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Ukrainian General Staff on the situation on the left bank of the Dnieper
2024-02-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Units of the missile forces carried out strikes on nine areas where personnel were concentrated.

The occupiers do not abandon their intention to dislodge our units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.


Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Dnieper and repelled Russian attacks near Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye region. This is evidenced by the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to attack near Sinkovka, Kharkov region. Conducted air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenkovo, Ivanovka, Glushkovka, Peschanoye, Kharkov region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvurechnaya, Masyutovka, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, and Berestovo in the Kharkov region.

In the Liman direction, our soldiers repulsed three attacks near Belogorivka, Lugansk region and Ternov, Vyemka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Luhansk region and Veseloye, Razdolovka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Karmazinovka, Nevskoye, Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Terny, Torskoye, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye in the Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks near Ivanovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Vasyukivka, Verolubovka, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye, Belaya Gora, New York, Donetsk region.

In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 10 enemy attacks in the Stepnoy, Lastochkino, Severny, Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes near the settlements of Alexandropol, Ocheretino, Orlovka, Lastochkino, Tonechko, Donetsk region. About 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Tonenkoye, Karlovka, Netaylovo, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.

In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy near Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. Here the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried 17 times to break through the defenses of our troops. Krasnogorovka, Kurakhovo, Ekaterinivka, Elizavetovka found themselves under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried six times to improve its tactical position south of Prechistovo and Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye, Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, fired artillery and mortars at about 10 settlements, including Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Blagodatnoye, Staromayorskoye, Rovnopol, Donetsk region.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks near Malaya Tokmachka and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. More than 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, among them Levadnoye, Poltavka, Gulyaypole, Zheleznodorozhnoe, Novoandreevka, Malye Shcherbaki in the Zaporozhye region.

In the Kherson direction, Kherson, Ponyatovka, Belozerka, Veletenskoe, Stanislav of the Kherson region and Ochakov of the Nikolaev region were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling. The occupiers do not abandon their intention to dislodge our units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, one attempt was made to storm the positions of our troops.

ENEMY LOSSES
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 10 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated and 5 anti-aircraft missile systems. Units of the missile forces carried out strikes on nine areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, and 10 artillery assets.

Let us recall that the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, said that the village of Krynki was allegedly “virtually taken under the control” of the invaders.

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