The heaviest fighting has been reported in the Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka sectors

Stanislav Sereda
Stanislav Sereda Journalist
The heaviest fighting has been reported in the Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka sectors
Self-propelled artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photo: General Staff
Over the past 24 hours, there have been 107 combat engagements along the front line. The heaviest fighting took place in eastern and south-eastern Ukraine.

The 1,510th day of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Defence forces continue to repel the enemy’s attempts to advance deeper into the territory and are inflicting losses in personnel and equipment.

Over the past 24 hours, 107 combat engagements were recorded. The enemy deployed 7,702 kamikaze drones and carried out 1,202 attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, 20 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

The highest number of assaults took place in the Pokrovsk direction, where Ukrainian forces repelled 28 attacks in the areas of Bilytske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Zatyshko, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Molodetske, Muravka and Novopavlivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, 15 attacks were recorded near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Novopavlivka, Kuchero-Yar and Sofiivka.

In the Huliaipole sector, 12 attacks took place in the areas of Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Huliaipole, Staroukrainka and Mirne.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi sector, the enemy attempted to breach the defences 11 times near Synelnykove, Starytsia, Izbytske, Vovchansk, Lyman and Tsehelne.

In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled six attacks towards Rai-Oleksandrivka, Ozerny, Kalenyky and Riznykivka. Five attacks were recorded in the Lyman sector, with a further five assaults taking place in the Oleksandrivka sector.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy attacked three times; in the Kramatorsk direction, they made one attempt to advance. In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, one assault and 20 shelling incidents were recorded.

No assaults were recorded in the Orikhiv and Dnipro sectors. No signs of offensive groupings forming were detected in the Volyn and Polissya sectors.

Ukrainian forces continue to hold back the enemy across the entire front line.

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