Battlefield sees 235 clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 235 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield on 19 July. Ukrainian defenders repelled 30 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk front alone.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 17 July
Details: In total, 235 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield over the past 24 hours.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians conducted three airstrikes, dropping eight guided bombs, and conducted 56 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including one from a multiple-launch rocket system.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 14 attacks on Ukrainian positions towards the village of Hoptivka and near the settlements of Lyman, Starytsia and Prylipka.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations.
On the Lyman front, the Russians attempted to breach the Ukrainian defences 26 times near the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Drobysheve, Novoselivka and Hrekivka and towards Shyikivka, Stavky, Lyman and Ozerne.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians conducted 27 assaults near the settlements of Zakitne, Kryva Luka and Riznykivka and towards Pyskunivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted two attacks towards the village of Nykyforivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 24 Russian attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia and Stepanivka and towards Pavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukraine's defence forces stopped 30 Russian assaults near the settlements of Toretske, Shakhove, Udachne, Filiia and Hryshyne and towards Kucheriv Yar, Novyi Donbas, Myrne, Bilytske, Svitle, Novopavlivka, Shevchenko and Novopidhorodne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 21 attacks near the village of Zaliznychne and towards the settlements of Dobropillia, Tsvitkove, Vozdvyzhivka and Hirke.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian attempt to advance near the village of Shcherbaky.
On the Prydniprovske front, Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there were no signs of Russian offensive groups being formed in the area.
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