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Over the past 24 hours, 215 combat engagements were recorded on the front line

Over the past 24 hours, 215 combat engagements were recorded on the front line

19 March 2026, 09:14

Over the past 24 hours, 215 combat engagements were recorded on the front line — The city destroyed by the Russians. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Since the start of the day, there have been 215 combat engagements on the front line. Russian forces have carried out dozens of air strikes and thousands of artillery attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas.

The enemy carried out 45 air strikes and dropped 148 guided bombs. It also deployed 2,809 kamikaze drones and fired 2,263 rounds at Ukrainian military positions and populated areas.

Five clashes took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. The enemy carried out two air strikes, dropped two aerial bombs and carried out 83 shelling attacks, six of which involved the use of multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi sector, 11 attacks were recorded against the settlements of Veterinarne, Zelenе, Prylipka, Starytsia, Vovchanski Khutory, Chuhunivka, Okhrimivka and Bochkove. Two firefights are ongoing.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy launched 10 attacks in the directions of Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Kurylivka and Novoplatonivka.

In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 12 attacks in the areas of Lyman, Drobysheve, Stavky, Dibrova, as well as near Novovodyane and Novoyegorivka.

In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy attempted to advance seven times in the areas of Yampil, Platonivka, and in the direction of Riznykivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, six clashes were recorded in the areas of Holubivka, Pryvillia, Minkivka and towards Malynivka; three of them are ongoing.

In the Kostyantynivka sector, the occupiers carried out 31 assaults in the areas of Pleshchiivka, Ivanopil, Stepanivka, Rusyno Yar, Sofiivka, as well as in the directions of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka and Novopavlivka. One clash is ongoing.

In the Pokrovsk direction, 49 attacks took place. Fighting continued in the areas of Toretsk, Rodynsk, Zatyshko, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Kotlyne, Molodetsk, Novomykolaivka, Filiya, and in the directions of Kuchero-Yar, Novooleksandrivka, Vilne, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Muravka, Novopidhorodne and Novopavlivka. Five clashes are ongoing.

According to preliminary estimates, 164 occupiers have been eliminated and 29 wounded in this sector. An artillery system, three vehicles, a motorcycle, seven pieces of specialist equipment and personnel shelters have been destroyed. An artillery system, two vehicles and eight shelters have been damaged. A further 107 drones of various types were destroyed or neutralised.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, four attacks were recorded in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Stepove and Rybne. Ivanivka and Pokrovske were subjected to air strikes.

In the Huliaipole sector, 13 attacks took place in the areas of Huliaipole and Myrne, as well as in the directions of Zaliznychne, Dobropillia and Staroukrainka. Air strikes were carried out on Vozdvizhivka, Novoselivka, Huliaipole, Kopani, Liubytske and Zalivne.

In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian units repelled five attacks near Stepove, Shcherbakiv and in the direction of Novodanilivka. Veselyanka and Bilenke were subjected to air strikes.

In the Dnipro sector, the enemy did not conduct any offensive operations.

No significant changes were recorded in other sectors.

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