The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: since the beginning of the day, 70 battles have taken place at the front, a third of them in the Pokrovsky direction

“Since the beginning of this day, as of 16:00, 70 combat clashes took place at the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Most of the attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction – here the Russian invaders made 24 attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Novotoretske, Rodynske, Novoeconomichne, Chunyshyne, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka and Filia. Half as many – 12 – assault actions were carried out by the enemy in the Konstantinov direction. Enemy aircraft attacked Kostyantynivka. According to the headquarters, in the direction of Oleksandrivsk, Russian troops tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian defenders in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Verbove, Stepove, Novogrigorivka, and Novovasylivske. The defense forces repelled six Russian attacks, three more clashes are ongoing. The enemy continues to attack in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions. At the moment, no clashes have been recorded in the Gulyaipil direction.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org