Enemy focuses main efforts on Pokrovsk and Kursk directions - General Staff
Ukraine's defense forces continue to hold back the onslaught of the occupation forces. The situation in the Pokrovsk and Kursk directions remains tense, with the enemy concentrating its main offensive efforts there. So far, 123 combat engagements have taken place.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Facebook page of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian shelling of Ukraine
Today, the terrorist state launched one missile and 68 air strikes, using two missiles and 97 guided bombs. In addition, the invaders used 812 kamikaze drones and fired 3956 times at the positions of our troops and settlements.
Situation in Kharkiv region
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked twice in the area of Vovchansk and was repelled.
Eight times the enemy tried to advance on our positions in the Kupiansk direction near Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Zahryzove.
Hostilities in the East
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian troops repelled seven Russian attacks in the vicinity of Myrne, Kolodiazi and Hrekivka.
Ukrainian troops repelled nine enemy assaults in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Bilohorivka and Ivano-Darivka in the Siversk direction.
In the Toretsk direction, our troops repelled 17 enemy attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Leonidivka, Druzhba and Ozarianivka, 13 attacks were repelled by the Defense Forces, and four more are ongoing. Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka and Druzhkivka were subjected to air strikes by GABs.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the aggressor attacked our positions 42 times in the areas of Vodiane Druhe, Yelyzavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Dachanske, Novoukrainka, Shevchenko, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Nadiivka and Andriivka. Six firefights are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, today the occupiers lost 217 attackers in killed and wounded in the Pokrovsk direction. Our troops destroyed a mortar, a cannon, four vehicles, a UAV control antenna and four motorcycles of the occupants. Ukrainian defenders also significantly damaged an enemy mortar and a cannon.
The situation in the South
In the Novopavlivka direction, our defenders repelled ten enemy attacks. The enemy tried to break through near the settlements of Kostiantynopil, Rozlyv and Burlatske.
In the Huliaipole direction, our defenders repelled four attacks in the areas of Pryvilne and Novodarivka, and fighting continues in four locations. Shevchenko and Zaliznychne were hit by air strikes.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders successfully repelled three attacks in the vicinity of Piatikhatky, Kamianske and in the direction of Novoandriivka, three more combat engagements are still ongoing.
Kursk direction
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct operations in the Kursk region, where our troops repelled five enemy attacks today, nine firefights are still ongoing, and the Russian invaders launched six air strikes using seven guided aerial bombs and carried out 239 artillery attacks.
The enemy did not conduct any active offensives in the Kramatorsk and Prydniprovske directions.
