Ukrainian troops repelled 63 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector: General Staff on the situation at the front
Kyiv • UNN
Over the last day, 158 combat engagements were registered, 63 of them in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy launched 78 air strikes, made 4,624 attacks and used 1,448 kamikaze drones, and Ukrainian forces repelled numerous attacks.
Over the last day, August 19, 158 combat engagements were registered in the frontline. Over a third of them took place in the Pokrovsk sector. Most enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Novohrodivka, Mykhailivka and Vozdvyzhenka. This is stated in the report of the General Staff as of 8:00 a.m. on August 20, UNN reports .
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using one missile, as well as 78 air strikes, including 103 UAVs. In addition, it carried out 4,624 attacks, including 141 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 1,448 kamikaze drones to attack.
Yesterday, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces conducted 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of enemy personnel and weapons, one on a command center, one on an air defense facility, two on artillery systems and four on other important targets of the Russian occupiers.
According to the General Staff, the situation is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued offensive and assault operations, with a total of five combat engagements initiated by them. The fighting took place in the areas of Liptsy and Vovchansk.
In the Kupyansk sector , the number of combat engagements reached fourteen over the last day. Defense forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Hlushkivka, Stelmakhivka, Kruhlyakivka, Synkivka, Andriivka and in the direction of Lozova.
In the Liman sector , our troops stopped 11 enemy attacks in the areas of Hrekivka, Novosadove, Makiivka, Nevske, Novosergiyivka, Novoyehorivka and Torske.
In the sector, the defense forces repelled 10 attacks near Ivano-Daryivka, Spirne and Verkhnekamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops nullified seven enemy attempts to break through our defenses in the areas of Ivanivske and Andriivka, Donetsk region.
Twenty-four times the enemy tried to advance in the Toretsk sector. He acted in the areas of the settlements of Pivnichne, New York, Nelipivka, Zalizne and, most actively, near Toretsk. Where it also conducted five strikes with nine guided aerial bombs.
In the Pokrovsk sector , our defenders repelled 63 attacks. Most of them were in the areas of Novohrodivka, Mykhailivka and Vozdvyzhenka.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Nevelske and Kostiantynivka, where the occupants tried to break through Ukrainian defenses 11 times.
In the Vremivsk sector, the enemy made five attempts to seize our positions near Vodiane and Vuhledar in Donetsk region. He also attacked from the direction of Volodymyrivka and Solodke.
Occupants did not conduct any offensive actions in the Orikhivske and Huliaypillia directions yesterday.
In the Kherson region, in the Prydniprovsky direction, one attack by the invaders of Ukrainian positions was repelled.
In the Volyn and Polissya sectors , the operational situation remained unchanged. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv region, the enemy maintains a military presence and conducts reconnaissance activities.
Our soldiers continue to actively deplete the enemy's combat potential, including during the operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the General Staff added.
