On the front line, 231 clashes occurred on April 21 – General Staff
Kyiv • UNN
Over the past day, 231 combat engagements and over 7,000 kamikaze drone attacks were recorded. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit seven areas of enemy concentration and eliminated 1,140 occupiers.
Yesterday, April 21, 231 combat engagements were recorded at the front. The enemy launched 78 air strikes, dropping 287 guided aerial bombs. This was reported by UNN with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The occupiers also used 7067 kamikaze drones and carried out 2810 shellings of settlements and positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. In particular, 65 of these shellings were carried out using multiple rocket launcher systems.
The enemy launched air strikes in the areas of settlements in Sumy region - Yastrubshchyna, Pavlivka; in Dnipropetrovsk region - Malomykhailivka, Kolomyitsi, Havrylivka, Novooleksandrivka; in Zaporizhzhia, Vozdvyzhivka, Verkhnya Tersa, Huliaipilske, Dolynka, Polohy, Kopani, Svyatopetrivka, Lisne, Novoselivka, Charivne, Yurkivka and Orikhiv suffered from air strikes.
Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation, missile troops, and artillery hit seven areas of concentration of enemy manpower and a UAV control point.
In the Northern-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy launched four air strikes with nine KABs, carried out 94 shellings of Ukrainian troop positions and settlements, including three with MLRS.
In the Southern-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces five times in the area of Prylipka and towards Bochkovo, Okhrimivka, and Starytsia.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked five times in the area of Novoosinove and towards Kurylivka, Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to break into Ukrainian defenses 10 times, attacking towards the settlements of Stavky, Drobycheve, Lyman, Dibrova, Novosergiyivka, and Zarichne.
In the Slovyansk direction, over the past day, our defenders stopped two attempts by the occupiers to advance towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Riznykivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, according to updated information, the occupiers attacked seven times in the areas of Nykyforivka, Holubivka, Bondarne, Maiske, Vasyutynske, Udachne, and Markove.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, according to updated information, the enemy carried out 29 attacks in the areas of Pleshchiyivka, Yablunivka, Ivanopillya and towards Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Sofiyivka, Novopavlivka, Kucherov Yar and Stepanivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 51 assault actions of the aggressor towards the settlements of Bilytske, Nykonorivka, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Muravka, Molodetske, Novopidhorodne, Novopavlivka, Vasylivka, and Hryshyne.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked 15 times in the areas of Oleksandrivka, Sichneve, Zlahoda, Andriyivka-Klevtsove and towards Kalynivske.
In the Huliaipole direction, there were 14 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of Zaliznychne, Svyatopetrivka, Hirke, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka, and Zelene.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped six attempts by the enemy to advance towards Shcherbaky, Plavni, Stepnohirsk, and Promorsk.
In the Prydniprovsky direction, the enemy carried out four assault actions towards Antonivsky Bridge, Bilohrudy Island, Kruhlyk Island.
No signs of enemy offensive groups forming were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
Over the past day, the losses of Russian invaders amounted to 1140 people. Ukrainian troops destroyed a tank, seven armored combat vehicles, 38 artillery systems, 1026 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 162 units of automotive equipment.