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Ukraine Reports 229 Clashes as Heavy Russian Air and Drone Strikes Hit Front Lines

The General Staff says intense use of guided bombs, loitering munitions and massed shelling aims to wear down defenses, prompting targeted Ukrainian strikes on enemy concentrations.

Overview

  • Ukrainian military reports 229 separate clashes in the previous 24‑hour period, with the fiercest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole directions.
  • The report says Russian forces conducted large air operations and dropped 391 guided bombs while launching thousands of loitering kamikaze drones.
  • Ukrainian forces recorded about 3,001 shelling incidents against positions and towns, including 112 attacks by multiple‑launch rocket systems.
  • Ukraine says its aviation, rocket and artillery units struck 12 enemy concentration areas, destroyed two artillery systems and hit a drone control node.
  • The update repeats Ukrainian tallies of cumulative Russian combat losses since 2022 as a claimed estimate and frames the fighting as sustained attrition that continues to affect front‑line towns and troops.