The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) recorded 222 combat engagements along the frontline throughout Wednesday, Oct. 14, with the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka axes seeing the most intense fighting again.
The figures come from the General Staff’s evening operational update which ended at 10:00 p.m. local time.
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Over the course of the day, Russia carried out one missile strike, 58 airstrikes, and dropped 190 guided aerial bombs (KABs). Russian forces also deployed 5,221 kamikaze drones and shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 1,736 times, according to the AFU.
Pokrovsk axis continues to bear the brunt of the strikes
Russian forces launched 29 attacks on the Pokrovsk axis, trying to advance near Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Chernihivka, Svitle, Dobropillia, Novohryshyne, Hulive, Serhiivka, Myrne, Molodetske, Muravka and Novopavlivka.
According to preliminary estimates, the Ukrainian military eliminated 68 Russian soldiers and wounded 14 on the axis, while also destroying 11 vehicles, four pieces of special equipment and three shelters.
The AFU damaged two vehicles, an artillery gun, a drone control point and 37 personnel shelters as well.
About 164 drones of various types were destroyed or suppressed, according to the General Staff.
Heavy fighting near Kostiantynivka
On the Kostiantynivka axis, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 19 assaults near Kostiantynivka and toward Novoselivka, Mykolaipillia, Novopavlivka, Toretske, Hruzke, Vilne and Molodetske, with fighting still underway at the time of the report.
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Russian forces made 15 attempts to improve their positions on the Kupiansk axis, attacking toward Radkivka.
Five attacks were repelled on the Lyman axis, toward Lyman and near Masliakivka, and two near Kryva Luka on the Sloviansk axis.
No assaults were recorded on the Kramatorsk axis, according to the General Staff.
Northern and southern axes
On the South Slobozhanskyi axis, Russian armed forces attacked 10 times near Izbytske, Ternova, Okhrimivka and Chuhunivka and toward Zakharivka, Chorne and Mala Vovcha.
At the time of the report, five of those assaults were still ongoing.
On the Northern Slobozhanskyi and Kursk axes, the General Staff recorded two Russian assaults and one airstrike using a KAB. According to the report, Russian forces shelled multiple Ukrainian positions and settlements at least 44 times, twice with multiple-launch rocket systems.
In the south, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks on the Huliaipole axis near Rybne, Ternuvate, Rivne, Vozdvyzhivka, Hirke, Verkhnia Tersa, Novoselivka and Omelnyk.
Russian forces attacked four times toward Pavlivka and Stepnohirsk on the Orikhiv axis and once toward Berezove on the Oleksandrivka axis.
No assaults were reported on the Dnipro axis and no significant changes were recorded on other axes, the General Staff said.
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