Over the past 24 hours, 273 clashes were recorded on the front line, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector

Tetiana Bodnarenko
Tetiana Bodnarenko Journalist
Over the past 24 hours, 273 clashes were recorded on the front line, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector
A shot fired from a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. Photo: General Staff
Russian troops are continuing to exert heavy pressure across the entire front line. Over the past 24 hours, 273 combat engagements have been recorded, with the Pokrovsk sector seeing the highest number of attacks.

The 1,591st day of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past 24 hours, 273 combat engagements were recorded on the front line.

Russian forces carried out two missile strikes using 75 missiles, as well as 101 air strikes, during which they dropped 299 guided bombs. In addition, the occupiers deployed 10,168 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,149 shelling attacks on populated areas and Ukrainian military positions, including 46 using multiple launch rocket systems.

The areas of Godunivka, Hirky and Vilna Sloboda in Sumy Oblast were subjected to air strikes.

Over the past 24 hours, the Defence Forces’ air force, missile forces and artillery struck four areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, one radar station, one artillery system, a drone control centre and a logistics depot.

Six engagements took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. The enemy carried out three air strikes using four guided bombs and conducted 61 artillery attacks, four of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 22 attacks near Izbytske and Starytsia, as well as in the direction of Volokhivka, Staryi Khutir, Granove, Kudiivka, Symynivka and Khatne.

In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched two attacks towards Novoosynove.

In the Lyman sector, the occupiers made seven attempts to breach the defences near Dibrova, Lyman and in the direction of Novoselivka.

In the Sloviansk sector, 30 assaults were recorded. Russian troops attacked in the areas of Riznykivka, Zakytne, Kryva Luka and in the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka.

There were no assaults on the Kramatorsk sector.

On the Kostiantynivka front, the enemy carried out 17 attacks near Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Ivanopillia, Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and in the direction of Raiske.

The highest level of activity was observed in the Pokrovsk sector. There, Ukrainian defenders repelled 39 attacks. Fighting took place near Novooleksandrivka, Bilytske, Rodynske, as well as in the directions of Myrne, Toretsk, Shevchenko, Filiya, Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Dorozhne, Svitle, Hryshyne, Kotlyne and Udachne.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, two attacks were recorded in the direction of Ternove and Yegorivka.

In the Huliaipole sector, the occupiers attacked the Defence Forces’ positions 32 times near Rybne, Dobropillia, Novoselivka, Huliaipole, as well as in the direction of Rizdvyanka, Kopani, Shyroke, Tsvitkove and Charivne.

No assault operations were recorded in the Orikhiv and Dnipro sectors.

In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs of offensive formations were detected.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army’s losses amounted to 1,250 personnel. Ukrainian forces also destroyed four tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 57 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, four air defence systems, 18 ground-based robotic systems, 48 missiles, 2,152 drones, 385 vehicles and four pieces of specialised equipment.

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