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Fighting continues in nine directions - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent) The Ukrainian Armed Forces are waging heavy defensive battles in the east and south of Ukraine. Most Russian attacks have been recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. The enemy is storming areas of 14 populated areas.  Since the beginning of the day, 80 combat clashes have occurred on the front, more than a third of which were in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Monday, February 17. Thus, in the Kharkov direction the enemy attacked near Volchansk and was suppressed. In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers carried out four attacks near Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Zagryzovo and in the direction of Novoosinove. Two clashes are still ongoing. In the Liman direction, the invader's army has carried out six attacks today near Grekovka, Zarechnoye and Yampolovka. Two clashes are still ongoing. In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the area of Chasovy Yar and Vasyukovka. One of the three attacks has already been repelled. The fighting continues. In the Toretsk direction, the enemy is trying to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the Toretsk area. Two attacks are ongoing, three assaults by the invaders have failed. In the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders made 33 attack attempts in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Yelizavetovka, Promin, Lisovka, Novoukrainka, Peschanoye, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, Nadeyevka, Yasenovoye, Ulakley, Andreyevka and Dachnoye. The defense forces repelled 23 assaults, and another 10 battles are ongoing. Eight assaults have been repelled in the Novopavlovsk direction, and six more clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy is attempting to advance in the areas of Novosilka, Rivnepol, Novy Komar and in the direction of Konstantinopol and Burlatskoye. One attack was repelled in the Orekhov direction, another clash is ongoing. The enemy was active in the area of Shcherbaki and Nesteryanka. The operation in Kursk region continues. Our soldiers have repelled six enemy attacks today, two more clashes are still ongoing. Earlier it was reported that the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 23 occupiers during the clearing of an industrial building behind enemy lines. Posted by: badanov 2025-02-18 |
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