There were 208 clashes on the front lines: the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors are among the hottest
A total of 208 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines. Nearly a quarter of them occurred in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
“In total, 208 combat engagements have taken place since the start of this day. The enemy carried out 71 airstrikes and dropped 233 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 4,704 kamikaze drones and carried out 1,250 shelling attacks on populated areas and our troops’ positions,” the report states.
According to the General Staff, two enemy assaults have been recorded in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors since the start of the day. The enemy carried out 6 airstrikes using 15 guided bombs and conducted 120 shelling attacks on our troops’ positions and populated areas, 12 of which involved the use of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Over the past 24 hours, in the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy launched 12 assaults on the positions of our units near the settlements of Ternova, Rubizhne, Mala Vovcha, Radkivka, and near Lyman, Vilchi, and Starytsia; three more clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy assault in the area of Kivsharivka.
In the Lyman sector, our defenders successfully repelled six attempts by the invaders to advance toward Shyikivka, Lyman, and the areas of Novoiehorivka and Novoselivka.
In the Sloviansk sector, the Defense Forces halted two attempts by the invaders to advance near Kryva Luka.
Two enemy assaults were recorded in the Kramatorsk sector, in the areas of Yurkivka and Fedorivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the Defense Forces repelled 22 enemy attacks in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Dovha Balka, Rozkishne, Toretsk, as well as in the directions of Mykolaypillya, Pavlivka, Novohryhorivka, and Kuchero’s Yar.
A total of 27 attacks were repelled in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas around the settlements of Kucheryv Yar, Vilne, Nove Shakhove, Toretsk, Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Dorozhne, Dobropillia, Pokrovsk, Serhiivka, Udachne, and Molodetsk.
According to preliminary estimates, 57 invaders were killed and 12 wounded here today; seven vehicles, four pieces of specialized equipment, a drone control center, an ammunition depot, and 39 enemy shelters were destroyed. Seven vehicles, two artillery systems, a drone control center, and 99 enemy shelters were damaged. A total of 171 drones of various types were destroyed or neutralized.
Our defenders repelled two attacks by the occupiers in the Oleksandrivka sector, toward Berezove.
Three attacks by the occupiers were recorded in the Huliaipole sector, toward Vozdvizhivka, Novoselivka, and in the vicinity of the town of Dobropillia.
There were no enemy assaults in the Orikhiv and Dnipro sectors.
In other sectors, there were no significant changes in the situation.
This was reported on Facebook, citing operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 10:00 p.m. on September 16, 2026.
The Pokrovsk sector remains the hottest: 38 attacks were repelled.
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