[Korrespondent] The Russian occupiers are most actively trying to storm near Pokrovsk and Slavyansk.
Since the beginning of the day and as of 4:00 p.m., Russian aggressors have carried out 70 attacks on Ukrainian army positions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, July 13.
Thus, in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the invaders once stormed the positions of our defenders.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the invaders tried five times to break through the defenses in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Figolivka and towards Zarubinka and Hoptivka. One clash is ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled three attempts by the invaders to advance towards the settlements of Cherneschyna, Lyman, and in the Novoselivka area. Two attacks are ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, 17 attacks were stopped towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Pyskunivka, and in the Riznykivka and Zakytne districts.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out one attack in the Nikiforivka area.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, our defenders repelled eight attacks in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have tried 21 times to push our soldiers out of the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Toretske, Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Filiya and towards the settlements of Vilne, Bilytske, Novy Donbas, Shevchenko, Myrne, Serhiivka, Novopavlivka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to advance three times towards Kalynivske and in the Zlagoda area. Two attacks are still ongoing.
In the Hulyaipil direction, eight attacks were repelled towards the settlements of Girke, Vozdvizhivka, Tsvitkove, Charivne, and Hulyaipilske.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy stormed the Stepovoye and Plavni areas three times.
No enemy offensive actions have been recorded in the Kupyansk and Prydniprovsk directions yet.
Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky, announced the failure of Russia's offensive in the first half of 2026. If earlier the Russian army conducted active offensive operations in 13 operational directions, now there are a maximum of six or seven such directions left.
And President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the current situation on the front is the best for Ukraine in the last 10 months.