Ukrainian forces engaged in 144 combat clashes with Russian invaders over the past 24 hours.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in an operational update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
According to the update, yesterday the enemy launched 90 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropped 144 guided aerial bombs, and deployed 2,492 kamikaze drones. The enemy also conducted 5,291 artillery attacks, including 114 strikes from multiple launch rocket systems.
Airstrikes were carried out in areas including Novopil in the Donetsk region, as well as Novodarivka, Vysoke, Huliaipole, and Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
During the past day, Ukraine’s missile forces and artillery struck 12 areas where enemy personnel, weapons, and equipment were concentrated, as well as three command posts, one air defense asset, five rocket and artillery systems, and two other key targets belonging to the Russian invaders.
On the Kharkiv axis, the enemy made six unsuccessful attempts to advance near Vovchansk, Kamianka, and toward Mala Shapkivka.
On the Kupiansk axis, there were four enemy attacks near Kindrashivka, Zahryzove, and Nova Kruhliakivka, all repelled by Ukrainian forces.
On the Lyman axis, Russian forces made 17 attempts to push forward near Ridkodub, Hrekivka, and Zelena Dolyna, toward Novoserhiivka, Olhivka, Novyi Myr, and within the Serebrianskyi Forest.
On the Siversk axis, Ukrainian forces repelled two attacks near Bilohorivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, the enemy launched three assaults near Chasiv Yar and in the direction of Predtechyne.
On the Toretsk axis, Russian troops carried out 16 attacks near Dyliivka, Druzhba, and Toretsk.
On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled 54 enemy assaults near the settlements of Yablunivka, Zoria, Shevchenko Pershe, Nova Poltavka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Troitske, Promin, Kotliarivka, Andriivka, and in the directions of Popovyi Yar and Novomykolaivka.
On the Novopavlivka axis, Ukrainian forces repelled 19 enemy attacks near Bahatyr, Odradne, Shevchenko, Vesele, Rivnopil, Novopil, Zelene Pole, and Vilne Pole.
On the Huliaipole axis, Russian troops made three unsuccessful attempts to advance near Vysoke.
On the Orikhiv axis, four attacks were repelled near Shcherbaky, Stepove, and toward Pavlivka.
On the Dnipro River axis, enemy units attempted to advance once, but were unsuccessful.
On the Kursk axis, Ukrainian troops repelled five assaults over the past day. The enemy also launched 17 airstrikes using 34 guided aerial bombs and conducted 191 shelling attacks, nine of which were from MLRS.
On the Volyn and Polissia axes, there were no signs of enemy offensive group formation.
Source: War update: 144 combat clashes on front lines in past day
