Ukrainian Forces Repel 61 Attacks Across Three Fronts Amid 177 Clashes
The General Staff reported 36 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk front, with further strikes recorded on the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
By Tomas Gonzalez ·
Sixty-one Russian attacks were repelled by Ukrainian defenders across three major fronts during the past day, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The military command logged a total of 177 combat clashes as of 08:00 on 26 October.
The Pokrovsk front absorbed the heaviest pressure, with Ukrainian units stopping 36 separate Russian attacks. Russian forces launched assaults near Serhiivka and Molodetske and pushed toward Nadiia, Novopavlivka, Sofiivka, Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Chernihivka, Krasnopodillia and Hulove.
Defenders on the Huliaipole front repelled 13 Russian attacks near Uspenske, Rizdvianka, Dolynka, Hirke and Yehorivka. The Kostiantynivka front recorded 12 clashes, with fighting near Raiske, Mykolaipillia, Dovha Balka, Kostiantynivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka and Novoselivka.
Ukrainian forces also held their lines on the Lyman front, repelling eight Russian attacks near Stepove, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Stavky, Lyman and Zarichne. Eight additional attacks were repelled on the South Slobozhanshchyna front, where Russians attempted to advance near Radkivka, Bochkove, Okhrimivka and Zakharivka.
Three Russian attacks occurred near Bachivsk, Boiaro-Lezhachi and Oleksiivka on the North Slobozhanshchyna front. A single attack was repelled near Malynivka on the Kramatorsk front. The Kupiansk, Sloviansk, Oleksandrivka, Orikhiv and Prydniprovske fronts saw no offensive Russian operations.
The operational situation remained stable on the Volyn and Polissia fronts, with no evidence of offensive Russian groups forming in the area.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda
