A total of 107 combat engagements have taken place since the beginning of the day.
The Kurakhove sector is the hottest today – the enemy attacked 35 times near Illinka, Novoselydivka, Novodmitrivka, Hostre, Maksymilianivka, Antonivka, Kostiantynivka and Katerynivka. 18 battles have been completed and 17 are still ongoing.
This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 16:00.
Border settlements continue to suffer from shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, including Pohrebky, Grabovske, Iskryskivka, Obody, Volfyne in Sumy region; Tymofiyivka in Kharkiv region. The invaders carried out air strikes in the areas of Yunakivka, Zhuravka and Basivka in Sumy region, dropping 5 bombs.
- One attack was repelled, another is ongoing in the area of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector. The Russians also carried out air strikes on Slatyn and Kozacha Lopan, using seven UAVs.
- In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy carried out seven assault operations near Pishchane, Zahryzove, Zelenyi Hai, Kruhlyakivka, Kolisnykivka and Lozova. Two combat engagements ended, five more are ongoing. Pishchane came under air strikes with unguided missiles.
- In the Lyman sector, the invading army attacked 13 times near Hrekivka, Terny, Yampolivka, Torsky and Serebryansky forest. Three enemy attacks remained incomplete.
- One attack in the Siversky sector near the village of Ivano-Daryivka is ongoing.
- Ukrainian defence forces stopped one Russian attack near Predtechyne in the Kramatorsk sector.
- With the support of bombers in the Toretsk sector, the enemy attacked seven times near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka. Two battles ended without success for the occupants, five more are ongoing.
- In the Pokrovsk sector, since the beginning of the day, the occupants have made eight attempts to push our defenders from their positions near Mykolayivka, Promin, Krutyi Yar, Selydove and Vyshneve. The defence forces are holding back the enemy’s onslaught and have repelled three attacks, while five firefights are still ongoing. The enemy’s losses are being clarified.
- In the Vremivsk sector, the occupants attacked the positions of our troops near Trudove and Maksymivka four times without success. The enemy launched an air strike in the areas of Novodaryivka, Bohoyavlenka, Maksymivka and Velyka Novosilka, dropping six UAVs and using 30 unguided rockets.
- In the Orikhivsk sector, the enemy continues to shell the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure, our defenders repelled two attacks in the area of Nesterianka, and the enemy also launched an air strike with unguided missiles on Lobkove and dropped bombs on Mala Tokmachka, Yurivka and Novopavlivka.
- In the Prydniprovskyi sector, Russian invaders stormed the positions of our defenders twice without success. The situation is under control.
The situation in other frontline areas did not change significantly.