There were 249 combat engagements on the front line over the past 24 hours, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector

Artur Romanchenko
Artur Romanchenko Journalist
There were 249 combat engagements on the front line over the past 24 hours, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector
A rocket launch from a multiple launch rocket system. Photo: General Staff
Over the past 24 hours, 249 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. Russian troops continued their active offensive operations across a number of sectors and carried out dozens of air strikes on Ukrainian territory.

This marks the 1,560th day of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 249 combat engagements were recorded over the past 24 hours. Russian forces carried out 91 air strikes, dropping 317 guided bombs. The enemy also deployed 9,007 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,342 attacks on Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, including 59 using multiple launch rocket systems.

The Ukrainian Defence Forces’ air force, missile forces and artillery struck 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, as well as another key target.

Four combat engagements took place in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. Russian forces carried out six air strikes using 18 guided bombs and conducted 76 shelling attacks.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 13 attacks near Veterinarne, Starytsia, Prylipka, Lyman, Synelnykove, Vovchanski Khutory and Zybine.

In the Kupiansk sector, five enemy attacks were recorded in the areas of Kurylivka, Bohuslavka and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi.

In the Lyman sector, Russian troops made ten attempts to breach the defences near Kopanok, Novomykhailivka, Drobysheve, Zarichne, Lyman, Ozerny, and Yampil.

In the Sloviansk sector, ten assaults took place in the areas of Zakitne, Kaleniky, Riznykivka and in the directions of Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks near Nykyforivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, the occupiers carried out ten attacks near Ivanopil, Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and in the directions of Mykolaipil, Kucheroiv Yar and Novyi Shakhovyi.

The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where Ukrainian forces repelled 56 assaults in the areas of Dorozhne, Novooleksandrivka, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Muravka, and Horikove, as well as in the directions of Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Bilytske, and Serhiivka.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, three attacks were recorded near Verbove and Voskresenka.

In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces carried out 35 attacks in the areas of Rybne, Zlagoda, Dobropillia, Olenokostyantynivka, Zaliznychne, Charivne and in the directions of Kosivtseve, Rozvdianka, Vozdvizhivka, Tsvitkove and Verkhnia Tersa.

In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy did not carry out any offensive operations.

In the Dnipro sector, Ukrainian forces repelled two assault attempts in the direction of the Antonivsky Bridge.

In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army suffered losses of 1,440 personnel. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed three tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 75 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, one air defence system, 14 ground-based robotic systems, 1,583 drones, 517 vehicles and two pieces of specialist equipment.

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