Battlefield sees 233 clashes, heaviest fighting on Kostiantynivka front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 233 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day between Ukraine's defence forces and Russian troops.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 15 August
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders stopped six Russian attacks.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian units repelled 12 Russian attacks. The Russians attempted to advance near the settlements of Starytsia and Vovchansk and towards Izbytske, Vilcha, Lyman, Shyroke, Anyksyne and Khatnie.
On the Kupiansk front, 14 Russian offensive actions were recorded towards the village of Petro-Ivanivka and near Holubivka.
On the Lyman front, Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attempts to break through the defences, with the Russians launching five attacks towards the settlements of Drobysheve and Lyman.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians conducted 23 assaults near the settlements of Riznykivka, Zakitne and Kryva Luka and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka, Ozerne and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russian forces conducted one offensive action towards the village of Yurkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, 34 Russian attacks were recorded. The Russians conducted assaults near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Toretske and Sofiivka and towards Stepanivka, Dolha Balka and Kucheriv Yar.
On the Pokrovsk front, the Russians conducted 29 attacks. They attempted to advance near the settlements of Dorozhnie, Kotlyne and Udachne and towards Svitle, Novyi Donbas, Muravka, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Vasylivka and Serhiivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted six attacks towards the settlements of Piddubne, Myrne, Verbove and Kalynivske.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian defence positions seven times. They attempted to advance towards the settlements of Rivne, Verkhnia Tersa and Novoselivka.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders stopped one Russian attempt to advance towards the village of Pavlivka.
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