Ukraine’s General Staff reported 225 combat engagements with Russian forces across the front line during the 24-hour reporting period ending at 10 p.m. on Friday, as Moscow continued heavy aerial and artillery attacks across multiple sectors.According to the General Staff’s operational update on Telegram, Russian forces carried out 57 air strikes using 161 guided aerial bombs, launched 6,393 attack drones, and conducted 2,194 shelling attacks against Ukrainian positions and populated areas.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.The General Staff reported fighting across more than a dozen directions, stretching from the Kursk sector in the north to the Prydniprovia sector in southern Ukraine.“According to preliminary estimates, 24 enemy soldiers were killed and 10 wounded,” the General Staff said, adding that Ukrainian forces “destroyed or suppressed a total of 206 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types.”Heaviest fighting reported in the eastIn the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces launched 17 assaults near Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne and Rodynske, according to the General Staff.Ukrainian troops reported killing 24 Russian soldiers and wounding 10 others in the sector while destroying an artillery system, six vehicles and a Russian drone control point.In the Kostiantynivka direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 24 Russian assaults near the city and surrounding settlements, including Ivanopillia and Illinivka.In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian defenders also repelled 24 attacks near Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.