Battlefield sees almost 240 clashes: Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts remain hottest areas – Ukraine’s General Staff
A total of 238 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield over the past day, most of them on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts, where Ukraine's defence forces repelled almost 60 Russian assaults in total.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 21 August
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks. Meanwhile, the Russians launched three airstrikes, dropping six guided bombs, and conducted 53 strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including two from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled eight Russian attacks towards Lyman, Izbytske and Okhrimivka and near the village of Starytsia.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians conducted 15 offensive operations towards Radkivka and Hlushkivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians attempted to breach Ukrainian defence by conducting six attacks towards the settlements of Lyman, Novoserhiivka and Drobysheve and near Novoselivka.
On the Sloviansk front, 15 Russian attacks were recorded towards the settlements of Ozerne, Orikhuvatka and Rai-Oleksandrivka and near Kryva Luka and Riznykivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians conducted two offensive actions near Nykyforivka and Minkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, 26 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka and Novoselivka and towards Stepanivka, Dovha Balka and Vilne.
On the Pokrovsk front, 32 Russian attacks were recorded near the settlements of Dorozhnie, Novooleksandrivka, Udachne and Kotlyne and towards the settlements of Novyi Donbas, Biliakivka, Bilytske, Hannivka, Svitle, Shevchenko, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the village of Novе Zaporizhzhia and near Zaporizke and Rybne.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 16 attacks towards the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa, Charivne, Vozdvyzhivka, Rivne and Dolynka and near Bilohiria.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian forces stopped three attempts by the Russians to advance near the village of Plavni and towards the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka.
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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