[LB] During the day, 86 skirmishes took place at the front.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The enemy continues active actions in most directions, trying to break through the defense of the Ukrainian troops. 86 military clashes took place during the current day.
Most of them are in the defense lines of our units in the Pokrovsky, Kharkiv, Siversky and Kramatorsk directions. The defense forces of Ukraine are restraining the onslaught and resolutely repulsing the enemy's actions, according to the General Staff report.
12 combat clashes took place in the Kharkiv direction since the beginning of the day. Fighting continues in the Vovchansk and Staritsa districts. Russian aviation dropped guided aerial bombs on Vovchansk, Liptsi, and three at once on Bely Kolodyaz.
The situation remains under the control of Ukrainian units, our soldiers inflict fire damage on the enemy.
The total losses of the enemy in this direction are already 71 people and 14 units of weapons and military equipment. Among other things, the Russian BM-21 "Grad" anti-aircraft missile system was damaged.
In the Kupyan direction, the Russian invaders attacked our defensive lines nine times. Fighting continues in the areas of Sinkivka and Ivanivka settlements.
On the Siverskyi direction, the hostilities in the area of ​​Belogorivka are not abating.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the number of combat clashes of the current day has increased to ten. Ukrainian soldiers continue to repulse the enemy assault in the area of ​​the settlement of Klishchiivka. The enemy has no success.
In the Pokrovsky direction, battles are taking place in the directions of the settlements of Kalinove, Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Umanske, as well as Progress. In total, the enemy tried to improve the tactical position 33 times. Ukrainian defenders respond harshly to the Russian occupiers.
At this time, the enemy lost here a total of 47 Russian invaders and 14 units of weapons and military equipment. In particular, the "Kub" air defense system and the MT-LB were destroyed, one tank and one heavy TOS-1 flamethrower system of the Russians were damaged. The sixth, and also unsuccessful, attempt of the invaders to advance in the direction of the village of Staromayorske was repulsed by our defenders in the direction of Vremivsk.
In the Dnieper direction, Russian terrorists launched air strikes in the Novoberyslav and Vesely districts, dropping three anti-aircraft missiles on each.
The rest of the directions do not have significant changes in the situation.
Since the beginning of the day, Air Force aviation, army aviation, and units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have hit a total of 16 areas of concentration of personnel of the Russian occupiers, two radar stations and one artillery system of the enemy.
Ukrainian soldiers keep the enemy under strict fire control. The command takes the necessary measures to allocate means of fire destruction.
Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces informed that the enemy's assault actions intensified in the Kharkiv direction. In the Pokrovsky direction, the situation remains tense, but under the control of Ukrainian defenders.