War update: 135 clashes on front lines, Ukrainian forces repel 23 Russian attacks on Pokrovsk axis
Ukrainian forces engaged in 135 combat clashes with Russian invaders on Saturday, with the most attacks recorded on the Pokrovsk axis, where the enemy lost more than 90 occupiers.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in its 22:00 update on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
"In total, since the beginning of this day, 135 combat clashes have taken place. Today the enemy carried out 47 airstrikes, dropped 135 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it used 6,140 kamikaze drones for strikes and carried out 2,553 shelling attacks on settlements and positions of our troops," the report states.
According to the General Staff, on the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes there were two combat clashes. In addition, the enemy carried out one airstrike, dropping one aerial bomb, carried out 58 shelling attacks on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, one of which was using a multiple rocket launcher system.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units three times in the areas of the settlements Starytsia and Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy assaults in the direction of Novoplatonivka and in the area of Pishchane. Two combat clashes are still ongoing.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked six times towards the settlements Lyman, Stavky, Novoserhiivka and in the area of the settlement Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk axis, the enemy attacked three times in the area of Yampil and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces four times in the areas of the settlements Nykyforivka, Minkivka and towards Mykolaivka.
The Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults on the Kostiantynivka axis in the areas of the settlements Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Sofiivka and towards Novopavlivka, Stepaniivka. One combat clash is ongoing.
On the Pokrovsk axis, the enemy carried out 23 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne and towards the settlements Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novopavlivka. Two combat clashes are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, today on this axis, 72 occupiers were eliminated and 20 were wounded; seven units of motor vehicles and three units of special equipment were destroyed; three electronic warfare systems were destroyed; two artillery systems, four motor vehicles and 14 shelters of personnel were damaged. As many as 206 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
On the Oleksandrivsk axis, the occupiers tried six times to improve their position, attacking towards Kalynivske, Verbove and Oleksandrohrad. Airstrikes hit the settlements of Velykomykhailivka, Kolomiitsi, Andriivka, Fedorivske, Vovche.
On the Huliaipole axis, there were 11 attacks by the occupiers towards the settlements of Sviatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka, Huliaipilske and in the area of the settlements of Varvarivka, Pryluky, Tsvitkove. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements Vozdvyzhivka, Nizhenka, Zirnytsia, Verkhnia Terasa, Charne, Liubytske, Kopani, Lisne, Trudove.
On the Orikhiv axis, airstrikes hit the settlements of Mykilske, Yurkivka, and Zarichne.
On the Dnipro River, the enemy carried out three unsuccessful attacks towards the Antonivsky Bridge.
Photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces