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Ukrainian General Staff on the situation at the front in 24 hours
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] The Russians unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky, Orekhovsky and Kherson directions. During the day, 65 military clashes were recorded at the front. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Sunday, April 21.  In total, Russian troops carried out four missile and 37 air strikes, and carried out 49 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, soldiers repelled 13 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements, Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Bogdanovka, Donetsk region, where the occupiers, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation. In the Avdeevsky direction, the defenders repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Berdich, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust Ukrainian units from their occupied lines. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 15 times. In the Orekhovsky direction, the Russians, with the support of aviation, three times attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and Robotinoy, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to oust Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, within 24 hours he made one unsuccessful attack on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region. During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on nine areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Also, two X-59 guided aircraft missiles were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means. Units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on the area where enemy personnel were concentrated. Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 950 invaders. Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 459,530 soldiers. Posted by: badanov 2024-04-22 |
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