129 combat clashes take place on front during day, 40 of them on Pokrovsk axis
On February 16, 129 combat clashes took place on the front, the enemy attacked the Pokrovsk axis the most (40 clashes).
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 invaders launched two missile and 95 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used 5 missiles and dropped 141 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, the enemy carried out more than 5,500 attacks, 124 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,932 kamikaze drones for destruction.
On February 16, 129 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded on the front.
Thus, on the Kharkiv axis, two enemy attacks were repelled in the direction of Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis, 16 combat clashes took place near Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, Bohuslavka and Pishchane.
On the Lyman axis, 13 enemy attacks were repelled, mainly on the areas of the settlements of Novoserhiivka, Novoiehorivka, Novoplatonivka, Novoliubivka, Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Kolodiazi and Dronivka.
On the Siversk axis, 1 attack was repelled near the settlement of Hryhorivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, 8 attempts by the invaders to advance to Chasiv Yar and Vasiukivka were repelled.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy tried to advance 8 times on the areas of Krymske and Toretsk.
On the Pokrovsk axis, 40 attacks were repelled near the settlements of Vodiane Druhe, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Pishchane, Udachne, Uspenivka, Nadiivka, Oleksiivka, Andriivka, Dachne and Ulakly.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the Defense Forces repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynopil, Burlatske, Novoocheretuvate and Novosilka.
On the Orikhiv axis, 6 assaults were repelled in the areas of Novoandriivka, Piatykhatky, Shcherbaky and Mali Shcherbaky.
On the Dnieper and Huliaipole axis, the enemy did not conduct active operations on the past day.
On the Kursk axis (russian federation), the enemy last day carried out 9 assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units, carried out 51 air strikes, dropped 80 anti-aircraft missiles and carried out 495 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, including 16 from multiple launch rocket systems.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 12 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 11 artillery systems, two command posts, one air defense system, as well as two electronic warfare stations of the russian invaders.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders on February 16 amounted to 1,530 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on February 14, 112 combat clashes took place at the front, the enemy attacked most of all on the Pokrovsk axis (36 clashes) and in the operational zone in the Kursk Oblast of the russian federation (23 clashes).