The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) repelled 235 clashes with Russian forces along the front line as of 10 p.m., with the heaviest fighting concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors. Russian forces carried out 52 airstrikes using 170 guided aerial bombs, deployed 6,001 kamikaze drones, and conducted 2,273 shelling attacks on Ukrainian troop positions and settlements throughout the day, according to the General Staff of the AFU on Wednesday.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.In the Pokrovsk axis alone, Russian armed forces launched 32 attacks, attempting to advance near the settlements of Dorozhnie, Novooleksandrivka, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, and toward Bilytske and Shevchenko. Pokrovsk region faces heaviest lossesPreliminary estimates from the General Staff indicate that 30 Russian soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the Pokrovsk sector, while Ukraine destroyed two Russian vehicles and one piece of special equipment. Ukrainian troops also damaged 25 personnel shelters and two ammunition depots, and destroyed or suppressed 225 drones of various types in that sector alone. Kostiantynivka, Sloviansk under pressureIn the Kostiantynivka direction, the AFU repelled 20 assaults near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, and Sofiivka, as well as toward Vilne, Toretske, and Kucherovyi Yar. In the Sloviansk direction, 20 attempts by Russian forces to advance toward Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka were stopped, as well as in the areas of Riznykivka and Zakitne, with one engagement still ongoing.