267 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines over the past 24 hours
On May 25, 267 combat engagements with Russian occupiers were recorded along the front line.
This was reported in a summary by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk direction, where Ukrainian troops repelled 47 assaults.
The situation remains tense along the entire line of contact. Three combat clashes occurred over the past day in the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors.
The occupiers carried out 80 shelling attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units 11 times. Attacks were recorded in the areas of the settlements of Lyman, Hraniv, Starytsia, Hrafske, Radkivka, Okhrimivka, and Kolodyazne.
In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kupiansk, Kivsharivka, Novoosynove, Podoly, and Borivska Andriivka.
The invaders exerted significant pressure on the Lyman direction. Our soldiers repelled 17 attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivka, Novomykhailivka, Dibrova, Drobysheve, Stavy, Yampil, Novovodyane, and Ozerne.
In the Sloviansk direction over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders repelled five attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of the settlements of Kryva Luka, Zakytne, and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled one enemy attack near Minkivka.
Meanwhile, in the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 14 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Ivanopil, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, and toward Mykolaipil. In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy attacked twice in the area of the settlement of Verbove.
The Pokrovsk direction became the epicenter of the fighting.
Ukrainian defenders repelled 47 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakove, Vilne, Kutuzivka, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Novooleksandrivka, Bilytske, Sofiivka, Kucheriiv Yar, Zatyishok, Hryshyne, Serhiivka, Udachne, and Novopavlivka.
High-intensity assaults were also observed in the Huliaipole sector.
Here, the occupiers carried out 24 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Dobropillia, Novozaporizhzhia, Zlagoda, Rybne, Pryluky, Zaliznychne, Olenokostyantynivka, Charivne, Rivnopillia, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove, Verkhnia Tersa, and Vozdvyzhivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attempted to advance six times in the areas of the settlements of Bilohirya, Novoandriivka, and Shcherbaky.
In the Dnipro direction, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled two attacks toward the Antonivsky Bridge. In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of enemy offensive groupings were detected.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1,010 occupiers were eliminated over the past 24 hours. Data on enemy losses is being refined.
Russian troops continue their attempts to disrupt the logistical support of Ukrainian units in the south. The Southern Defense Forces reported that the enemy is attempting to cut off supply routes toward Zaporizhzhia, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv, but these efforts have been unsuccessful. Ukrainian forces are holding their positions and maintaining control of the situation in this sector of the front.
Since the start of the day on May 23, there have been 39 combat engagements on the front.
