Over 200 clashes recorded along frontline in a day, 38 attacks in Pokrovsk direction

Ukraine's General Staff, in a report issued at 22:00 Kyiv time, stated that 209 combat engagements had taken place along the front since the beginning of the day. The largest number of attacks — 38 — occurred in the Pokrovsk direction, where Russian forces attempted to advance toward several settlements, including Dorozhnie, Nykanorivka, Bilytske, Novyi Donbas and Dobropillia.

Situation across directions

In the Northern and Southern Slobozhanske directions, the enemy carried out one air strike using three guided aerial bombs, five assault actions, and 18 shelling attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements. In the Southern Slobozhanske direction, nine attacks were recorded toward several villages, two of which were ongoing.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy made six attempts to improve its positions, with one assault continuing. In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven attempts to advance, with fighting still underway near Novoselivka and Lyman.

In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian forces stopped an enemy attempt to advance near Ozerne, while in the Kramatorsk direction Russian troops carried out assault actions toward Yurkivka. In the Kostiantynivka direction, defenders repelled 14 enemy assaults, one of which was still ongoing.

In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian troops repelled four attacks, while in the Orikhiv direction defenders stopped one attempt to advance near Pavlivka.