Battlefield sees 268 combat clashes over past day, most on Pokrovsk front
A total of 268 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. Russian forces launched most of their attacks on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian forces repelled 38 assaults.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 9 July
Details: In total, 268 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders stopped two Russian assaults. Meanwhile, the Russians launched one airstrike, using two guided bombs, and conducted 44 strikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian units repelled two Russian assaults near the village of Hoptivka.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians launched two attacks towards the settlements of Novoplatonivka and Kivsharivka.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces tried to break through the Ukrainian defence, conducting 15 attacks near the settlements of Stavky, Drobysheve and Lyman and towards Druzheliubivка, Derylove, Shyikivka, Novoselivka and Yampil.
On the Sloviansk front, Russian troops conducted 28 assaults near the settlements of Kryva Luka, Zakitne and Riznykivka and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the settlements of Nykyforivka, Tykhonivka and Yurivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, 29 Russian attacks were recorded. The Russians conducted assaults near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivка and Ivanopillia and towards Stepanivka and Oleksandro-Shultyne.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 38 Russian attacks, the highest number recorded on any front over the past 24 hours. The Russians were active near the settlements of Toretske, Pokrovsk, Rodynske and Bilytske and conducted assaults towards Pavlivka, Vilne, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Molodetske, Novopidhorodne, Svitle, Hulive, Matiasheve, Dorozhnie, Nykanorivka, Novyi Donbas, Kotlyne and Udachne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the settlements of Novohryhorivka and Voskresenka.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 30 attacks on the positions of Ukraine's defence forces. The Russians tried to advance near the settlements of Huliaipilske, Novoselivka and Verkhnia Tersa and towards Hirke, Rybne, Dobropillia, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Kosivtseve and Charivne.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders stopped two unsuccessful Russian attempts to advance towards the settlements of Stepove and Shcherbaky.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians did not conduct any assaults.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
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