kostiantynivka sector, where Ukrainian forces repelled 11 assaults, and another engagement is ongoing. In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian troops carried out 26 attacks in the areas of several settlements, including Pokrovsk, Rodynske, and Udachne, with some fighting still ongoing.
The General Staff also reported on enemy losses in this sector: “Today, 65 occupiers were eliminated and 21 wounded; infantry shelters, equipment, and communications systems were destroyed, as well as a significant number of drones of various types.”
The enemy also attempted to advance on other sections of the front: three attacks were recorded in the Oleksandrivka sector, nine assaults with ongoing fighting in the Huliaipole sector, and in the Orikhiv sector, the enemy limited itself to airstrikes.
In the Dnipro direction, Russian units carried out three unsuccessful assaults, attempting to advance in the area of the Antonivsky Bridge and Bilohrudy Island. The General Staff emphasizes that the situation on the front remains tense, and the enemy continues intensive attempts to break through the defenses.
Additionally, units of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 16 military facilities of the Russian invaders, including bases housing Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems, air defense assets, and an oil refinery in Tuapse on Russian territory.
A major fire continues in the Russian city of Tuapse following a strike on an oil depot in the port.
