Battlefield sees 272 clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 272 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts seeing the heaviest fighting.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 29 July
Details: On Tuesday 28 July, the Russians carried out 87 airstrikes, dropping 298 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 9,383 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,073 strikes on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including 58 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and Rocket Forces and Artillery units hit four clusters of Russian personnel.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukraine's defence forces stopped 37 Russian assaults near the settlements of Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Molodetske, Chernihivka and Novooleksandrivka and towards Toretske, Novopavlivka, Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Svitle, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Matiasheve, Novyi Donbas and Novohryshyne.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 31 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia and Rusyn Yar and towards Stepanivka.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, one combat clash occurred. The Russians carried out three airstrikes, dropping five aerial bombs, and conducted 66 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including one from a multiple-launch rocket system.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 20 attacks towards the settlements of Chaikivka, Kozacha Lopan, Izbytske, Ahyshchyne, Ambarne, Zapadne, Khatnie and Kolodiazne and near Starytsia and Lyman.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the settlements of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi and Shyikivka and near Petropavlivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 13 attacks, trying to break through Ukrainian defences towards the settlements of Drobysheve, Lyman, Ozerne and Stavky and near Novoselivka, Novomykhailivka and Hrekivka.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians conducted 19 assaults near the settlements of Kryva Luka, Zakitne and Riznykivka and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Pyskunivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted four attacks near the settlements of Pryvillia and Nykyforivka and towards the village of Malynivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted an attack near the village of Voskresenka.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 20 attacks towards the settlements of Kosivtseve, Vozdvyzhivka, Rizdvianka, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove, Charivne and Novoselivka and near Zaliznychne.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Stepove, Shcherbaky and Plavni and towards the village of Pavlivka.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians did not carry out 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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