War update: 177 clashes on front line, Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector the hottest

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an update on the battlefield situation as of 22:00, Ukrinform reports.

“Since the beginning of the day, there have been a total of 177 combat engagements. The enemy launched one missile strike and 47 airstrikes, dropping 171 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 4,911 kamikaze drones to strike targets and carried out 1,775 shelling attacks on settlements and our troops’ positions,” the statement said.

Over the past day, 22 combat engagements were recorded on the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector near Starytsia, Mala Vovcha, Izbytske, Vilcha, Okhrimivka, Zakharivka, Karaiichne, Bochkovе, Zybyne, and Radkivka. Three engagements are still ongoing.

In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian units thwarted Russian advances near Novomykhailivka, Druzheliubivka, Chervonyi Stav, Zelena Dolyna, and Lyman, repelling nine attacks.

Three Russian attacks were repelled in the Sloviansk sector near Yampil, Pyskunivka, and Mykolaivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, 12 combat engagements were recorded near Kostiantynivka, Novoselivka, Druzhkivka, and Novopavlivka. Three engagements are still ongoing.

In the Pokrovsk sector, 16 combat engagements were recorded near Sofiivka, Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Hannivka, Chernihivka, Dobropillia, Myrne, Serhiivka, and Molodetske. One engagement is still underway.

According to preliminary estimates, Ukrainian forces killed 26 Russian troops and wounded six in this sector today. They destroyed four vehicles, one piece of special-purpose equipment and one enemy UAV command post.

Four vehicles, two pieces of special-purpose equipment, two UAV command posts and 27 enemy shelters were damaged. A total of 167 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.

Nine Russian attacks were recorded in the Huliaipole sector near Rizdvianka, Dolynka, Hirke, Charivne, and Yehorivka.

Russian forces conducted no offensive operations in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna, Kupiansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivka, Orikhiv and Dnipro River sectors.

There were no significant changes in the situation in other sectors of the front.

As Ukrinform reported, Russia’s total personnel losses in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 19, 2026, reached approximately 1,567,160 troops.

Photo: Armed Forces of Ukraine