Battlefield sees 234 clashes: 26 attacks repelled on Pokrovsk front alone – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 234 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield over the past day, most of them on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukraine's defence forces repelled 26 Russian assaults.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 20 August
Details: In total, 234 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield over the past 24 hours.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks. Meanwhile, the Russians launched three airstrikes, dropping eight guided bombs, and conducted 72 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including one from a multiple-launch rocket system.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled 17 Russian attacks near the settlements of Starytsia and Lyman and towards Volokhivka, Karaichne, Okhrimivka and Bochkove.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive operations.
On the Lyman front, the Russians attempted to breach Ukrainian defence by conducting 11 attacks near the settlements of Zarichne and Lyman and towards Shyikivka, Karpivka, Novoselivka and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk front, 19 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Riznykivka, Ozerne, Kryva Luka and Zakitne and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted four offensive actions towards Nykyforivka, Dibrova and Vasiutynske.
On the Kostiantynivka front, 24 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and Ivanopillia and towards Novodmytrivka, Pavlivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne and Novoselivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, 26 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Bilytske, Kotlyne and Molodetske and towards the settlements of Myrne, Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Hannivka, Matiasheve, Svitle, Shevchenko, Vasylivka, Udachne and Muravka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted five attacks towards the settlements of Voskresenka, Piddubne, Novе Zaporizhzhia and Rybne.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 11 attacks near the village of Hirke and towards the settlements of Dobropillia, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove and Novoselivka.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian forces stopped three attempts by the Russians to advance near the settlements of Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky and Prymorske.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive operations.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there were no signs of Russian offensive groups being formed in the area.
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