General Staff: 139 combat engagements on front lines in past day, Pokrovsk sector remains hottest
On July 5, 139 combat engagements took place on the front lines in Ukraine, with most of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
This is said in a situation update by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
According to the updated information, yesterday the Russian army launched six missile strikes (using 12 missiles), 55 air strikes (72 guided aerial bombs) and more than 3,000 shelling attacks, including 105 MLRS strikes.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out air strikes, particularly on the areas of Vovchansk, Ruska Lozova, Hlyboke, Kurylivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Kivsharivka in the Kharkiv region; Chasoiv Yar, Toretsk, New York, Mykolaivka, Vovche, Novoselivka Persha, Kostiantynivka, Maksymilianivka in the Donetsk region; and Hulyaypole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kharkiv sector, Russian troops continued offensive and assault operations with the support of aircraft. Eight combat engagements took place in the areas of Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Starytsia and Lyptsi.
In the Kupiansk sector, the number of combat engagements increased to five over the day. The Ukrainian defense forces repelled attacks in the areas of Synkivka and Petropavlivka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector, 21 Russian attacks were repelled in the areas of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske in the Luhansk region, Terny in the Donetsk region and in the Serebryansky forest.
In the Siversk sector, the Ukrainian defense forces repelled seven attacks in the areas of Spirne and Vyimka in the Donetsk region and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders thwarted 10 Russian attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of Klishchiivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske and Andriivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk sector, Russian troops launched 18 attacks on the areas of Toretsk, Pivnichne and New York in the Donetsk region, supporting their actions with air strikes.
In the Pokrovsk sector, 45 enemy attacks were repelled near Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhivka, Yevhenivka, Prohres, Yasnobrodivka, Novoselivka Persha, Umanske and Netailove in the Donetsk region. The Russian army carried out more than half of them near Novooleksandrivka and Novoselivka Persha.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces continued to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Nevelske and Kostiantynivka, where Russians attempted to break through the defensive lines nine times.
In the Vremivka sector, Russian troops conducted seven attacks on the areas of Kostiantynivka, Vodiane and Makarivka in the Donetsk region.
Two combat clashes took place in the Orikhiv sector. The enemy was repelled near Mala Tokmachka.
In the Dnipro River sector, the invaders continue attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian Defense Forces from their positions on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. All five attacks were unsuccessful.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There are no signs of Russian offensive groups forming.