Russian army actively advancing on 2 axes. General Staff names hottest spots on front
On June 18, 163 combat clashes took place on the front, the hottest axes were Pokrovsk (48 clashes), North-Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk (29).
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 carried out 40 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 58 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, the enemy attracted 3,269 kamikaze drones for destruction and carried out 5,111 attacks on positions of troops and settlements, in particular, 99 from multiple launch rocket systems.
On the North-Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, Ukrainian soldiers had 29 combat clashes.
The enemy carried out 9 air strikes here, dropped 19 guided bombs, and carried out 205 artillery attacks, including one from multiple launch rocket systems.
On the southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, the enemy stormed the areas of Vovchansk, Kamianka, Lyptsi, and Dovhenke 8 times.
On the Kupiansk axis, there were 2 attacks by the invaders in the direction of Stepova Novoselivka and near Zahryzove during the day.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked 15 times in the areas of the settlements of Novyi Myr, Olhivka, Hrekivka, Lypove, Zelena Dolyna, Torske and in the direction of Shandryholove and Karpivka.
On the Siversk axis, 2 attacks were repelled in the area of Hryhorivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, 15 clashes were recorded in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bila Hora, Kurdiumivka, Predtechyne, Novomarkove, Bondarne, and Stupochky.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Dyliivka, Shcherbynivka and towards Yablunivka and Novospaske.
On the Pokrovsk axis, the defenders stopped 48 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Malynivka, Lysivka, Myroliubivka, Myrne, Promin, Novopavlivka, Myrnohrad, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Kotliarivka, Oleksiivka and towards Novopidhirne, Poltavka, Popiv Yar.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the enemy attacked 20 times in the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Bahatyr, Vesele, Myrne, Vilne, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, and Shevchenko.
On the Huliaipole axis, the Defense Forces successfully repelled one enemy assault near Malynivka.
On the Orikhiv axis, one enemy attack was repelled in the direction of Shcherbaky.
On the Dnieper axis, no clashes were recorded over the past day.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops and artillery struck 16 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an artillery piece and one enemy control point.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders on June 18 amounted to 1,080 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on June 17, 186 clashes took place at the front, the hottest axes were Pokrovsk (57 clashes), North-Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk (28).