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UkrainePublished: 13 July 2026 at 08:37

257 combat engagements recorded on frontline in past day; heaviest pressure on Pokrovsk and Sloviansk axes

In the past 24 hours, 257 combat engagements occurred on the frontline, with the highest activity on the Pokrovsk and Sloviansk directions, totaling 87 attacks.

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The Ukrainian General Staff reports 257 combat clashes over the past day. The enemy applied the heaviest pressure on the Sloviansk, Pokrovsk, and Kostiantynivka axes, where 87 combat actions took place.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, three clashes occurred; the aggressor conducted five airstrikes, dropped 13 aerial bombs, and shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 96 times, including five with multiple launch rocket systems. In the South-Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked 13 times near Starytsia, Vovchansk, and toward Hoptivka, Karaichne, Lyman, Grafske, Mala Vovcha, and Odradne. In the Kupiansk direction, three attacks targeted Kupiansk and Novoplatonivka. In the Lyman direction, 18 attempts to breach defenses were made near Novyi Myr, Stepove, Drobysheve, Ozerne, Lyman, Dibrova, Stavky, Novoselivka, and Novomykhailivka.

In the Sloviansk direction, 25 assaults occurred toward Rai-Oleksandrivka, Pyskunivka, and areas near Zakitne, Kryva Luka, and Reznykivka. In the Kramatorsk direction, three attacks happened near Nykyforivka and toward Malynivka. In the Kostiantynivka direction, 24 attacks were recorded near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, and toward Dovha Balka, Stepanivka, Vilne, and Kucheriv Yar. In the Pokrovsk direction, defenders repelled 38 assault actions near Rodynske, Hryshyne, Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and toward Dorozhnie, Serhiivka, Nove Shakhove, Myrne, and Novopavlivka. In the Oleksandrivka direction, two attacks occurred toward Vorone and Oleksandrohrad.

In the Huliaipole direction, 16 attacks were made toward Vozdvyzhivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Staroukrainka, Huliaipilske, Tsvitkove, Varvarivka, and Charivne. In the Orikhiv direction, two attempts to advance near Bilohiria and Luhivske were stopped. In the Dnipro direction, no offensive actions occurred. In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of offensive groupings were detected.

Russian losses for the day: 1,600 personnel, 5 tanks, 3 armored vehicles, 58 artillery systems, 1 multiple launch rocket system, 4 air defense systems, 7 missiles, 11 ground robotic complexes, 1,734 drones, 494 vehicles, and 5 units of special equipment.

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