UAF General Staff: 190 battles in 24 hours, enemy intensifies offensive on Kostiantynivka axis

General assessment of the situation

The 1718th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine was marked by intense combat operations. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 190 combat engagements were recorded along the front line over the past 24 hours.

During the day, the enemy carried out one missile strike and 75 airstrikes, dropping 261 guided aerial bombs during these operations. A significant portion of the attacks involved the use of unmanned systems: the invaders launched 6,903 suicide drones. In addition, the enemy conducted 2,184 shelling incidents targeting populated areas and Ukrainian military positions, 53 of which were carried out using multiple rocket launchers.

Numerous populated areas in Sumy Oblast came under fire: Koreniok, Tovstodubove, Ulanove, Bezsalivka, Bachivsk, Yastrubshchyna, Sopych, Kucherivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Kozache, Volfine, Shalyhine, Hirky, Vovkivka, Malushyne, and Boyaro-Lezhachi. Khrenivka in Chernihiv Oblast was also shelled. The populated area of Luzhky sustained an airstrike.

The missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces struck one area of enemy troop and equipment concentration, as well as two command posts for its unmanned aerial vehicles.

Dynamics on specific axes

On the North-Slobidianshchyna and Kursk axes, the aggressor carried out one airstrike, using six guided aerial bombs, and conducted 73 shelling incidents targeting Ukrainian military positions and populated areas. Four of these shelling incidents were carried out using multiple rocket launchers.

On the South-Slobidianshchyna axis, Ukrainian units successfully repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Ternova, Zakharkivka, Okhrimivka, and Mykolaivka.

On the Kupiansk axis, the enemy attempted to storm positions towards Radkivka on three occasions. On the Lyman axis, enemy attempts to penetrate the defence were repelled; the occupiers carried out eight attacks towards Druzhliubivka, Ivanivka, and Lyman.

Two attacks were recorded on the Sloviansk axis in the areas of Orihuvatka and Kryva Luka. No assault operations were conducted by the enemy on the Kramatorsk axis.

Intensification in the east

Fifteen attacks were recorded on the Kostiantynivka axis over the past 24 hours. The invaders conducted offensive operations in the area of Kostiantynivka and aimed to advance towards Novoselivka, Novohryhorivka, Dovha Balka, Druzhivka, Kucherovo Yar, and Vilne.

On the Pokrovsk axis, the enemy carried out five attacks, attempting to advance towards Vodianske, Serhiivka, and Molodetske.

No assault operations were recorded on the Oleksandrivka axis. However, on the Hulyaipole axis, the occupiers attacked defender positions eight times, attempting to advance towards Ternuvate, Dolynka, Hirka, and Yehorivka.

The enemy did not conduct assault operations on the Orikhiv and Prydniprovske axes. No signs of the enemy forming offensive groupings were detected on the Volyn and Polissia axes.