The General Staff named the hottest direction of the front and reported on the battles.


During the last day, there were 187 combat clashes on the front. The most active Russian troops attacked in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhiv directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that the enemy launched two missile strikes and 74 air strikes, dropping 87 CABs. He also conducted more than 4,200 shellings, 129 of which were from multiple rocket launchers.
Aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out 15 strikes on the locations of enemy personnel and military equipment. They also struck a command center, two UAV control points, two artillery systems, and one other important enemy target.
Russian troops carried out airstrikes in the areas of settlements including Bezdryk, Malushine, Yunakivka, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Yampil, and Rovne in Sumy region; Mali Prokhody, Popivka, Petropavlivka in Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka in Luhansk region; Toretsk, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Pokrovsk, Novodmytrivka, Yelezavetivka, Bohoyavlenka in Donetsk region; Huliaipole, Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region; Burgunka, Tiahynka, Sadove, Odradokamianka, Rakivka, and Kozatske in Kherson region.
In the Kharkiv direction
There were six battles. The Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions near Vovchansk and Lyptsi.
In the Kupyansk direction
There were 27 combat clashes, particularly near Synkivka, Hlushkivka, Andriivka, Berestove, and Stelmakhivka.
In the Lyman direction
The enemy attacked 17 times near Novoyehorivka, Druzhuliubivka, Cherneshchyna, Terny, Torske, Dibrova, and Makiivka.
In the Siversk direction
There were five combat clashes. Ukrainian defenders repelled the assault actions of the Russian invaders near Verkhnokamianske and Spirne.
In the Kramatorsk direction
There were eight battles in the areas of Hryhorivka, Chasiv Yar, and Andriivka.
In the Toretsk direction
Russians attacked 10 times near Toretsk, Nelipivka, and New York.
In the Pokrovsk direction
Ukrainian defenders repelled 49 enemy assault actions in the areas of settlements Sukhaya Balka, Oleksandropil, Zelene Pole, Vozdvyzhenka, Novotroitske, Hrodivka, Novohrodivka, and Mykhailivka. The most attacks were near Novohrodivka, Hrodivka, and Mykhailivka.
In the Kurakhiv direction
The Defense Forces repelled 46 enemy attacks near Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, and Heorhiivka.
In the Vremivka direction
The enemy attacked Vodiane and Staromaiorske nine times.
In the Orikhiv direction
Russian troops conducted one assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Mala Tokmachka.
In the Prydniprovske direction
The enemy was defeated while attacking Ukrainian defense lines nine times.
In the Huliaipole direction
The situation remains without sharp changes. In the Volyn and Polissia directions, there are no signs of forming enemy offensive groups.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducting mortar and artillery shelling of settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Overall, the enemy suffered losses of 1,270 personnel. Our warriors also destroyed one tank, 29 artillery systems, one anti-tank defense system, 52 operational-tactical level UAVs, a cruise missile, and 55 vehicles.
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