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| Ukrainian General Staff assesses the situation at the front |
| 2024-02-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] In the Maryinsky direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back Russian troops The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes that the operational situation in the east and south of the country remains difficult. During the day, the Ukrainian defense forces repulsed 33 enemy attacks in five directions and another 14 assaults on the left bank of the Dnieper. This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Sunday, February 18. In total, 56 military clashes took place at the front during the day, according to the General Staff. The operational situation in the east and south of the country remains difficult. In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army did not conduct offensive (assault) operations, but attacked populated areas. Enemy airstrikes were recorded in the Petropavlovka and Borovaya areas of the Kharkov region. About 10 settlements in this direction were under artillery and mortar fire from the Russian Federation, including Sinkovka, Kislovka, Petropavlovka and Kotlyarovka in the Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed seven enemy attacks near Ternov and southeast of Vyemka, Donetsk region. The Russians tried to break through the defenses there. From aviation, the Russian army struck the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, and Razdolevka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements per day suffered from artillery and mortar fire from the invaders, in particular Makeevka and Belogorivka in the Luhansk region, Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoe and Razdolevka in the Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Ivanovsky, Klishchievka and Andreevka, Donetsk region. Russian troops tried to improve their tactical position there. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the Russian army, including Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bogdanovka, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye and New York in the Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Lastochkino and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region. In the areas of Zhelanny, Orlovka and Semyonovka, Russian troops carried out airstrikes. About 20 settlements suffered from enemy artillery and mortar fire during the day, in particular Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoye, Lastochkino, Severnoye and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back Russian troops near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. On this section of the front, the Russians tried to break through the defense 12 times. The invaders directed artillery and mortar fire at Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Praskovievka. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russian army did not conduct offensive (assault) operations; at that time, it attacked populated areas with artillery and mortars. 10 towns and villages were subjected to enemy shelling, among them Ugledar, Prechistovka and Staromayorskoe in the Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled seven enemy attacks in the Robotinoy area of ​​the Zaporozhye region. In the area of ​​Malaya Tokmachka, Russian troops struck from aviation. The Russian army shelled more than 20 settlements with artillery and mortars, in particular, Poltavka, Krasnoe, Belogorye, Novodanilovka and Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Russians do not abandon their intention to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, the invaders tried to storm Ukrainian positions 14 times. With artillery and mortar fire, the Russian army attacked Zolotaya Balka, Ingulets, Fedorovka, Ivanovka, Tyaginka, Tokarevka and Krynki in the Kherson region, as well as Ochakov in the Nikolaev region. Using multiple launch rocket systems, Russian troops hit the areas of Krynok, Tomina Balka, Ingulets and Ivanovka in the Kherson region. Let us remind you that on the night of February 17 it became known that units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had left Avdiivka. This happened after several months of continuous assaults by the Russian aggressors, who lost tens of thousands of military personnel and hundreds of pieces of equipment in the battles for the city. |
| Posted by:badanov |