Battlefield sees 237 clashes, almost third of them on Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts alone – Ukraine's General Staff
Russian forces are continuing offensive operations across the entire front line. A total of 237 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Russians conducting the heaviest attacks on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 12 August
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, seven combat clashes occurred. The Russians conducted 71 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including one from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces conducted 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Lyman and Starytsia and towards the settlements of Khatnie, Kolodiazne, Okhrimivka and Vodiane.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops conducted 15 attacks near the settlements of Zahryzove and Kurylivka and towards Radkivka and Petropavlivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted seven attacks near the settlements of Karpivka, Serednie, Zarichne and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk front, Russian soldiers conducted 18 assaults near the settlements of Riznykivka, Zakitne, Kryva Luka and Kalenyky and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Ozerne.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted one attack towards Yurkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian forces conducted 34 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and Ivanopillia and towards Dovha Balka, Stepanivka, Toretske, Novyi Donbas and Kucheriv Yar.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukraine's defence forces stopped 37 Russian assaults near the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Myrne, Dorozhnie, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne and Novomykolaivka and towards Shevchenko, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian troops conducted an attack towards the village of Ternove.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted six attacks towards the settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Charivne, Kosivtseve, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove and Huliaipilske.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders repelled two Russian attempts to advance towards Prymorske and Luhivske.
"Over the past 24 hours, units from Ukraine's Air Force and Rocket Forces and Artillery have hit three command posts, one cluster of enemy manpower, one artillery piece and four UAV ground control stations," the General Staff said.
Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.