[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in fierce battles in the east and south of Ukraine.
Most of the fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsk direction. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already stopped 38 Russian attacks.
Since the beginning of the day, 99 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Thursday, June 5.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians are trying to advance in the Vovchansk area. The battle is currently ongoing there.
In the Kupyansk direction, two enemy attempts to advance forward in the areas of the settlements of Zapadnoye and Petrovpavlovka were successfully stopped.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Novy Mir, Ridkodub, Karpovka, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye and in the direction of Grigorovka. Currently, fighting continues in three locations.
In the Seversky direction, three military clashes took place near Verkhnekamyansky. One battle is not over yet.
In the Kramatorsk direction, two military clashes occurred in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Kurdyumovka. One military clash continues.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 assaults near the settlements of Dilievka, Toretsk, Nelipovka, Shcherbinovka and in the direction of the settlements of Aleksandro-Kalinovoye, Yablunovka, Rusin Yar. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the occupiers carried out 42 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Malinovka, Elizavetovka, Lisovka, Zvirove, Udachnoye, Kotlin, Novosergeevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Gorikhovoe, Novoukrainka, Andreyevka and in the direction of Pokrovsk and Alekseyevka. The defense forces have already repelled 38 assaults.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russians attacked 13 times near the settlements of Bogatyr, Konstantinopol, Rivnepol, Novosyolka, Zelenoe Pole and in the direction of Alekseyevka. One attack is still ongoing.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attempted to break through the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the Malinovka area five times.
In the Orekhov direction, the invaders carried out four unsuccessful attacks near Stepovoye, Malye Shcherbaki and in the direction of Novoandrievka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy once unsuccessfully tried to approach the fortifications of our defenders.
In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven attacks by Russian troops.
Let us recall that on June 4, Russia lost almost 1,000 fighters killed and wounded in one day. The total number of Russian losses will soon exceed 1 million people.