The 1,281st day of Russia’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. From August 26 to 27, 173 battles were recorded on the front lines. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 44 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction, 23 in the Novopavlivka direction, and 34 in the Lyman direction.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile and 64 air strikes, used two missiles, and dropped 109 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 4,625 shellings, including 21 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,891 kamikaze drones.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular on the areas of the following settlements:
- Stara Huta in the Sumy region;
- Bilohirya and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region;
- Antonivka in the Kherson region.
Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions
In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian units repelled 15 attacks by the occupiers over the past day. The enemy also carried out three air strikes, dropping five guided aerial bombs, and carried out 201 shelling attacks, including one with multiple launch rocket systems.
South Slobozhansky, Kupyansky, Lyman, and Siversky directions
In the South Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders four times near Hlyboky, Vovchansk, Krasne Pershe, and in the direction of Doroshivka. They were repelled.
Eight combat engagements took place yesterday in the Kupiansk direction. Ukrainian defenders stopped enemy assaults in the direction of the settlements of Kupiansk and Nova Kruhlyakivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 34 times. They attempted to break through the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses near the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Myrne, and Torske, as well as in the direction of the settlements of Olgivka, Shandryholove, Stavy, Dronivka, and Serebryanka.
In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces stopped nine offensive actions by the invaders in the area of Hryhorivka and towards Serebryanka, Vyimka, and Fedorivka.
Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk directions
Six clashes were recorded yesterday in the Kramatorsk direction, with the occupiers attempting to advance towards Stupochky.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Oleksandro-Kalinove, and towards the settlements of Berestok, Stepanivka, and Poltavka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 44 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorivka, Novoekonomichne, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoukrainka, and in the direction of Volodymyrivka, Rubizhne, Bilytske, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Filiya.
Novopavlivka, Prydniprovsk, Orikhiv, and other directions
Yesterday, the enemy carried out 23 attacks in the Novopavlivka direction near the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Shevchenko, Voskresenka, Komyshuvakha, Novogeorgiivka, and in the direction of Filiya, Iskra, and Oleksandrohrad.
In the Huliaipole and Orikhiv directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations over the past day.
In the Dnipro direction, the aggressor’s troops made three futile attempts to advance on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, there were no signs of the formation of offensive groups by the aggressor.
