Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back the Russian offensive in the east and south of Ukraine.
Two-thirds of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlovsk directions. Nine battles are currently ongoing there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 69 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, May 12.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, our soldiers are repelling one attack by the Russians near Volchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, the invading army carried out two attacks in the directions of Peschanoye and Novoosinovy.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gay, Grekovka, Ridkodub, Torskoye, Kolodyazy, Zelenaya Dolina and in the direction of Olgovka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out five offensive actions in the areas of Belogorovka and Grigoryevka. One combat clash is still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling two assaults near Vasyukovka and Chasovy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction, our defenders repelled one attack by the occupiers near Dilievka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders carried out 29 assaults, trying to displace our soldiers from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Mirnograd, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Kotlyarovka, Troitskoye, Andreyevka and in the directions of Zorya and Popovy Yar. The defense forces have already repelled 23 enemy attacks.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defense of our defenders 11 times in the areas of Constantinople, Bogatyr, Razdolnoye, Zelenoe Pole, Novosyolki, three of which are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, three assaults were stopped in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka and Malye Shcherbaki.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy attacked twice towards the positions of our defenders, but had no success.
In the Kursk direction, six armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, two of which are still ongoing.
Let us recall that on May 11, Russia lost almost 1,200 soldiers killed and wounded on the front in 24 hours. Since the beginning of the war, Russian losses are approaching 1 million people.
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