Ukraine front lines: 177 clashes logged in 24 hours
Russian forces attempted 36 attacks on the Pokrovsk front, the highest single-sector count recorded over the past day.
By Yuna Patel ·
Ukrainian forces stopped 36 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk front in the 24 hours ending 08:00 on 26 October, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook. That front absorbed the largest share of a wider tally: 177 combat clashes recorded across all sectors over the past day.
The fighting was spread across several fronts. On the Huliaipole front, Ukrainian units repelled 13 Russian attacks near Uspenske, Rizdvianka, Dolynka, Hirke and Yehorivka. The Kostiantynivka front recorded 12 Russian assaults near Raiske, Mykolaipillia, Dovha Balka, Kostiantynivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka and Novoselivka. Eight attacks were repelled on the Lyman front near Stepove, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Stavky, Lyman and Zarichne, and eight more on the South Slobozhanshchyna front near Radkivka, Bochkove, Okhrimivka and Zakharivka.
The General Staff's account of the past day's activity lists no Russian assaults on the Kupiansk, Sloviansk, Oleksandrivka, or Orikhiv and Prydniprovske fronts. On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the operational situation was unchanged, with no evidence of offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
The report, published as of 08:00 on 26 October, states that on the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces attempted one attack near the village of Malynivka. On the North Slobozhanshchyna front, three attacks were conducted near Bachivsk, Boiaro-Lezhachi and Oleksiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Russian attacks were directed toward Serhiivka, Molodetske, Nadiia, Novopavlivka, Sofiivka, Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Chernihivka, Krasnopodillia and Hulove.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda
