There were 159 combatants on the front per day – the Armed Forces Command

159 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the last day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning summarizing on June 9.

The most collisions, as in the previous days, were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. “Our defenders stopped 47 offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of settlements Mirolyubivka, Malynivka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Zarovka, Lucky, Nutkhove, Andriyivka and in the direction of Mirny, Mykolaivka, Ray, Novosergiivka, Oleksiyivka,”

In addition, according to the General Staff, in the Kursk direction the units of the forces forces for the last day repelled 27 Russian attacks, 19 Russian attacks were in the Toretsky and Novopavlovsky directions, 15 – in the Lyman direction.

The fighting also took place at Kupyansk, Siverskyi, Kramatorsk, Gulyaypil, Orikhiv, Dnieper directions.

“Yesterday, the enemy struck on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements of one rocket strike using one rocket, as well as 83 aircraft, including 142 controlled bombs. In addition, he made 5661 shelling, of which 131-from the jet systems of volley fire, and attracted 3139 drones-Kamikadze to defeat, ”the command said.

The Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region remains one of the hottest areas of the front. Over the last year, the largest number of combat clashes is mainly recorded there.

On May 22, Radio Liberty Donbass reported that Russia in Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are pressed by the time ravine, Toretsk and Pokrovskaya, trying to expand the front and destabilize Ukrainian defense with flank maneuvers.

Konstantinovka is the extreme southern point of the fortified line of fortresses that control the defense forces in the Donbass. In the case of its capture, the army of the Russian Federation will probably try to move further to Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk (the largest free city in Donetsk now) and Slavyansk. It is a key railway and car unit on the free Donbass, which is actively using the Armed Forces to defense the surrounding settlements.