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2025-05-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian General Staff: 101 combat clashes at the front since the beginning of the day
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The General Staff assesses the situation at the front.

The enemy continues to exert the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsky direction, where 32 combat clashes occurred in 24 hours.


Since the beginning of the day on May 22, there have been more than 100 battles on the front. Russian troops dropped 78 guided bombs, used more than 1,300 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,183 attacks. The enemy's greatest activity is still recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported in the evening report of the General Staff on Thursday, May 22.

In the Kharkov direction, the enemy tried six times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the area of ​​the settlement of Vovchansk and in the direction of Dolgenky. At the same time, the enemy launched an air strike on the area of ​​the settlement of Rublenoe.

Three attacks were repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Kupyansk direction, in the areas of Petrovpavlovka, Kolesnikovka, Kindrashevka, Novaya Kruglyakovka and in the direction of Peschanoye. Two more clashes are still ongoing.

Twelve attacks by the invaders were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Novy Mir, Torskoye, Lipovoye and Ridkodub in the Liman direction.

In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions in the areas of Grigoryevka and Belogorovka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped three attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Belaya Gora. One clash continues to this day.

In the Toretsk direction, the occupiers today stormed the positions of our defenders six times in the areas of Romanovka, Toretsk and Dilievka. The defense forces are steadfastly holding back the onslaught and have repelled four enemy assaults, two combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 32 offensive actions. The activity of the Russian occupiers is near the settlements of Elizavetovka, Lisovka, Malinovka, Zvirovo, Kotlyarovka, Dachenskoye, Udachnoye, Troitskoye, Andreyevka, as well as in the directions of the settlements of Promen, Shevchenko Pervoye, Mirolyubovka. Five combat clashes are still ongoing. The enemy also carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Pokrovsk, Stepanovka, Novotoretskoye, Gnatovka.

According to estimates, our soldiers eliminated 83 occupiers in this direction and wounded another 70. One self-propelled artillery unit "2S1", 11 cars, eight motorcycles, an antenna for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles, a long-range visual observation complex "Murom-M", 13 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types, two satellite communication terminals and a mortar of the enemy were neutralized. A car, an ATV and an artillery system of the Russian occupiers were also significantly damaged.

In the Novopavlovskoye direction, Ukrainian units stopped 11 attacks by the occupiers near Constantinople and in the direction of Shevchenko and Novopol. One combat clash is currently ongoing. At the same time, the enemy carried out air strikes on the settlements of Komar, Novoukrainka and Novodarovka.

In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped one attempt by the invaders to advance near the settlement of Vysokoye. The settlements of Gulyai-Polye and Vysokoye were subjected to air strikes.

In the Orekhov direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions today in the direction of Novodanilovka. At the same time, air strikes were carried out on the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novodanilovka and Stepnogorsk.

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.

There were 20 combat clashes in the Kursk direction today. The enemy carried out 12 air strikes, dropping 16 guided bombs on populated areas and Defense Forces positions. In addition, it carried out 191 artillery attacks, including three from multiple launch rocket systems.

In other areas, there were no significant changes in the situation.

The General Staff noted the soldiers of the 65th separate mechanized brigade "Velikiy Lug", the 406th separate artillery brigade named after General-Khorunzhy Alexei Almazov, the 1st separate territorial defense brigade named after Ivan Bohun, who are effectively repelling the enemy.

Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a statement regarding the fighting in the Kursk region of Russia .

Let us recall that on May 21, Russia lost almost 900 fighters killed and wounded in 24 hours. The total number of Russian losses will soon exceed the psychological threshold of 1 million people.

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