On April 19, there were 166 combat engagements on the front – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
Over the past day, the enemy used 4887 drones and 146 aerial bombs. The hottest areas were Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, where dozens of enemy assaults were repelled.
From the beginning and as of the end of April 19, 166 combat engagements took place on the front. The enemy launched 43 air strikes, dropped 146 guided aerial bombs, UNN reports with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The Russians also used 4,887 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,237 shellings of settlements and positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out 76 shellings of Ukrainian troop positions and settlements, including six using multiple rocket launcher systems.
In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units ten times in the areas of the settlements of Synelnykove, Prylipka, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Vilcha, and in the direction of Bochkovo.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Kurylivka, Kolisnykivka, Kivsharivka, and Radkivka.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled three attempts by Russian invaders to advance in the direction of the settlements of Tverdokhlibove, Drobycheve, Lyman, Shyikivka, and Hrekivka.
In the Slovyansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled one assault by the occupiers in the Rai-Oleksandrivka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the enemy has attacked the positions of our defenders once near the settlement of Holubivka.
The Defense Forces successfully repelled 16 enemy assaults in the Kostiantynivka direction near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Stepanivka, Illinivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 35 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Bilytske, Rodynske, Dorozhne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Zatyshok, Udachne, Muravka, Novopidhorodne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Filiia in the direction of Novooleksandrivka and Shevchenko.
According to preliminary estimates, 123 occupiers were eliminated and 46 were wounded in this direction today; eight units of automotive and three units of special enemy equipment were destroyed, one cannon and seven units of automotive equipment were damaged. Also, 126 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or suppressed.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the Russians tried to improve their position twice. They attacked in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrogard and Sichneve. The outskirts of the settlements of Ivanivka and Havrylivka were subjected to air strikes.
In the Huliaipole direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped 27 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Varvarivka, Dobropillia, Zelene, Svyatopetrivka, Tsvitkove, Zaliznychne, Pryluky, Olenokostiantynivka and in the direction of the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipilske, Hirke. The enemy launched air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvyzhenska, Huliaipilske, Liubytske, Mykilske.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy tried to advance in the area of the settlement of Pavlivka. The enemy also launched air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Vilnianka and Kushuhum.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, our defenders successfully stopped three attacks towards the Antonivskyi bridge and near Bilohrudyi Island. The settlements of Bilozerka, Chornobaivka, and Rozlyv were subjected to air strikes with guided bombs.