General Staff: there were 180 combat clashes at the front per day

Over the past 24 hours, 180 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning briefing on September 28.

Most of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction. “The defenders stopped 47 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor towards the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Novotoretsky, Mykolaivka, Grodivka, Novogrodivka, Lysivka, Krutoy Yar, Dachinsky, Marynivka, Selidovy, and Novotoretsky. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was in the vicinity of Mykhailivka and Novotoretskyi,” the message reads.

28 Russian attacks, according to the command, were in the Kurakhiv direction, mainly in the districts of Tsukuryny, Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka, and Katerynivka.

“There were 19 attacks by the occupiers in the Kupyansk direction during the day. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults in the direction of Sinkivka, Novoselivka, Hlushkivka, Kruglyakivka, Kucherivka, and Lozova. The enemy attacked 16 times in the Lyman direction. Tried to advance near six different settlements. Emphasis was placed near Grekivka, Makiivka, Nevsky, Zarichny, Torsky and Novosadovo. In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked nine times in the districts of Hryhorivka, Predtechyny, Chasovoy Yar, Bila Hora and Stupochky,” the report says.

In addition, according to the General Staff, fighting continued in the Kharkiv, Toretsk, Vremiv, Orihiv, Gulyaipil, and Dnieper directions.

“According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched six missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using nine missiles, as well as 74 airstrikes, in particular, dropping 118 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he fired 5,081 rounds,” the General Staff reported.

The Russian army advanced in Mykolaivka, Krasny Yar and Kruty Yar, the DeepState project reported on the evening of September 27. We are talking about the northwestern outskirts of the Ocheretynsky ledge, between the cities of Grodivka and Novogrodivka, for which there are fierce battles. Now, judging by the map, the aggressor has about two kilometers left to reach the outskirts of Mirnograd – Pokrovsk’s satellite city, writes the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project.

The breakthrough of the front line by the Russian army in the Ocheretiny region in the spring of this year caused the invaders to advance deeper into the Donetsk region. The troops of the aggressor country approached Pokrovsk, at the same time attacking with large forces in the area of ​​Vugledar and Kurakhovo.