171 combat clashes take place on front during day, largest number – on Pokrovsk, Lyman and Vremivka axes
On December 26, 171 combat clashes took place on the front, the largest number – on the Pokrovsk (42 clashes), Lyman (25 clashes) and Vremivka (24 clashes) axes.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated this in its operational update on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Over the past day, the enemy launched two missile strikes using two missiles on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, as well as 42 air strikes, in particular, dropping 55 KABs.
In addition, the enemy carried out more than 5,700 attacks, 289 of them from multiple launch rocket systems and attracted about 2,400 kamikaze drones for strikes.
On December 26, 171 combat clashes with the russian occupiers took place on the front.
Thus, on the Kharkiv axis, 2 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk and Starytsia.
On the Kupiansk axis, 9 attacks by the occupiers took place in the areas of Zapadne, Lozova and Kruhliakivka, Bohuslavka, Nova Kruhliakivka during the day.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked 25 times near the settlements of Kopanky, Cherneshchyna, Novoserhiivka, Platonivka, Zelenyi Hai, Druzheliubivka, Makiivka, Terny, Zarichne and Torske.
On the Siversk axis, 4 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Bilohorivka and Hryhorivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, 4 assaults were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Chasiv Yar, Stupochky, Bila Hora and Oleksandro-Shultyne.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy carried out 13 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Dyliivka and Toretsk.
On the Pokrovsk axis, the Defense Forces stopped 42 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the axis of Vozdvyzhenka, Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Dachenske, Novyi Trud, Pishchane, Pokrovsk, Novoolenivka, Vovkove, Shevchenko and Novotroitske.
On the Kurakhove axis, 23 enemy assaults were repelled. The enemy concentrated its main offensive efforts in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlivka, Slovianka, Andriivka and Kurakhove.
On the Vremivka axis, 24 assaults were repelled near the settlements of Yantarne, Vremivka, Kostiantynopil, Novyi Komar and Kostiantynopolske.
On the Orikhiv axis, one attack was repelled in the area of the settlement of Novoandriivka.
On the Dnieper axis, 3 enemy attacks were repelled.
On the Kursk axis (russia) over the past day, 20 enemy attacks were repelled, the enemy carried out 424 artillery attacks, in particular, 30 from multiple launch rocket systems, and 24 air strikes, dropping 34 KABs.
In total, over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 10 areas of concentration of enemy personnel and munitions, one control point, one enemy artillery system and one other important enemy facility were destroyed.
On December 26, the losses of the russian invaders amounted to 1,650 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on December 25, 217 combat clashes took place at the front, the largest number of which was on the Pokrovsk (57 clashes), Vremivka (35) and Kurakhove (31) axes.