[Korrespondent] There have been 60 attacks by the Russian army on the front, and heavy fighting is ongoing in several directions, the command reported.
Since the beginning of the day, 60 attacks by the Russian army have taken place on the front. The most intense fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction, where the invaders are trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Artillery shelling of border areas continues. Today, the settlements of Korenyoks, Novovasylivka, Rogozin, Yastrubshchyna, Budky, Atynske, Neskuchne, Bachivsk, Luzhky, Volfyne, and Iskryskivshchyna in Sumy Oblast were hit, the command noted.
One of the nine clashes that took place today is ongoing in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. In addition, the enemy carried out 41 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops, ten of which were carried out using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansky direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units eight times in the areas of the settlements of Zelene, Starytsia, Petro-Ivanivka, Myrove, Symynivka, and Krasne Pershe. One clash is still ongoing.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Kramatorsk, Orikhiv and Prydniprovsk directions today.
In the Lyman direction today, the enemy launched five assaults in the areas of the settlements of Zarichne, Lyman, Stavky, and Ozerne.
In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled two attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of the settlements of Rai-Oleksandrivka and Riznykivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out five attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Stepanivka, and Ivano-Frankivsk. One clash is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have tried 24 times to push our soldiers out of the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Muravka, Novopidhorodne and in the direction of the settlements of Hannivka, Myrne, Serhiivka, and Novooleksandrivka. One clash is still ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, our defenders successfully stopped an enemy attack in the area of ​​the settlement of Oleksandrovgrad.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rybne, Dobropillya, Zaliznychne, Olenokostyantynivka, and Hulyaipilske.
There are currently no significant changes in the situation in other areas. No enemy attempts to advance have been recorded. Ukrainian troops are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat contact and in the rear.
It was previously reported that a 3-year-old child was injured during the ceasefire as a result of Russian drone strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In Kharkiv on May 9, five people were injured, including two 8-year-old boys, when a Russian drone hit the technical floor of a nine-story building