Battlefield sees 202 clashes, with over a third on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
Ukrainian forces continue to hold back the Russians across the line of contact: a total of 202 combat clashes have occurred over the past day, with the situation remaining most difficult on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 21 October
Quote: "The enemy conducted 1 missile strike using 2 missiles, and 63 airstrikes dropping 136 guided bombs on Ukrainian positions and settlements. In addition, they fired 4,364 times, including 97 times from multiple-launch rocket systems, and deployed 4,335 kamikaze drones."
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast, six combat clashes occurred. The Russians conducted 9 airstrikes, dropping 25 guided bombs, and fired 173 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including 7 times from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 Russian attacks near the settlements of Vovchansk, Bolohivka, Kamianka and Kutkivka.
On the Kupiansk front, eight Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near the settlements of Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Borivska Andriivka and Bohuslavka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted seven attacks, trying to advance near the settlements of Kopanky, Torske, Drobysheve, Kolodiazi and Shandryholove.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine Russian assaults near Yampil, Serebrianka, Dronivka, Hryhorivka, Vyimka and Fedorivka and towards Zvanivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted two attacks near the village of Stupochky.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian forces conducted 22 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Toretsk, Katerynivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka and Poltavka.
On the Pokrovsk front, 76 combat clashes occurred near Volodymyrivka, Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Pankivka, Novoekonomichne, Molodetske, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Chervonyi Lyman, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Zelene, Udachne and Dachne and towards Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Ukrainian forces stopped 26 Russian attempts to break through defence lines near the settlements of Zaporizhzhia, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Oleksandrohrad, Piddubne, Vorone, Sosnivka, Kalynivske, Novohryhorivka and Olhivske and towards Orestopil, Oleksiivka and Pryvilne.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian forces repelled 20 Russian attacks towards the settlements of Plavni and Prymorske and near Shcherbaky, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka, Stepnohirsk and Stepove.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians conducted one unsuccessful attempt to approach positions of Ukrainian units in the area of the Antonivka Bridge.
"Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and units from Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated," the General Staff reported.
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