The General Staff reported 79 combat clashes at the front from the beginning of the day

There were 79 combat clashes from the beginning of the day, in its summary as of 16:00 on May 29, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Most Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction. “Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 31 attempts to slip our defenders from the positions in the areas of Zorya settlements, Popi Yar, Malynivka, Mirolyubivka, Elizabeth, Lisivka, Kotline, Novosergiivka, Lucky, Troitskoye and Andreevka. Defense forces restrain the pressure of the enemy and stopped 27 attacks. The long beam was shot, ”the message reads.

Also, according to the General Staff, Russian attacks took place in Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lymansky, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Novopavlovsky, Orikhiv, Dnieper, Kursk.

In the Toretsky direction in the area of ​​Toretsk there is a “fierce battle”, added to the command.

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Radio Liberty’s project. Realities reports that Russia in the Donbass has 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.

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.