General Staff: enemy carried out 243 attacks in 24 hours, heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk direction

General assessment of the situation on the front line

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released data on combat operations from the start of the day on 13 November. During this period, 243 instances of combat engagements with the occupiers were recorded. The enemy exerted the main pressure on the Pokrovsk direction, where 47 assaults on Ukrainian positions took place.

Use of aviation and drones

Over the course of the day, Russian forces delivered 44 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions. During these attacks, 155 guided aerial bombs were dropped. In addition, the adversary deployed 3,023 suicide drones into combat operations and carried out 1,775 shelling incidents targeting both populated areas and the lines of deployment of the Defence Forces.

Dynamics on the Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions

On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions, the occupiers delivered one airstrike, dropped two guided aerial bombs, and conducted 25 shelling incidents targeting our forces' positions and populated areas.

On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, the adversary attacked our units' positions twice in the area of Starytsia and towards the populated area of Okhrimivka.

On the Kupiansk direction, one assault action by the occupiers was recorded, who attacked towards Hlushkivka.

Combat operations in the Lyman and Sloviansk sectors

On the Lyman direction, the Defence Forces repelled 14 enemy attempts to advance forward. Combat engagements took place near Hrekyvka and towards the populated areas of Novoplatonivka, Druzheliubivka, Zelyna Dolyna, and Lyman.

On the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian defenders halted four attempts by the occupiers to advance towards Mykolaivka. On the Kramatorsk direction, the adversary attacked positions near Mykolaivka once.

Intense fighting on the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions

On the Kostiantynivka direction, the Defence Forces repelled ten enemy assaults. Combat operations continued in the areas of the populated areas of Kostiantynivka, Rusyn Yar, as well as towards Mykolaipillia and Novopavlivka.

The highest tension was observed on the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy carried out 47 attacks. The occupiers attempted to advance near Toretske, Sofiivka, Vilne, Novyi Donbas, Vodianske, Dobropillia, and Molodetske, as well as towards Kucheriv Yar, Zolotyi Kolodiaz, Hannivka, Novohryshyn, Myrne, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka. At the time of the data publication, two enemy assaults were ongoing.

Adversary losses on the Pokrovsk direction

Preliminary calculations indicate that 101 occupiers were killed on the Pokrovsk direction, and another 23 were wounded. 43 units of automotive equipment, one special vehicle, one unmanned aerial vehicle control point, and 14 enemy shelters were destroyed.

Four units of automotive equipment, three guns, one UAV control point, and 57 shelters were damaged. Additionally, 100 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.

Situation on the southern directions

On the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy assaulted positions towards Novomykolaivka twice.

On the Hulyaipil direction, the Defence Forces repelled five enemy attacks near Verkhnia Tersa, Mala Tokmachka, and towards the populated areas of Yehorivka, Kopani, and Hirke. Three more combat engagements in this sector were ongoing.

On the Orikhiv direction, the occupiers conducted five assault actions towards Novoandriivka, Yurkivka, Pavlivka, and Novoyakovlivka.

On the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy did not carry out any assault actions. No significant changes in the situation were recorded on other directions.