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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back the Russian offensive in the east and south of Ukraine.
The enemy organized the largest number of attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. There, fighting continues in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, the total number of combat clashes on the front has reached 95. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on the situation as of 16:00 on Wednesday, June 18.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our soldiers repelled 17 enemy attacks, and four more clashes continue.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the Russians attacked three times in the areas of Vovchansk, Liptsy and Dolgenkoye.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice advanced in the direction of Stepova Novoselovka and near Zagrizovoye. One combat clash continues.
In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out eight attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novy Mir, Olgovka, Grekovka, Lipovoe, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye and in the direction of Karpovka. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy twice attacked the Grigoryevka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasil'evka, Belaya Gora, Kurdyumovka, Predtechnoye, Novomarkovoye, Bondarnoye and Stupochki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled all 12 attacks.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians are trying to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the areas of Toretsk and Dilievka. Five assaults have been stopped.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians organized 24 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Mirnoye, Promen, Mirnograd, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka, Alekseyevka and in the direction of Novopodgorny. The defense forces have already repelled 19 attacks.
Eight assaults were stopped in the Novopavlovsk direction , three more clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Veseloye, Mirny, Volny, Novosyolka, Volny Pole and Shevchenko.
In the Orekhov direction, one enemy attack in the direction of Shcherbaki was repelled.
Let us recall that in one day on June 17, Russia lost more than 1,000 soldiers and dozens of armored vehicles on the front. The total number of Russian losses exceeded 1 million people.
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