Battlefield sees 179 clashes over past day, nearly a quarter on Pokrovsk front
A total of 179 clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the hardest fighting remaining on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 2 February
Quote: "According to updated information, over the past day, the enemy launched 1 missile strike, using 1 missile, and 44 airstrikes, dropping 132 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 7,255 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,339 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including 49 from multiple-launch rocket systems."
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Russian forces conducted 94 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including two from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces conducted 11 assaults near the settlements of Starytsia and Vovchansk and towards Prylipka, Vilcha, Hrafske, Vovchanski Khutory and Kutkivka.
On the Kupiansk front, six Russian attacks were recorded near the village of Zahryzove and towards Kurylivka, Pishchane and Kupiansk.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted eight attacks, trying to advance near the settlements of Novoserhiivka, Srednie, Drobyshcheve and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Dronivka, Platonivka and Sviato-Pokrovske and towards Zakitne and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces conducted one attack near the village of Pryvillia.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian forces conducted 11 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, Stepanivka, Ivanopillia, Yablunivka and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 41 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Novopidhorodnie, Shevchenko, Zatyshok, Myrnohrad, Kotlyne, Dachne and Filiia and towards Bilytske, Dorozhnie, Novopavlivka, Vilne and Serhiivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian forces conducted three attacks near the settlements of Verbove and Vyshneve.
On the Huliaipole front, Russian forces attempted to advance near the city of Huliaipole and towards Staroukrainka, Varvarivka, Zelene, Sviatopetrivka and Zaliznychne 32 times.
On the Orikhiv front, one Russian attack was recorded towards the village of Prymorske.
"Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and units from Rocket Forces and Artillery struck six clusters of Russian troops, two command posts, two air defence systems, two UAV command posts and four enemy artillery pieces," the General Staff concluded.
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