Over the past day, Ukrainian forces recorded 145 combat engagements at the front, including 34 in the Huliaipole direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their morning briefing.
This is reported by Finway
Operational Situation at the Front
According to the General Staff, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to repel attacks from Russian troops attempting to improve their positions and advance deeper into Ukrainian territory. At the same time, Ukrainian units are inflicting significant losses on the enemy in personnel and equipment across various sections of the front.
In the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck key enemy positions, including a command post, an area of troop concentration, an ammunition depot, three artillery pieces, and a drone command post.
Enemy Activity and Counterattacks
In the South Sloobozhansky direction, the Russian army attempted to breach the Ukrainian defense three times, with another three attempts recorded in the Kupiansk direction, and seven attacks carried out in the Lyman direction. In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled twenty enemy assaults, while in the Kostiantynivka direction, there were fourteen attacks.
In the Kramatorsk direction, no offensive actions from Russia were observed. Meanwhile, in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders halted twenty-two enemy assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udačne, Molodetske, and towards Bilytske.
“In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 22 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udačne, Molodetske, and towards Bilytske,” the report states.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Russian forces conducted seven attacks, with the highest activity noted in the Huliaipole direction: there, Ukrainian forces repelled thirty-four attacks by the occupiers in the areas of Huliaipole, Myrne, as well as in the directions of Sviatopetrivka, Zaliznychne, Dobropillia, and Staroukrainka.
One combat engagement was recorded in the Orikhiv and Dnipro directions.
The day before, the command of the Air Assault Forces reported a breakthrough of the Russian defense line by fighters of the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces in the Oleksandrivka direction. According to the military, this disrupted the enemy’s plans for further offensives and opened a foothold for the tactical advancement of Ukrainian units.
Specialist from the “Information Resistance” group, Kostiantyn Mashovets, noted that Ukrainian defense forces conducted counteroffensive actions in several areas around Huliaipole and Zaporizhzhia. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to drive Russian units out of several villages near Pokrovsk in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ternove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as to the north and west of Huliaipole and south of Zaporizhzhia. At the same time, the General Staff has not officially commented on these actions, noting that in southern Ukraine, the enemy is actively conducting assault attempts on their own.