Since the beginning of the current day, 73 clashes have occurred at the front between the Russian occupiers and the Ukrainian army. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational report on Tuesday, June 16.

Thus, in the Severo-Slobodsk and Kursk directions, our troops repulsed one enemy attack.

In the Yuzhno-Sloboda direction, two attacks were stopped near the village of Graniv.

In the Kupyansky direction, our soldiers stopped two attempts by the invaders to advance forward in Podolov and Borivskaya Andreevka.

Nine enemy attacks were recorded in the Liman direction. Six assaults were successfully repulsed near Zarechny, Andreevka, Drobishevoy, Liman, Dibrova and in the Ozyorny area. Three clashes continue.

In the Slavyansk direction, four attacks were repulsed near Zakitnoye and towards the settlements of Krivaya Luka, Nikolaevka, Rai-Alexandrovka. One clash continues.

In the Kramatorsk direction one assault was recorded near the town of Chasov Yar.

In the Konstantinovsky direction, seven attacks occurred near the settlements of Ivanopole, Ilyinovka, Pleshchievka and in the direction of Konstantinovka, Nikolaevpolye, Dolgaya Balka. Six attacks repulsed, one continues.

In the Pokrovsky direction, the aggressor carried out 24 assaults in the areas of Rodinsky, Novoaleksandrovka, Shevchenko, Kotliny, Udachny and in the direction of Novy Shakhovoy, Volny, Kucherovy Yar, Belitsky, Nikanorovka, New Donbass. Two attacks are still ongoing.

In the Aleksandrovsky direction the enemy attacked twice in the Voronoi area.

In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the invaders carried out 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements Solodkoye, Lugovskoye, Novoselovka and towards Dobropolye, Vozdvizhevka, Tsvetkovoye, Charivnoye. Three clashes continue.

Enemy offensive actions have not yet been recorded in the Orekhovsky and Dnieper directions.

Let us remind you that since the beginning of 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have vacated 590 square meters. km of territory from Russian invaders. Such data was published by President Vladimir Zelensky.

The head of state also stated that Russia began to lose the initiative on the battlefield and this opens up the opportunity for a diplomatic settlement of the war. Now there is a “window” for negotiations, he believes.

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