The enemy forces have been highly active along the entire front line since the beginning of the day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has said, reporting 87 enemy assaults as of 4 p.m., a third of which were recorded on the Pokrovsk axis.

"The adversary does not stop putting pressure on our forces and making attempts to advance deeper into the territory of Ukraine. […] Today, 87 enemy assaults were recorded. The enemy operations were most active on the Pokrovsk axis, where more than a third of the total number of assaults took place," it said on Facebook on Tuesday.

Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 34 attempts to push the AFU out of their positions on the Pokrovsk axis, in the vicinity of Vozdvyzhenka, Mykhailivka, Kalynivka, Novohrodivka, Hrodivka, Mykolaivka, Ptyche, Skuchne, and Zelene Pole.

"Holding back the enemy onslaught, the defense forces have already repelled 24 enemy attacks, ten combat clashes are still ongoing," the General Staff said.