Pokrovsk and two other fronts see almost 80 combat clashes out of 242 over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 242 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Russians conducting the most attacks on the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole fronts, trying to break through Ukrainian defences 78 times.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 18 May
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians launched seven airstrikes, using 14 guided bombs, and conducted 95 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including six from multiple-launch rocket systems. Five Russian assaults were recorded.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Prylipka, Dvorichanske, Starytsia and Veterynarne and towards Izbytske, Zybynе, Ternova, Okhrimivka and Kolodiazne.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians conducted two attacks towards the settlements of Petropavlivka and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi.
On the Lyman front, the Russians tried to penetrate Ukrainian defences eight times, attacking towards the settlements of Lyman, Yampil, Drobysheve and Zarichne.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled three Russian attempts to advance towards the settlements of Rai-Oleksandrivka, Zakitne and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 22 Russian attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, Toretske, Shakhove and Sofiivka and towards Vilne and Kucheriv Yar.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 32 Russian assaults near the settlements of Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Sukhetske, Ivanivka and Nove Shakhove and towards Myrne, Bilytske, Serhiivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive actions.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 24 attacks near the settlements of Zlahoda, Varvarivka, Dobropillia and Olenokostiantynivka and towards Nove Zaporizhzhia, Vozdvyzhivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske and Charivne.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders stopped two Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Bilohiria and Stepnohirsk.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the village of Antonivka.
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 systematically destroy the Russians, providing effective resistance along the line of contact.
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