Pokrovsk front sees 40 combat clashes out of 151 over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 151 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 16 December
Quote: "Yesterday [15 December], the enemy conducted 90 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, dropping 220 guided bombs, deployed 5,471 kamikaze drones, and fired 4,103 times, including 88 times from multiple-launch rocket systems."
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk fronts, one combat clash was recorded. The Russians fired 121 times, including 2 times from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled four Russian attacks near the village of Prylipka and towards Obukhivka.
On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian assault near the village of Pishchane.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 12 attacks near the settlements of Novoselivka, Serednie and Zarichne and towards Drobysheve and Lyman.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled seven Russian attacks near the settlements of Serebrianka, Dronivka and Siversk and towards Sviato-Pokrovske.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 20 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk and Rusyn Yar and towards Kostiantynivka, Novopavlivka, Ivanopillia and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces repelled 40 Russian assaults near the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske and Filiia and towards Hryshyne, Toretske, Bilytske and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted 24 attacks near the settlements of Yalta, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Zlahoda, Pryvilne, Rybne, Zelenyi Hai, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Oleksandrohrad, Solodke and Yehorivka and towards Oleksiivka.
On the Huliaipole front, Ukrainian forces repelled 13 Russian attacks towards the settlements of Huliaipole, Dobropillia and Varvarivka.
On the Orikhiv front, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to break through Ukrainian defences towards the settlements of Novoandriivka, Pavlivka and Shcherbaky three times.
On the Prydniprovske front, Russian forces tried to approach Ukrainian positions near the village of Antonivka once but had no success.
"Ukraine's Air Force and units from Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two clusters of enemy personnel and equipment, one artillery system and two command posts," the General Staff noted.
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