Battlefield sees 230 combat clashes over past day – Ukraine's General Staff
The Russians are putting pressure along the entire line of contact. A total of 230 combat clashes have occurred over the past day, most of them on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 18 September
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, one Russian attack was recorded. The Russians conducted 42 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled 14 Russian attacks towards the settlements of Mala Vovcha, Buhaivka, Kozacha Lopan, Lyman, Prylipka, Ternova, Karaichne, Potykhonove, Rybalchyne and Zakharivka.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians made three attempts to improve their positions, conducting assaults towards the settlements of Petropavlivka and Kivsharivka.
On the Lyman front, Ukraine's defence forces repelled 10 Russian attacks towards the settlements of Kopanky, Hrekivka, Shyikivka, Novoselivka, Lyman and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians conducted five assaults near the settlements of Yampil, Kryva Luka and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, two Russian attacks towards the village of Vasiutynske were recorded.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 19 assaults near the city of Kostiantynivka and towards Osykove, Dovha Balka, Pryiut, Stepy and Vilne.
On the Pokrovsk front, the Russians made 25 attempts to advance towards the settlements of Bilytske, Hannivka, Dobropillia, Novyi Donbas, Novohryshyne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Molodetske and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, two Russian attacks towards the village of Novoheorhiivka were recorded.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Rizdvianka, Krynychne and Charivne seven times.
On the Orikhiv front, the Russians made four attempts to improve their positions, attacking towards the settlements of Chervona Krynytsia, Pavlivka and Malokaterynivka.
"Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two clusters of Russian personnel, five UAV ground control stations, five artillery systems and artillery positions, three command-and-control facilities, three other key enemy targets, a command post and a repair base belonging to the Russians," the General Staff reported.
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