Over the past day, there were 219 combat engagements on the front lines
Over the past 24 hours, 219 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines. According to the General Staff, Russian forces launched two missile strikes using three missiles, carried out 92 airstrikes, and dropped 285 guided bombs. In addition, the occupiers deployed 9,963 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,309 shelling attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, including 44 using multiple launch rocket systems.
At the same time, the Defense Forces’ missile forces and artillery struck three drone command posts, three troop concentration areas, two command posts, and three other key Russian military targets.
Four firefights took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. The Russians carried out three airstrikes, dropped four guided bombs, and conducted 68 shelling attacks, including four using MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhansky sector, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units 12 times in the direction of Hoptivka, Lyman, Izbytske, Kozacha Lopana, Grafske, and Artilne.
In the Lyman sector, 15 attacks were recorded near Zarichne, Novoselivka, and in the direction of Shyikivka, Lyman, Stavky, and Ozerny.
In the Sloviansk sector, the occupiers carried out 27 assaults in the areas of Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Riznykivka, and in the direction of Piskunivka, Mykolaivka, Malynivka, Orikhovatka, and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops carried out six attacks near Chasovyi Yar, Minkivka, Markove, and in the direction of Izhevka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy launched 26 attacks in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and in the direction of Dovha Balka, Vilne, Novopavlivka, Toretsk, and Kuchero Yar.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 26 assaults in the areas of Udachne, Rodynske, Hryshyne, and in the direction of Vasylivka, Novopavlivka, Bilytske, Svitle, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Myrne, and Serhiivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, one attack was recorded in the direction of Ternove.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces carried out 12 attacks in the direction of Vozdvizhivka, Huliaipole, Kosivtseve, and Verkhnia Tersa.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attempts to advance near Mali Shcherbakiv and Stepnogorsk.
In the Kupiansk and Dnipro sectors, the enemy did not conduct any offensive operations, and in the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs of enemy offensive groupings were detected.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning operational summary as of 8:00 a.m. on July 22.
As a reminder, Russian troops attacked 54 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, carrying out 979 strikes. Three people were killed as a result of the enemy shelling, and another 24 residents were wounded.
The Russians struck a residential building in the Kyiv region, injuring five people.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and 11 others were wounded as a result of Russian strikes.
