AFU General Staff: by 16:00, 96 combat clashes recorded, 30 of them on Kurakhove, 14 on Pokrovsk directions
Along the entire front line, 96 combat clashes have been recorded since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, the most active combat operations are taking place in Kurakhove direction, where by this hour Russian troops have carried out 30 attacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
"Since the beginning of the day, 96 combat clashes have already occurred. Most of the fighting has been recorded in the Kurakhove direction," says the General Staff report, published on Telegram on Tuesday.
It is specified that in the Kurakhove direction the invaders attacked 30 times in the direction of Kreminna Balka, Novodmytrivka, Tsukuryne, Novoselydivka, Heorhiyivka, Kostiantynivka, Antonivka and Katerynivka. Soxteen attempts by the occupiers to advance have already been repelled.
In Pokrovsk axis, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 14 attempts to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions in the areas of Novotroyitske, Myroliubivka, Luch, Chervonyi Yar, Selydove and Krutyi Yar. "The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have repelled 11 enemy attacks, three combat clashes are still ongoing. At the same time, enemy aircraft bombed the settlement of Sukha Balka, dropping three guided bombs," the report states.
The General Staff reports that seven enemy attacks occurred in the Toretsk direction in the area of Toretsk, Dachne and Scherbynivka. "Ukrainian soldiers stopped them all. The aggressor is mainly concentrating its efforts on Toretsk, actively using bomber aircraft," the General Staff notes.
It is reported that with the support of attack aircraft in Lymany direction, the occupiers carried out 13 attacks near Hrekivka, Makiyivka, Nevske, Zarichne and Torske. Nine battles have ended, four more are ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, units of the Defense Forces repelled two attacks by Russian invaders near Kalynivka and Predtechyne.
"In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our units in the area of Vovchansk and Starytsia. In Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units 18 times in the area of Kucherivka, Novo-Osynove, Hrushivka, Pischane, Hlushkivka, Lozova, Kruhliakivka and Vyshneve. Eleven combat clashes are still ongoing. Ukrainian soldiers continue to steadfastly hold the defense," the General Staff reports.
The General Staff also reported that in the Vremiyivka direction there was one combat clash near Razdolne. In the Orekhiv direction, the occupation forces unsuccessfully attacked near Mala Tokmachka. Once the enemy stormed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Prydniprovske direction.