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Ukrainian General Staff: the Russian army continues its offensive in the Pokrovsky and Kharkiv directions. Fighting continues
2024-06-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] During the day, the number of clashes increased to 54, 15 of them in the Pokrovsky direction.

by Ivanna Kapustyanska


The enemy continues offensive actions - at this time there were 54 combat clashes. The greatest activity of the enemy is in the Pokrovsky direction and in the Kharkiv region. The units of the Defense Forces are courageously holding back the onslaught of the occupiers and harshly responding to their attempts to advance, according to the summary of the General Staff.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continues to carry out airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and villages from Russian territory, from the direction of Shebekino. Five guided aerial bombs have already been dropped from the enemy's airspace in the region of Okhrimivka and one in Vovchansk. They also hit Veterinarny with unguided air missiles. Two attacks of the invaders towards the village of Liptsi were repulsed. Currently, three clashes are ongoing in the Vovchansk region.

The intensity of the assault actions of the Russian occupiers in the Kupyan direction increased. Seven times, the enemy attacked the positions of our units near Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Stelmakhivka, Cherneshchyna, and Druzhelyubivka. Fighting is currently ongoing in the direction of the last two settlements. The enemy carried out an airstrike by a KAB in the area of ​​the village of Nove.

In the Siverskyi direction, the Russian aggressor continues his efforts to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Verkhnokamyanskyi, Vyimka and Rozdolivka districts. The total number of clashes increased to five. Three attacks were successfully repelled by our soldiers, two, in the direction of Rozdolivka, are still ongoing. The occupiers supported their actions near Verkhnokamyansk by using two guided aerial bombs.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers are using unguided aerial missiles in the areas of the villages of Severnye and Druzhba. Seven attacks, near Ivanivskyi, Klishchiivka and Andriivka, were repulsed by units of the Defense Forces. One battle near White Mountain is still going on.

The enemy is especially active today in the Pokrovsky direction. Compared to the morning, the number of fights has more than doubled. At present, 15 clashes have taken place. Seven of them still continue near Novooleksandrivka, Yevgenivka, Novopokrovsky and Sokol. Near the latter, the enemy is concentrating its efforts - the battle continues in as many as four locations, the occupiers also dropped two aerial bombs. The enemy carried out three more airstrikes in the areas of Zhelany, Karlivka and Novoselivka Persha.

In the Vremivsk direction, with the support of Russian aviation, three combat clashes are taking place in the direction of Urozhainy. Another attack there has already been repelled.

In the rest of the directions, the situation did not undergo significant changes.

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Russian occupation forces advanced near Novopokrovskoye, Arkhangelskoye and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region. DeepState reported this on the evening of Wednesday, June 5.

“The enemy has advanced near Novopokrovskoye, Arkhangelskoye and Krasnogorovka,” the message says.

DeepState has also updated the battle map.

Let us remind you that this evening the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the enemy does not stop attacking along almost the entire front line, concentrating efforts on the Kupyansky and Pokrovsky directions.
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