Ukrainian Forces Report 189 Combat Clashes in a Day, With Pokrovsk Front Seeing the Most Assaults

Ukraine's armed forces recorded 189 combat clashes along the front over the past day, according to the General Staff's morning update for 29 October. The Pokrovsk front again saw the heaviest fighting, with Ukrainian defenders stopping 42 Russian attacks there.

The figures were published on the General Staff's Facebook page and reflect information as of 08:00 on Thursday. The report breaks down activity sector by sector.

On the Pokrovsk front, Russian forces attacked near Serhiivka, Molodetske and Novopavlivka. They also launched assaults toward a long list of settlements: Toretske, Kucheriv Yar, Sofiivka, Vilne, Zolotyi Kolodiaz, Nove Shakhove, Stepy, Novyi Donbas, Chernihivka, Sviatohorivka, Dobropillia, Novohryshyne and Udachne.

The Kostiantynivka front was the second busiest, with 18 Russian attacks recorded. Fighting took place near Kostiantynivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Novoselivka, Rozkishne, Dovha Balka, Novohryhorivka, Mykolaipillia, Novopavlivka and Petrivka.

Further south, Ukrainian forces repelled nine Russian attacks on the Huliaipole front. Those clashes were near Kosivtseve, Nove Zaporizhzhia, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipilske, Bilohiria and Charivne. On the Oleksandrivka front, one attack was repelled near Kalynivske, and on the Orikhiv front one was repelled near Novoiakovlivka.

In the northeast, the South Slobozhanshchyna front saw seven Russian attacks repelled, as Russian troops tried to advance near Ternova, Starytsia, Ozerne and Khrypuny. On the North Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian forces carried out four attacks near Tovstodubove, Ulanove and Ryzhivka.

Ukrainian defenders repelled five attacks on the Lyman front near Nadiia, Kolodiazi, Lyman and Dibrova, stopping Russian attempts to advance. On the Sloviansk front, Russian forces conducted two attacks near Zakitne and Kryva Luka, and on the Kupiansk front they made one attack near Novoosynove.

Some sectors were quiet. Russian forces did not conduct any assaults on the Kramatorsk front, and no active Russian operations were recorded on the Prydniprovske front.

On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the General Staff said the situation has not changed significantly. It added that there is no evidence of Russian offensive groups being formed in that area.