Battlefield sees 184 combat clashes over past day, most intense activity on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 184 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the most intense activity on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 56 Russian assault and offensive actions.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, information as of 08:00 on 16 October
Details: A total of 184 combat clashes have been recorded over the past day.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians conducted 9 airstrikes, dropping 18 guided bombs, and launched 186 attacks, 10 of which were from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, 17 combat clashes occurred near the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Tykhe, Kamianka and Kutkivka and towards Okhrimivka, Odradne and Bolohivka.
On the Kupiansk front, six Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near the settlements of Stepova Novoselivka and Petropavlivka. Counter-sabotage measures are ongoing in the city of Kupiansk and its vicinity, where Ukrainian troops are detecting Russian infantry groups, blocking their advance and destroying them.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted seven attacks, trying to advance near the settlements of Hrekivka, Kolodiazi, Novoselivka and Derylove.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 Russian attacks near the settlements of Serebrianka, Yampil, Dronivka, Vyimka and Fedorivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, one combat clash was recorded. The Russians tried to advance towards the village of Predtechyne.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 25 attacks near the settlements of Bila Hora, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Byk, Oleksandro-Kalynove and Rusyn-Yar.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 56 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Nykanorivka, Myroliubivka, Novoekonomichne, Promin, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Chunyshyne, Udachne, Kotliarivka, Horikhove and Filiia.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Ukrainian forces repelled 30 Russian attacks near the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Oleksiivka, Novomykolaivka, Novohryhorivka, Malynivka and Poltavka.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops conducted five attacks near the settlements of Kamianske, Plavni and Stepove.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks.
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