The General Staff reported 233 combat engagements and an attack by nearly 9,000 kamikaze drones over the past 24 hours

Boris Bodnar
Boris Bodnar Journalist
The General Staff reported 233 combat engagements and an attack by nearly 9,000 kamikaze drones over the past 24 hours
A shot fired from a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. Photo: General Staff
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have engaged in 233 combat encounters on the front line, carried out nearly a hundred air strikes and deployed over 8,900 kamikaze drones. The highest number of attacks was recorded in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.

The 1,548th day of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine is now underway.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 233 combat engagements were recorded on the front line over the past 24 hours.

Russian troops launched one missile strike using a single missile and carried out 98 air strikes. The occupiers also dropped 325 guided aerial bombs.

In addition, the enemy deployed 8,902 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,047 attacks on populated areas and Ukrainian military positions, including 75 using multiple launch rocket systems.

Air strikes were recorded, in particular, in the areas of Pustogorod and Tovstodubove in the Sumy region.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation, missile forces and artillery struck five areas where enemy forces were concentrated and one artillery system.

Six clashes took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. Russian forces carried out two air strikes using seven guided bombs and conducted 73 shelling attacks.

In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, five attacks were recorded towards Izbytske and near Staritsa and Lyman.

In the Kupiansk sector, Russian troops launched seven attacks towards Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Hlushevka and Novoosynove.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy made 13 attempts to breach Ukrainian defences near Drobysheve, Dibrova, Ozerny, Stavky, Lyman and Yampol.

In the Sloviansk direction, five assaults were recorded in the areas of Zakitne and Rai-Oleksandrivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupiers carried out one assault near Minkivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian troops carried out 27 attacks in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopil, Pleshchiivka, Toretsk, Novopavlivka, Sofiivka, Vilne, Bilytske and Kuchero-Yar.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 35 assaults in the areas of Rodynske, Hryshyne, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Zatyishko, Nikanorivka, Shevchenko, Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne and Molodetske.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy launched five attacks near Oleksandrohrad, Ivanivka and Kalynivka.

In the Huliaipole sector, the occupiers carried out 29 attacks towards Novozaporizhzhia, Vozdvizhivka, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, Olenokostyantynivka and Charivne.

In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian forces repelled two attempts by Russian forces to advance near Shcherbakiv and Stepnogorsk.

No offensive operations were recorded in the Dnipro direction. The General Staff also reported no signs of offensive groupings forming in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost 910 troops. Ukrainian forces also destroyed five armoured fighting vehicles, 54 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, one air defence system, four ground-based robotic systems, 1,715 drones, 202 vehicles and one piece of specialised equipment.

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