Frontline situation: 91 combat clashes per day, Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka directions remain the hottest spots

Frontline situation: 91 combat clashes per day, Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka directions remain the hottest spots

In total, since the beginning of this day, 91 combat engagements have occurred. Russia employed 4,767 kamikaze drones for strikes and carried out 840 shellings of populated areas and positions of our troops.

This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On the Northern Slobozhanskyi and Kursk axes, the enemy carried out 15 shellings of our troops’ positions and populated areas today. One combat engagement was recorded.

On the Southern Slobozhanskyi axis, the enemy attacked positions of our units 10 times in the areas of Synelnykove, Staritsia, Izbitske, Vovchansk, and Lyman. One assault action is ongoing.

On the Kupyansk axis, the enemy attacked three times in the area of Petropavlivka, Podoly, and toward Zahryzove. One enemy attack is ongoing.

On the Lyman axis, Ukrainian warriors repelled five assaults by the occupiers toward Lyman.

On the Slovyansk direction, the enemy five times tried to advance toward Rai-Oleksandrivka, Ozernyi, Kalenyk, and Riznykivka.

On the Kramatorsk axis, the occupiers attacked once toward Markove.

On the Kostyantynivka axis, the occupiers today stormed the positions of our defenders 14 times in the areas of the populated areas of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Novopavlivka, Kucheriv Yar, and Sofiivka.

On the Pokrovsk axis, the enemy conducted 22 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the populated areas of Bilotske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Zatyshok, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Molodetske, Muravka, Novopavlivka.

According to preliminary calculations, today on this axis, 55 occupiers were eliminated and 15 were wounded; eight units of automotive equipment were destroyed; 15 shelters, a gun, and five units of automotive equipment were damaged. 214 UAVs of various types were destroyed or suppressed.

On the Orikhiv axis, the occupiers attacked five times in the areas of Oleksandrohrad and toward Andriivka-Klevtsove, Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Kalynivske, Verkhove. 

On the Huliaipole direction, 12 attacks by occupiers were recorded in the areas of Zаliznychne, Varvarivka, Huliaipole, Stara Ukrainka, and Myrnyi. One assault action is ongoing.

On the Orikhiv axis, the enemy did not conduct assault actions.

On the Dniprovskyi axis, no attempts by the enemy to improve its positions were recorded.

On other axes, there have been no significant changes in the situation.

Since the ceasefire began, there have been no missile, air strikes, or kamikaze drone strikes (Shahed/Gerbera type), but at the same time, the enemy carried out 1,355 artillery shellings of our troops’ positions; conducted 115 assault actions; inflicted 6,226 kamikaze drone strikes (of which: Italmas, Lancet, Molniya type - 1,677; FPV drones - 4,549).

In total, since the ceasefire regime was announced, 7,696 violations by the enemy have been recorded.

"The RF, overall, adheres to the ceasefire regime it announced, but at the same time continues combat operations on individual axes, including using FPV drones and kamikaze drones of the Italmas, Lancet, Molniya type. The Defence Forces of Ukraine continue to carry out assigned tasks, adhere to the ceasefire regime, but at the same time respond to the enemy’s actions with return fire," - the General Staff noted.