UKR Forces Hold RU Back Near Donetsk Region’s Marinka; 71 Military Clashes Occur on Front; UKR Repels 34 RU Attacks on Avdiivka Front Past Day; UKR Downs 30 RU Drones Over 11 Regions; Downs ALL Drones Targeting Kyiv; UKR kills 1000 RUs-Over Past Day, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

War update: Ukrainian forces hold enemy back near Donetsk region’s Marinka:

In the Marinka direction, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding Russian invaders back near the Donetsk region’s Krasnohorivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka. Here, the Ukrainian military repelled 13 enemy attacks.

The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Ninety-six combat engagements have occurred on the front in the past 24 hours. Russian troops launched two missile strikes and 23 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 40 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements.

Following Russian terrorist attacks, casualties among civilians were reported, as well as the damage caused to residential houses and other civil infrastructure.

Russian occupiers launched another air attack on Ukraine’s territory, having used 31 Shahed-136/131 loitering munitions. Ukrainian forces destroyed 30 enemy combat drones.

Russian invaders launched air strikes on the Chernihiv region’s Krasnyi Khutir and Hremiach; Sumy region’s Volfyne; Donetsk region’s Marinka, Maksymilianivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka.

Russian artillery strikes affected over 130 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, Russian invaders are maintaining military presence within the border areas, conducting sabotage activities and shelling border settlements from Russia’s territory.

In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled nine enemy attacks near the Kharkiv region’s Synkivka. —>READ MORE HERE

War update: 71 military clashes occur on front

Seventy-one combat engagements have occurred on the front between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops in the past 24 hours.

The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and continue inflicting fire damage on Russian occupiers.

Over the past day, Ukraine’s Air Force has launched strikes on 21 Russian personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters.

Ukrainian missile units hit seven enemy personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters, 12 artillery systems, two ammunition and fuel depots.

Meanwhile, Russian troops launched three missile strikes and 47 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 38 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements.

Following Russian terrorist attacks, casualties among civilians were reported, as well as the damage caused to residential houses and other civil infrastructure.

The operational situation is remaining challenging in eastern and southern Ukraine, according to the General Staff.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged. No enemy offensive groupings were detected. Certain Belarusian units are completing tasks within the areas bordering with Ukraine. —>READ MORE HERE

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+++++Ukrainian defenders repel 34 Russian attacks on Avdiivka front over past day – General Staff+++++

+++++ Ukraine defense forces shot down 30 Russian drones: reports+++++

+++++Drones attack Kyiv in groups, waves and from different directions but air defence down them all+++++

+++++Ukrainian defenders kill nearly 1,000 Russians over past day+++++

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