Russian forces have attacked the positions of Ukrainian units in seven additional directions, resulting in a total of 153 combat encounters along the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Since the beginning of the day, there have been 153 combat encounters. The enemy has carried out 31 airstrikes, using 41 UAVs, nearly seven hundred kamikaze drone strikes, and executed almost 4000 shellings of our troops' positions and populated areas with various types of weaponry," the report states.
In the Kharkiv direction, there were four combat encounters with Russian invaders near Volchansk, with Ukrainian forces successfully repelling three attacks, while one battle is ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy attempted to dislodge Ukrainian units from their positions near Stepnaya Novoselovka, Kolesnikovka, Glushkovka, and Zagryzovo 11 times, with all attacks repelled. Enemy aviation struck Kupiansk, Kucherovka, and Petropavlivka with UAVs.
The enemy launched 15 attacks in the Lyman direction, attempting to advance in the areas of the settlements of Grekivka, Novoegorivka, Nadezhda, Zeleny Hay, Makeevka, Yampolivka, and Torske, with one battle still ongoing.
The enemy made eight attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense in the Torske direction. The occupiers operated in the area of Toretsk, and all attacks were repelled. Under enemy UAV strikes were Konstantinovka, Yekaterinovka, and Kleban-Byk.
In the Novopavlivka direction, three combat encounters are ongoing. Throughout Sunday, the Russians attempted to advance 11 times in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinopol, Razliv, Razdolne, Novoselka, and Bolshaya Novoselka.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled one attempt by the enemy to advance towards Novoandriivka.
In the Dnipro direction, Ukrainian forces repelled one attack by Russian invaders on the positions of the Ukrainian army. The enemy was unsuccessful.