Battlefield sees 231 combat clashes: Russians attack Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts 80 times – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 231 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. Russian forces were most active on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts, where they carried out 80 attacks in total.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 22 April
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians carried out four airstrikes using nine guided aerial bombs and conducted 94 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, including three from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian troops attacked the positions of Ukrainian units five times near Prylipka and towards Bochkovе, Okhrimivka and Starytsia.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces carried out five attacks near Novoosynove and towards Kurylivka, Petropavlivka and Hlushkivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians made 10 attempts to break into Ukrainian defences, attacking towards Stavky, Drobysheve, Lyman, Dibrova, Novoserhiivka and Zarichne.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped two Russian attempts to advance towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Riznykivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian troops carried out seven attacks near Nykyforivka, Holubivka, Bondarne, Maiske, Vasiutynske, Udachne and Markove.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians launched 29 attacks near Pleshchiivka, Yablunivka and Ivanopillia and towards Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Sofiivka, Novopavlivka, Kucheriv Yar and Stepanivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 51 Russian assault actions towards Bilytske, Nykonorivka, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Muravka, Molodetske, Novopidhorodnie, Novopavlivka, Vasylivka and Hryshyne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians attacked 15 times near Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Zlahoda and Andriivka-Klevtsove and towards Kalynivske.
On the Huliaipole front, 14 Russian attacks took place near Zaliznychne, Sviatopetrivka, Hirke, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka and Zelene.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders stopped six Russian attempts to advance towards Shcherbaky, Plavni, Stepnohirsk and Prymorske.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians carried out four assaults towards the Antonivka Bridge, Bilohrudyi Island and Kruhlyk Island.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
Ukrainian forces continue to put up effective resistance across all sectors of the front.
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