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[Korrespondent] The Russian occupation army is concentrating its main efforts in the areas of the cities of Pokrovsk and Slavyansk.
Since the beginning of the current day, Russian aggressors have attacked Ukrainian army positions 54 times, which is significantly less than yesterday's figure. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational summary as of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.
Thus, in the South Slobozhansk direction, the Russians tried to break through the defenses six times towards Izbitsky, Kutkivka, and Khatny. One clash is ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled six attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Novoselivka, Drobysheve, and Novomykhailivka. Two attacks are ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, 13 attacks were stopped towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and in the Riznykivka and Zakytne districts.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out one attack towards Tikhonivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, our defenders repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka, and Stepanivka. One battle is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders tried 12 times to push our soldiers out of the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhne, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Novopidhorodne and towards the settlements of Vilne, Novy Donbas, Myrne, Serhiivka.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy once tried to advance towards Voronoi.
In the Hulyaipil direction, six attacks were stopped towards the settlements of Kosivtsevo, Verkhnia Tersa, and Tsvitkove.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy stormed twice in the area of Maly Shcherbaky and towards Novoandriyevka.
No enemy offensive actions have yet been recorded in the North-Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kupyansky, and Dnieper directions.
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.
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