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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
The Russian army carried out the largest number of attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. Fighting is taking place in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 77 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 Friday, July 4.

Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, 11 armed clashes with Russian invaders have occurred since the beginning of the day.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by enemy troops, two more clashes are ongoing. The enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Vovchansk, Glubokoe and Zelenoye.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians tried to break through four times in the areas of the settlements of Golubovka and Zelenyi Gai. The battle is currently ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out nine attacks near the settlements of Nadezhda, Grekovka, Karpovka, Ridkodub, Zelenaya Dolina and Torskoye. Four combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy made three assaults towards the settlements of Romanovka, Rusin Yar and Yablunovka. One battle continues.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders carried out 30 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Novotoretskoye, Razinye, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Novoukrainka, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka and Alekseevka. The defense forces repelled 27 assault attacks. Three clashes continue.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy is attacking in the areas of the settlements of Yalta, Zvezda, Zaporozhye, Komar, Voskresenka and Shevchenko. Eight enemy assaults have been stopped, two more attacks are continuing.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy attacked twice in the Kamenskoye area and in the direction of Novoandreyevka.
In the Dnieper direction, our soldiers repelled two attacks in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge, and another clash continues.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on July 3, Russia lost more than 1,100 servicemen killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million.
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