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Situation on the front: over 180 clashes recorded per day, Pokrovsky direction remains the hottest:

As of 10:00 PM on October 26, there had been 185 combat clashes. The largest number of battles took place in the Pokrovske direction.

According to the General Staff , the enemy carried out 48 air strikes, dropped 155 guided bombs. In addition, it used 6,385 kamikaze drones to destroy them and carried out 2,007 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have carried out one airstrike, used two guided bombs, and carried out 37 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, two of which were using MLRS.

In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units six times in the direction of the settlements of Volokhivske, Okhrimivka, Shabelne, and Chuhunivka. Two of these attacks are still ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried three times to improve its positions, conducting assault operations towards Radkivka. The battle continues.

Seven attempts by the invaders to advance were repelled in the Lyman direction towards Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazy, and Lyman. One attack is ongoing.

In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped three attempts by the invaders to advance in the area of the settlements of Ozerne, Kryva Luka, and Mykolaivka. One enemy assault operation is ongoing.

The enemy did not conduct any assault operations in the Kramatorsk direction.

In the Kostyantynivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 20 enemy assaults: in the area of the Kostyantynivka settlement and towards Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, Novoselivka, Raiske, Novopavlivka, Vilny and Kucherovy Yar. One enemy assault operation is ongoing.

Twenty-five attacks were carried out by the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Novy Donbas, Dobropillya, Vilne, Svyatohorivka, Svitle, Mirne, Sergiyevka, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka and Filiya. Three attacks are ongoing. --->READ MORE HERE

At the front - 185 clashes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 45 occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction:

During October 26, 185 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front, the enemy most actively - 25 times - tried to attack in the Pokrov direction.

As Ukrinform reports, this is stated in a report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the situation as of 8:00 a.m. on Monday, October 26.

"In total, 185 combat clashes have taken place since the beginning of this day. The enemy carried out 48 air strikes, dropped 155 guided bombs. In addition, it involved 6,385 kamikaze drones for destruction and carried out 2,007 shelling of settlements and positions of our troops," the report says.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have carried out one airstrike, used two guided bombs, and carried out 37 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, two of which were using MLRS.

In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units six times in the direction of the settlements of Volokhivske, Okhrimivka, Shabelne, and Chuhunivka. Two of these attacks are still ongoing.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried three times to improve its positions, conducting assault operations towards Radkivka. The battle continues.

Seven attempts by the invaders to advance were repelled in the Lyman direction towards Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazy, and Lyman. One attack is ongoing.

In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped three attempts by the invaders to advance in the area of the settlements of Ozerne, Kryva Luka, and Mykolaivka. One enemy assault operation is ongoing.

The enemy did not conduct any assault operations in the Kramatorsk direction .

In the Kostyantynivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 20 enemy assaults: in the area of the Kostyantynivka settlement and towards Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, Novoselivka, Raiske, Novopavlivka, Vilny and Kucherovy Yar. One enemy assault operation is ongoing.

The enemy carried out 25 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction . The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Novy Donbas, Dobropillya, Vilne, Svyatohorivka, Svitle, Mirne, Serhiivka, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka and Filiya. Three attacks are ongoing. --->READ MORE HERE