Battlefield sees 230 combat clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 230 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, as the Russians are continuing to press along the entire line of contact. The most challenging situation has remained on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 27 February
Quote: "The enemy launched two missile strikes, using 44 missiles, and 80 airstrikes, dropping 268 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 6,607 loitering munitions and subjected Ukrainian positions and settlements to 3,154 strikes, 71 of which were from multiple-launch rocket systems."
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders have repelled one Russian attack over the past day.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 13 assaults near the settlements of Starytsia, Pishchane, Kruhle, Nesterne and Chuhunivka and towards Zelene and Okhrimivka.
On the Kupiansk front, six Russian attacks occurred near the village of Kruhliakivka and towards Kurylivka, Bohuslavka and Novoplatonivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 14 attacks, trying to advance towards the settlements of Chervonyi Stav, Novoiehorivka, Drobysheve, Stavky and Lyman and near Zarichne and Novoselivka.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukraine's defence forces repelled eight Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Yampil and Zakitne and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians carried out two attempts to advance near the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bondarne.
On the Kostyantynivka front, the Russians conducted 24 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka and Rusyn Yar and towards Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Berestok, Stepanivka, Sofiivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 Russian assaults near the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Muravka and Filiia and towards Bilytske, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Serhiivka and Novopidhorodnie.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted 10 attacks near the settlements of Ternove and Zlahoda and towards Verbove, Vyshneve and Oleksandrohrad.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 35 assaults near the settlements of Dobropillia and Huliaipole and towards Zaliznychne, Staroukrainka, Hirke, Varvarivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Sviatopetrivka and Charivne.
"Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and units from Rocket Forces and Artillery have struck two clusters of Russian troops and three other important targets belonging to Russian invaders," the General Staff reported.
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