The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this in an operational update as of 22:00, published on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
"Since the beginning of the day, a total of 180 combat engagements have taken place. The aggressor launched one missile strike, using two missiles, carried out 54 airstrikes with 164 guided aerial bombs, deployed 6,222 kamikaze drones for attacks and conducted 2,272 strikes on the positions of our troops and populated areas," the statement said.
On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk fronts, Russian forces carried out 66 attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces launched six assaults on Ukrainian positions in the directions of Kozacha Lopan, Petro-Ivanivka, Anyskyne, Ivashkyne and Symynivka.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces launched three attacks in the directions of Bohuslavka, Kupiansk and Petropavlivka.
Twelve attempts by Russian forces to advance were repelled on the Lyman front in the directions of Drobysheve, Ozerne, Stavky and Lyman, as well as near Novoselivka.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces successfully stopped 19 attempts by Russian forces to advance near Kryva Luka, Zakitne and Riznykivka, and in the directions of Rai-Oleksandrivka and Pyskunivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces launched three attacks in the direction of Malynivka and near Pryvillia.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Ukrainian forces repelled 22 Russian assaults near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and Ivanopillia, and in the directions of Stepanivka, Toretske, Vilne and Nove Shakhove. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
Russian forces launched 21 attacks on the Pokrovsk front. The occupiers attempted to advance near Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka and Molodetske, and in the directions of Bilytske, Shevchenko, Novyi Donbas and Serhiivka.
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According to preliminary estimates, 27 Russian soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in the area today. Ukrainian forces destroyed one artillery system, 25 personnel shelters, six vehicles and two pieces of special equipment. Another 12 artillery systems, four vehicles and 131 personnel shelters were damaged. A total of 296 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian forces launched two attacks in the direction of Oleksandrohrad and near Solodke.
On the Huliaipole front, Ukrainian forces repelled ten Russian attacks in the directions of Vozdvyzhivka, Kosivtseve, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove and Charivne. One combat engagement is still ongoing.
Russian forces conducted no offensive operations on the Orikhiv and Dnipro River fronts.
There were no significant changes in the situation on the other fronts.
Photo: 58th Motorized Brigade named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi