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Russians tried to break through the defenses in the Kharkiv region, said the spokesman of the General Staff
2023-12-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The Defense Forces repulsed the largest number of enemy attacks in the Avdiiv direction.

by Iryna Lysohor


In the Avdiivka direction, the defenders continue to restrain the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka.

They repelled 11 attacks by Russians in the Avdiyivka districts and another 13 attacks in the Severny, southern Tonenko, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region. The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.

"In the Mariinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomykhailivka district of the Donetsk region, where our defenders repelled 13 enemy attacks," he said.

In Zaporizhzhia, the defenders repelled 17 attacks in the areas west of Verbovoy and Robotyny. At the same time, in the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces continue to actively inflict losses on the occupiers.

In the Kupyansk direction, the defenders repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of Synkivka and east of Petropavlivka, where the occupiers tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In Lymanskyi, the defenders repelled 10 enemy attacks in the areas of Makiivka, Luhansk region, east of Terniy and Spirnyi, Donetsk region.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the defenders repelled 21 enemy attacks in the areas of Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka. Defense forces continue to inflict losses on the enemy.

During the past 24 hours, 105 combat clashes took place, the enemy launched one missile and six air strikes, carried out 62 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

During the previous week, the enemy carried out 41 missile and 237 air strikes , carried out 410 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

Posted by:badanov

#5  Page 18, The Bert of War
by Shi Tzu.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-12-20 13:05  

#4  If you leave armored vehicles scattered about the battle field, they give your infantry something to hide behind.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-12-20 11:19  

#3  ^The heading say it's Ukrainian (BCY = Armed forces of Ukraine)
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-20 10:54  

#2  And we are witnessing the birth of a new type of vehicle in the Russian Army: the MTLB AA vehicle
Posted by: badanov   2023-12-20 10:45  

#1  They better hope they don't throw a track.

Posted by: badanov   2023-12-20 08:53  

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