General Staff: There were 146 combat clashes on the front per day

146 combat clashes were recorded on the front during the last day, most of all – in the Pokrovsky direction, which remains one of the hottest areas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 47 attacks of the aggressor in the areas of settlements of Popi Yar, Mirolyubivka, Malynivka, Lisivka, Lysovka, Novosergiyivka, Novomykolaivka and Andreevka,” – the message reads.

In addition, according to the General Staff, in the Lyman direction the Russian forces attacked 20 times, in Kursk – 19, in the Novopavlovsky direction of the forces of defense repelled 14 Russian assaults, in the Toretsky direction there were 11 attacks.

The fighting also lasted in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Orikhiv directions.

“Yesterday, the enemy struck five missile and 66 aviation strikes in the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used eight missiles and 115 managed bombs. In addition, he made 5854 shelling, 104 of them-from the rocket launcher systems, and attracted 3634 drones-Kamikadze to defeat, ”the General Staff reported.

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.

The defense forces of the South in May also reported that the situation at the front in the Zaporozhye region was becoming more threatening. Spokesman Vladislav Voloshin He noted that in the Gulyaypil direction, the invaders carry out rotation for replenishment of weapons and live force. At the same time, the occupiers try to move to the Orikhiv Front shade to the northwest. The Russian military wants to break through Ukrainian defense, however, they have no success, added Voloshin.