Over the past 24 hours, on June 21, 246 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.
According to Ukrinform, this information is contained in a Facebook post by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding the situation as of 8:00 a.m. on June 22.
The enemy launched three missile strikes and carried out 84 airstrikes, dropping 275 guided bombs.
In addition, the Russians deployed 9,629 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,932 shelling attacks, including 55 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The Defense Forces’ Air Force, Missile Forces, and Artillery struck four command posts, five areas where Russian troops were concentrated, six artillery pieces, two UAV command posts, and two other key targets.
Four clashes occurred in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors; the enemy carried out 54 attacks, including one using MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the Russian Federation’s army attacked 13 times in the direction of Izbytske and in the areas of Lyman, Starytsia, and Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched eight attacks toward Hlushkivka, Kurylivka, Shyikivka, and Mala Shapkivka.
In the Lyman sector, Russian troops attempted to breach the defenses 24 times, attacking in the areas of Novoselivka, Yampil, Ozerne, and toward Lyman, Olhivka, Drobysheve, and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy launched 16 assaults near Riznykivka, Kalenyky, Zakitne, and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka, Kryva Luka, and Pyskunivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian invaders launched a single attack near Minkivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 21 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Ivanopillia, Pleshchiivka, Sofiivka, and toward Kucheriv-Yar.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 21 assaults by the Russian Federation’s army in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Udachne, and toward Novyi Donbas, Bilytske, Shevchenko, and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka sector, the invaders launched one assault toward Sichneve but were repelled.
On the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces carried out 30 attacks toward Dobropillia, Huliaipole, Vozdvyzhivka, Varvarivka, Zaliznychne, Rizdvianka, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attempts to advance in the Stepnohirsk area and toward Novoandriivka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the invaders did not carry out any offensive operations.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of the Russian Federation forming offensive groups were detected.
As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—from February 24, 2022, to June 22, 2026—amount to approximately 1,393,140 personnel.
Photo: AFU General Staff
