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Russian Army Focused on Three Directions - Ukrainian General Staff
2025-05-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The ZSU is holding back the Russian offensive in the south and east of Ukraine.

The enemy organized most of the assaults in the Pokrovsk direction. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already repelled 20 attacks.


Since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, 83 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Wednesday, May 14.

Thus, in the Kharkov direction, an enemy attack in the Vovchansk area was repelled. Another battle is currently ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling an assault near Glushkovka.

In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out 16 attacks near Novaya Kruglyakovka, Lozovaya, Novoegorovka, Grekovka, Kolodyazev, Yampolivka and in the direction of Grigorovka. Two of them are still ongoing.

In the Seversky direction, two enemy attacks near Belogorovka were successfully repelled.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers tried to advance forward seven times in the area of ​​Chasovy Yar, Grigorovka, Belaya Gora and Kurdyumovka. Two clashes are ongoing.

In the Toretsk direction, 15 assaults were stopped. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Toretsk, Krymskoye and Dilievka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians organized 22 assaults near the settlements of Staraya Nikolaevka, Elizavetovka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Zvirove, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka and Andreyevka. The defense forces repelled 20 enemy attacks, two more clashes are ongoing.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defenses in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Novopol and Volnoye Pole eight times. Four combat clashes are ongoing.

In the Orekhov direction, our defenders repelled two enemy assaults in the Stepovoye area.

In the Dnieper direction, the invaders tried to attack once and were rebuffed.

Three armed clashes took place in the Kursk direction , two of which are ongoing.

Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on May 13, Russia lost more than 1,200 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is rapidly approaching 1 million people since the beginning of the great war.

Posted by:badanov

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