The 1,643rd day of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Overall, 231 combat engagements were recorded over the past day, 35 of them on the Kostiantynivka axis.
The General Staff reported this.
Yesterday, the aggressor carried out 95 air strikes using 299 guided aerial bombs, deployed 10,747 kamikaze drones for attacks, and conducted 3,110 strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including 29 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
Enemy artillery fire hit the settlements of Neskuchne, Bachivsk, Rohizne, Ulanove, Sopych, Korenok, Shpyl, Budky, Volfyne and Yastrubshchyna in Sumy Region; and Kryvusha and Semenivka in Chernihiv Region. The enemy carried out an air strike on the area of the settlement of Tovstodubove.
Over the past day, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces struck eight areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, six drone control points, five artillery assets, one command post, one communications hub, two multiple-launch rocket systems and one radar station belonging to the Russian invaders.
On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes over the past day, our defenders repelled six enemy assaults. At the same time, the aggressor carried out one air strike, dropping one aerial bomb, and conducted 95 strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis Ukrainian units repelled nine enemy attacks. The invaders tried to advance towards Okhrimivka, Syminivka, Kruhle and Zarubynka, and in the area of Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis there were 16 enemy offensive actions towards Radkivka and Kupiansk.
Attempts to break into our defences were repelled on the Lyman axis, where the occupiers attacked 14 times towards the settlements of Stepove, Chervonyi Stav, Druzheliubivka, Novyi Myr, Drobyshcheve, Lyman and Novoselivka.
On the Sloviansk axis the enemy carried out eight assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Ozerne, Kryva Luka and Zakitne.
On the Kramatorsk axis the Russian invaders carried out one offensive action towards Yurkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka axis 35 attacks were recorded. The invaders conducted assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Toretske, Sofiivka and Dovha Balka, and towards the settlements of Stepanivka, Pavlivka, Rusyn Yar and Vilne.
The enemy carried out 20 attacks on the Pokrovsk axis. The occupiers tried to advance towards the settlements of Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Svitle, Serhiivka, Hannivka, Shevchenko, Matiasheve and Novopavlivka, and in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhnie and Udachne.
On the Oleksandrivka axis the invaders carried out one attack towards Nove Zaporizhzhia.
On the Huliaipole axis the occupiers attacked the positions of our defenders six times. The enemy tried to advance towards the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa, Staroukrainka and Hirke, and in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznychne and Tsvitkove.
On the Orikhiv axis our defenders stopped two attempts by the enemy to advance towards Pavlivka and Novoandriivka.
On the Dnipro axis the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
On the Volyn and Polissia axes no signs of the occupiers forming offensive groupings were detected.
- Overall, over the past day, Russian invaders’ losses amounted to 1,490 personnel. One tank, nine armoured combat vehicles, 68 artillery systems, two multiple-launch rocket systems, one air defence asset, 16 ground robotic systems, 1,761 unmanned aerial vehicles, 554 vehicles and six units of special equipment were also destroyed.