Since the start of the day, 63 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian occupying troops. The enemy is applying the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk direction.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, publishing operational information as of 16:00 on Tuesday, May 19, according to Ukrinform.
"Since the beginning of the day, the aggressor has attacked Defense Forces positions 63 times," the statement says.
According to the General Staff, artillery shelling of border areas is ongoing. Today, the settlements of Korenok, Shalyhyne, Ryzhivka, and Bezsalivka in the Sumy region, as well as Semenivka in the Chernihiv region, came under fire. The enemy also carried out airstrikes near the settlements of Chernatske and Zernove in the Sumy region.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions, two combat engagements took place. The enemy carried out 56 attacks on populated areas and our troops' positions, one of them using multiple launch rocket systems.
