149 Combat Clashes in One Day and Nearly 10,000 Drones: Key Takeaways from the General Staff Report

War Update

According to Главком: The past 24 hours saw 149 combat engagements. The enemy launched a missile strike using a single missile and carried out 75 airstrikes, dropping 273 guided aerial bombs. Overall, the adversary intensified the use of kamikaze drones, deploying 9,649 such units, and conducted 3,572 shelling attacks on populated areas and positions, including 33 from multiple rocket launchers. This marks the 1,532nd day of the full-scale war in Ukraine.

Enemy airstrikes were recorded in the following areas:

• Velyka Pysarivka
• Vilna Sloboda (Sumy region)
• Tsvitkove
• Liubytske
• Verkhnia Tersa
• Vozdvyzhivka (Zaporizhzhia region)

In response, Ukrainian defense forces struck:

• three command posts
• seven areas where enemy personnel were concentrated
• one air defense system
• four artillery systems

Frontline Combat Operations

Active hostilities were also recorded across various frontline sectors. On the Northern Slobozhanskyi and Kursk axes, five combat clashes occurred, with the enemy conducting 80 shelling attacks, including five from multiple rocket launchers. On the Southern Slobozhanskyi axis, the adversary launched four assaults on positions near Prylipka, Starytsia, and Ambarnye. On the Kupiansk axis, one attack near Radkivka was repelled.

On the Lyman axis, six attempts to advance near Drobysheve, Lyman, Yampil, and Ozerne were thwarted. On the Sloviansk axis, three attempts to push forward near Kryva Luka, Zakitne, and Riznykivka were halted. On the Kramatorsk axis, three attacks near Malynivka, Nykyforivka, and Viroliubivka were stopped.

The enemy tried to step up operations on the Kostiantynivka axis, launching 16 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Toretsk, Illinivka, Pleshchiivka, and Stepanivka. On the Pokrovsk axis, 24 assault actions were halted near Bilytske, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Rodynske, Udachne, Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, and Muravka.

On the Oleksandrivka axis, the enemy attacked seven times near Sichneve, Yehorivka, Nove Zaporizhzhia, Zlahoda, and Verbove. On the Huliaipole axis, 29 attacks occurred near Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Hirke, Staroukrainka, Olenokostiantynivka, Yablukove, Sviatopetrivka, Charivne, Verkhnia Tersa, and Vozdvyzhivka.

On the Orikhiv axis, the enemy attempted to advance near Shcherbaky, while on the Dnipro axis, three attacks toward Antonivka were stopped. The situation remains tense, and the war continues to impact the lives of people in Ukraine.

As of now, the frontline situation indicates ongoing active combat, particularly on several key axes. The high intensity of shelling and the use of kamikaze drones underscore the scale of the conflict and the readiness of both sides for continued confrontation. It remains unclear what the next steps for both parties will be, as the war continues to affect the humanitarian situation in regions subjected to shelling and attacks.