Russians launch 165 attacks on 11 fronts and in Kursk operational zone – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 165 combat clashes have taken place on the front lines over the past 24 hours. Russian forces have conducted assaults on 11 fronts and in the Kursk operational zone. The fiercest fighting remains on the Pokrovsk front, where 75 assaults were repelled.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 16 May
Details: On the Kharkiv front, Russian troops launched six assaults near the settlements of Vovchansk and Hlyboke and towards Vysoka Yaruga, Dovhenke and Kudiivka.
On the Kupiansk front, four attacks were recorded. Ukraine’s defence forces repelled Russian assaults near the village of Pishchane and in the areas of Zahryzove and Kruhliakivka.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces attacked 16 times in an attempt to advance near the settlements of Ridkodub and Kolodiazi and also towards the settlements of Novoplatonivka, Novoserhiivka, Olhivka, Hrekivka, Novyi Myr and Zelena Dolyna.
On the Siversk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled three assaults near the settlements of Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk front, nine combat clashes occurred near the settlements of Chasiv Yar and Kurdiumivka.
On the Toretsk front, Russian troops launched eight attacks near the settlements of Toretsk, Krymske, Dyliivka and Klishchiivka and towards Bila Hora.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian troops repelled 75 Russian assaults near the settlements of Malynivka, Nova Poltavka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Myrnohrad, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Andriivka, Promin, Kotlyne, Kotliarivka and Troitske, and towards Zoria, Novoserhiivka, Popovyi Yar and Stara Mykolaivka.
On the Novopavlivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 23 Russian attempts to break through near the settlements of Bahatyr, Kostiantynopil, Pryvilne and Vilne Pole.
On the Orikhiv front, the Russians launched three offensive actions near the settlements of Mali Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka and Stepove but failed to advance.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian troops stopped one Russian attempt to push forward.
In the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukraine’s defence forces repelled 14 Russian assaults. In addition, Russian forces carried out 12 airstrikes using 18 guided aerial bombs and 236 artillery attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including eight with multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to inflict significant losses on Russian troops in both manpower and equipment, actively undermining Russia’s offensive potential in the rear.
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