Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy’s attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on him.

the Russian invaders carried out 44 airstrikes, dropping 111 guided bombs. In addition, 3,053 kamikaze drones were engaged for destruction and 3,235 attacks were made on the positions of our troops and settlements.

One combat clash took place in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions.
The enemy launched an air strike, dropping three guided aerial bombs and firing more than a hundred rounds.

Today, the enemy attacked eight times in the South-Slobozhansk direction in the areas of Vovchansk, Synelnyky, Odradny and Dovgenky, one battle is ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made four offensive attempts in the direction of Petropavlivka and Pishchany.

On the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight assaults in the areas of Novovodyane, Shandrygolovo, Kolodyazi, Drobysheve and towards the Liman, two skirmishes are still ongoing.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka, Dronivka, and Fedorivka.

At the moment, no offensive actions of the enemy have been recorded in the Kramatorsk direction.

Today, 16 combat clashes took place in the Kostyantynivsk direction. The enemy tried to storm the positions of Ukrainian units near Oleksandr-Shultyny, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, Rusyny Yar and towards Sofiivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of this day, the enemy attacked 36 times in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka. Our defenders are restraining the onslaught of the enemy, in some locations the fighting is still going on.

Today, according to preliminary data, 84 occupiers have been neutralized in this direction, of which 48 are irreversible. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed six units of motor vehicles, 12 unmanned aerial vehicles, two artillery systems and 15 shelters for enemy personnel were also damaged.

In the Oleksandrivskyi direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 attacks by invaders in the areas of Zeleny Gay, Sichneve, Verbove, Rybne, Krasnohirske and Vyshneve settlements.

In the Gulyaipil direction, 14 clashes took place in the areas of the settlements of Solodke, Privilne, Gulyaipole and towards the settlement of Pryluky.

There has been one skirmish in the Orihiv direction since the beginning of the day – the occupiers tried to advance in the area of ​​Stepovoy.

At present, no clashes have been recorded in the Dnieper direction.

There were no significant changes in the situation in other areas.

We are already starting a new diplomatic week, there will be consultations with European leaders. Mainly security issues, support for our resilience, support packages for our defense. First of all, air defense, long-term financing for Ukraine. Of course, we will also talk about a common view, common positions in the negotiations.

The representatives of Ukraine recently held substantive talks with the representatives of the President of the United States of America, and now the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umyerov and Andrii Hnatov, the Chief of the General Staff, are on their way to Europe. I expect from them detailed information about everything, everything that was said to the American representatives in Moscow, about the nuances that the Americans are ready to modify in negotiations with us, with the “Russians”.

Yesterday we spoke with Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner – I thank you for your willingness to work together 24/7. The American representatives know the basic Ukrainian positions, it was a constructive, albeit difficult, conversation. We continue to work. Some things can be discussed only in person: Umyerov and Hnatov will report to me, and I will also talk to the leaders of Europe – we have scheduled meetings in London, as well as in Brussels.

Today I spoke with the head of the Italian government Giorgia Maloni – very objectively, and I expect that Italy will continue to be with Ukraine on the path to peace: Giorgia and I today had time to discuss many perspectives, many different options. We are also in constant contact with Britain, France, Germany, the European Commission, the NATO Secretary General, and our other partners. Thank you all for your support. Ukraine deserves a decent peace, and whether there will be peace depends precisely on Russia, on our joint pressure on Russia, on the correct negotiating positions of the United States of America, Europe, and all our other partners. Russia must be responsible for what it does: for the daily strikes, for the constant terror against our people, and for this war in general.

And a few more things. We do not forget about internal affairs, about our internal transformation, so that Ukraine’s positions are strong. On Friday at the Headquarters, I approved an extremely important decision for combat brigades at the front: on the distribution of personnel, on the people who replenish the brigades, and on the expansion of the training of new recruits directly in the brigades themselves. I really expect that in the next week all the necessary steps will be taken so that this order of distribution of people will actually work, and work as quickly as possible. There will be other solutions that strengthen our military.

Also, today I want to especially thank all Ukrainian communities who do not forget that the most important thing is to protect against the occupier and help our state in all, absolutely all ways ace Today is Local Self-Government Day in Ukraine. Thanks to every active community. Thank you to all mayors of cities, heads of communities who are truly with their communities, truly with their people, truly with Ukraine. Hundreds of our communities are side by side, and this adds strength to our entire state, all our positions at the front and in diplomacy. Thank you!

Glory to Ukraine!