Battlefield sees 250 clashes: over 40 Russian attacks repelled on Pokrovsk front
A total of 250 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, while a day earlier the Russians conducted 236 attacks on Ukrainian defensive positions.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 20 May
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians carried out five combat clashes and conducted 86 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including two using multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 11 assaults on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Izbytske, Hraniv, Lyman, Radkivka, Vilcha, Vovchanski Khutory and Starytsia.
On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian forces stopped one Russian attack near the village of Novoplatonivka.
On the Lyman front, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Drobysheve, Kopanky, Ozerne and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces stopped four Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Riznykivka, Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians did not conduct any assaults or offensive actions.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 14 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka and Dovha Balka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces stopped 43 Russian assaults and offensive actions near the settlements of Dorozhnie, Rodynske, Oleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Udachne and Molodetske and towards Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Serhiivka and Hruzke.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted two attacks near the settlements of Oleksandrohrad and Berezove.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 23 attacks near the settlements of Rivnopillia, Radisne, Rybne, Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, Nove Zaporizhzhia, Staroukrainka, Tsvitkove and Charivne.
On the Orikhiv front, the Russians tried to advance near the town of Bilohiria.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian units stopped two Russian attacks towards the Antonivka Bridge and Bilohrudyi Island.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
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