[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders courageously hold the defense.
The most tense situation remains in the Pokrovsky direction. The invaders are also trying to attack in the Kupyansky and Seversky directions.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information about the Russian invasion as of 17.30 Friday, May 31.
The General Staff reported that the number of clashes along the entire front line had increased to 62.
“The most tense situation remains in the Pokrovsky direction. The invaders are also trying to attack in the Kupyansky and Seversky directions. In addition, Ukrainian settlements are subject to shelling and airstrikes from the territory of the Russian Federation,” the report says.
Russian terrorists continue to fire from their territory along the border region of Sumy and Chernigov regions. Artillery shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation was carried out on the Ukrainian settlements of Shalimovka, Vodolagi and Baryshevka.
In the Khar'kov direction, the enemy has become more active near Liptsy, and fighting continues there.
Enemy troops attacked Neskuchnoye with a guided aerial bomb, two UABs on Yurchenkovo, and Belyi Kolodets was hit by three UABs.
“In the Kupyansk direction, the occupiers increased the number of military clashes to seven. Three attacks by units of the Defense Forces were successfully repulsed. Fighting continues near Petropavlovka and Berestovo, as well as Novoyegorovka with the support of aviation, where two UABs were dropped,” the summary says.
In the Liman direction, the enemy tried to storm Ukrainian positions in the Tern area, but to no avail. The General Staff says that the situation there is under control.
“The Russian occupiers are not giving up attempts to push through our defenses in the Seversky direction. Since the beginning of the day, the Defense Forces have already repelled five attacks here. Three more clashes continue in the areas of Belogorovka, Vyemka and Razdolovka,” the General Staff adds.
In the Kramatorsk direction the enemy is attacking with aviation support. In the Druzhba area, a strike was carried out by 26 unguided aircraft missiles. In total, since the beginning of the day, five military clashes have already occurred in this direction. One is still ongoing near Andreevka.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian invaders are currently carrying out 11 assault operations. In total, since the beginning of the day there have been 22 of them. Our defenders have successfully repulsed half of the enemy attacks. Now battles are underway near Sokol, Nevelskoye, Netailovo and Evgenievka. At the same time, ten strikes Vozdvizhenka and Alexandropol were hit by Russian UABs,” the General Staff reported.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the number of assault actions of the aggressor increased to four, Ukrainian defenders repulsed two attacks, and fighting continues near Novomikhailovka.
In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy attacked three times, but our soldiers repelled all the enemy’s attempts to move forward. The Russians launched a strike with a controlled aerial bomb in the Staromayorsky area.
“In the Orekhovsky direction, to the three previous assault actions of the invaders, another one was added near Novodanilovka. The enemy’s attempt to move forward was not successful. In the Dnieper direction, in the area of the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper, the Russian aggressor is trying to continue active operations near Krynoki. Here, from the beginning of the day, our soldiers Four enemy assaults have already been repelled,” the report further says.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces liquidated 1,390 Russian soldiers over the previous day, May 30. The total loss of personnel of the enemy army during the great war is about 507,650 people killed.