Battlefield sees 159 clashes, Russians have used 9,096 kamikaze drones in 24 hours – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 159 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 23 April
Details: In total, on 22 April, the Russians launched 73 airstrikes using 234 guided aerial bombs, deployed 9,096 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,231 artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including 52 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
Over the past day, Ukraine's Air Force and Rocket Forces and Artillery units hit six clusters of Russian military personnel and equipment, three command posts and an artillery piece.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians carried out four airstrikes using 12 guided aerial bombs and conducted 121 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, including five from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian troops attempted to break through the Ukrainian defence four times near Lyman and towards Bochkovе and Okhrimivka.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces carried out seven attacks near the settlements of Petropavlivka and Kivsharivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians made five attempts to break into Ukrainian defences near the settlements of Novoserhiivka, Drobysheve and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped two Russian attempts to advance near Yampil.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian troops carried out two attacks near Nykyforivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians launched 20 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Ivanopillia and Illinivka and towards Novodmytrivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 36 Russian assault actions towards Sofiivka, Novopavlivka, Toretske, Rodynske, Filiia, Shevchenko, Myrnohrad, Hryshyne, Muravka, Kotlyne and Udachne and towards Kucheriv Yar.
On the Oleksandrivka front, according to updated reports, the Russians launched eight attacks near Sichneve, Ternove, Oleksandrohrad, Vorone and Kalynivske.
On the Huliaipole front, 16 Russian attacks took place near Dobropillia, Hirke, Zaliznychne, Zelene, Staroukrainka and Tsvitkove.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops carried out attacks towards Novoandriivka.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians carried out four assaults towards the Antonivka Bridge and near Bilohrudyi Island.
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