War Update: 122 Combat Clashes in Past Day

Ukraine reported 122 combat engagements with the Russians on Friday, the General Staff said in a war situation update Saturday morning, July 27.

Russian forces launched 80 airstrikes – using a missile and 117 glide bombs – at Ukrainian military positions and the civilian population, the military reported.

Ukraine recorded 4,636 shelling attacks from the Russians, including 71 with multiple rocket launchers.

According to the General Staff, the Russians carried out:

Airstrikes

In the Kharkiv region’s:

Lyptsi, Vovchansk, Tykhe, Hlyboke, Vesele, Vovchanski Khutory, Synkivka, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi and Starytsia

In the Donetsk region’s:

Lyman, Siversk, Chasiv Yar, Pivnichne, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha, Ivanivka, Krasnohorivka, Toretsk, Lysychne, Zhelanne, Karlivka, Verkhniokamianske, New York, Ukrainsk, Maksymilianivka, Kostiantynivka and Katerynivka

In the Kherson region’s:

Mala Tokmachka, Lobkove, Huliaipole and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region and Tiahynka

Combat

Ukraine said that its combat aircraft, missile and artillery forces launched three strikes on areas where Russian troops were concentrated, hitting an artillery system, two radars and a Buk air defense system.

In the Kharkiv sector, ten combat clashes were recorded in the vicinity of Hlyboke, Slobozhanske and Vovchansk.

Seven Russian attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk sector. Ukraine reported that it repelled Russian assaults near Synkivka, Tabaivka, Pishchane and Stelmakhivka.

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In the Lyman sector, the Russians launched 12 attacks near Nevske, Novoserhiivka, Novoiehorivka, Makiivka and in the Serebriansky forest.

In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three assaults by Russian attackers near Verkhniokamianske and Ivano-Darivka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian forces launched five attacks near Hryhorivka and Chasiv Yar.

In the Toretsk sector, the Russians, with the support of aircraft, carried out 19 attacks near Pivnichne, Zalizne, New York and Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 37 assaults near Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Tymofiivka, Novoselivka Persa, Vesele, Vovche, Yasnobrodivka, and Novooleksandrivka – the latter being the site of the greatest concentration of forces.

In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 14 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, Netailove, Karlivka, and Paraskoviivka – where the Russians tried to break through Ukrainian defenses.

In the Vremivka sector, the Russian army carried out six assaults near Staromlynivka, Vodiane and Kostiantynivka.

In the Orikhiv sector, the Russians made seven attempts to dislodge Ukrainian units from their positions near Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne and Novoandriivka.

In the Dnipro River sector, the operational situation hasn’t changed significantly. The Russians launched an airstrike in the vicinity of Tiahynka.

There were no signs of a Russian offensive recorded in the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the General Staff stated.

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the Russians maintain a military presence and continue shelling populated areas, it said.