The hottest area is the Pokrovsk direction: map of hostilities from the General Staff
Kyiv • UNN
Over the course of the day, 122 combat engagements were recorded, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka directions. The enemy launched 87 airstrikes and carried out over 5757 shellings.
122 battles took place on the front line last day, most of them in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report on February 20, showing a map of hostilities for February 19, writes UNN.
In total, 122 combat clashes were recorded over the past day
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile strike using two missiles, as well as 87 air strikes, dropping 131 guided bombs on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements. In addition, it carried out 5,757 shellings, including 140 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used more than three thousand kamikaze drones to attack.
"Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one air defense system, six artillery systems, a command post and one other important enemy object," the statement reads.
Situation by directions
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried five times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the area of Vovchansk and towards Zapadne.
In the Kupyansk direction, four attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault actions near Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Zagryzove.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times. He tried to wedge into our defense near Balka Zhuravka, Yampolivka, Kolodyazi, Makiivka and in the direction of Grigorivka.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy made an attempt to move forward in the area of Verkhnyokamyanske.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked four times in the areas of Chasov Yar and Vasyukivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near the settlements of Ozaryanivka, Toretsk and Leonidivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 32 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Zelene Pole, Vodyane Druge, Yelizavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Kotline, Nadiivka, Andriivka and Ulakli.
In the Novopavlivsky direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the directions of Kostyantynopol, Rozdolny, Novy Komar and Privilny during the past day.
In the Orikhivsky direction, the occupation troops went forward nine times to the positions of our defenders in the direction of Novoandriivka and in the areas of Mali Shcherbaky and Stepove.
In the Huliaipil and Pridneprovsky directions, the enemy did not conduct active offensive actions last day.
No signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected in the Volyn and Polisky directions.
"The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue the operation in the Kursk region. Over the past day, the enemy launched 36 air strikes, dropping 47 guided bombs, carried out 442 shellings, ten of which were from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 assault actions of the invaders," the statement said.
Our soldiers, as noted, inflict significant losses on the occupying forces in manpower, equipment and actively undermine the offensive potential of the enemy in the rear.
