[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders bravely hold back the enemy onslaught.
Russian troops continue shelling Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles, aircraft and artillery, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the operational situation as of 16:00 on May 31.
It is reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the offensive actions of the Russian army. Since the beginning of the day, 83 combat clashes have been recorded.
Russian troops continue shelling Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles, aircraft and artillery. The following border communities of Sumy region came under enemy fire: Prokhody, Khutor-Mykhailovsky, Slavgorod, Porozok, Novaya Guta, Turya, Miropolskoye, Studenok, Pokrovka, Progress, Voronizh, Bela Bereza. Miropolskoye suffered airstrikes.
Kharkov direction – no offensive actions by the enemy.
Kupyansk direction – Eight attacks near Peschanoye and Stepnaya Novoselovka, three battles are ongoing.
Liman direction – Nine attacks near Karpovka, Novy Mir, Grekovka, Torskoye and Ridkodub. Five clashes are still ongoing.
Severskoye direction: Two clashes near Grigoryevka and Verkhnekamyanskoye, one continues.
Kramatorsk direction: An assault near Belaya Gora was repelled, the battle near Kurdyumovka continues.
Toretskoye direction: Six combat clashes near Toretsk, one continues.
Pokrovskoe direction: the enemy carried out 22 attacks in the areas of more than 10 populated areas, 19 of them were repelled, three battles continue.
Novopavlovskoye direction: Seven attacks near Orekhovoye, Zeleny Pole, Novopol and Volny Pole.
Gulyai-Polye direction: airstrikes on Malinovka, Gulyai-Polye and Poltavka.
Orekhovskoye direction: Four enemy attacks were stopped near Pavlovka, Novodanilovka and Stepnoye.
Pridneprovskoe direction: airstrikes on the populated area of ​​Lvovoye.
Kursk direction: A total of 12 attacks were repelled, four more battles continue. The occupiers carried out four airstrikes (11 guided bombs) and 115 artillery attacks, including one from a multiple launch rocket system.
No significant changes were recorded in other areas.
Earlier it was reported that over the past 24 hours, the aggressor country Russia lost 1,250 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine.
Let us recall that in 2024, Russia suffered the greatest losses on the front since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. At least 45,287 soldiers were killed. And for every square kilometer captured, at least 27 occupiers died.