War update: 338 clashes on front lines over past day, Pokrovsk sector hottest
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces engaged in 338 combat clashes with Russian troops, including 80 in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy was also highly active in the Lyman, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this on Facebook, releasing an operational update as of 08:00 on Sunday, February 1, according to Ukrinform.
According to the update, the enemy carried out 44 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropping 144 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russian forces used 4,053 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,319 attacks on populated areas and Ukrainian military positions, including 190 strikes with multiple launch rocket systems.
Russian airstrikes targeted Luzhky in the Sumy region, Malomykhailivka, Prosiana, and Novoselivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Ternuvate, Zaliznychne, Verkhnia Tersa, Shevchenkivske, Vilniansk, and Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, Ukrainian missile and artillery forces struck two concentrations of enemy personnel, two command posts, and one other high-value target of the Russian invaders.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian forces repelled one enemy attack over the past day. The enemy carried out 82 shelling attacks, including four with multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attempted 25 times to breach Ukrainian defensive lines near Vovchansk, Starytsia, and Prylipka, and in the direction of Hrafske, Vilcha, Vovchanski Khutory, Kolodiazne, Fyholivka, and Kutkivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, 12 enemy attacks were recorded. Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy assaults toward Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Kurylivka, Novoosynove, Novoplatonivka, and Hlushkivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy carried out 24 attacks, attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses near Drobysheve, Serednie, Novoselivka, and Zarichne, and in the direction of Stavky, Novoserhiivka, Shyikivka, Stepove, and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 15 attempts by Russian forces to advance near Yampil and Dronivka, and toward Zakitne, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Platonivka, and Riznykivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy launched five attacks near Chasiv Yar and Orikhovo-Vasylivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 39 attacks near Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar, and Kleban-Byk, and in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Mykolaipillia, Stepanivka, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 80 enemy assaults near Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and Filiia, and in the direction of Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Hryshyne, Novopidhhorodne, Muravka, Novopavlivka, and Ivanivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy carried out 11 attacks over the past day near Verbove and in the direction of Oleksandrohrad, Danylivka, Vyshneve, and Nove Zaporizhzhia.
In the Huliaipole sector, 45 enemy attacks were recorded near Huliaipole, Myrne, and Solodke, and in the direction of Dobropillia, Varvarivka, Zaliznychne, Sviatopetrivka, Zelene, and Staroukrainka.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks near Stepnohirsk and Plavni.
No enemy offensive actions were recorded in the Dnipro River sector.
No signs of enemy offensive groupings being formed were detected in the Volyn and Polissia sectors.
Photo: 22nd Mechanized Brigade