158 combat clashes take place on the front, almost a third of them on Pokrovsk Axis - General Staff
On August 19, a total of 158 combat engagements took place at the front, almost a third of which took place on the Pokrovsk Axis (63 engagements).
This follows from a statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on its Facebook page, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Last day, the enemy launched one missile strike against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using one missile, as well as 78 airstrikes, including dropping 103 anti-aircraft missiles.
In addition, the russians carried out 4,624 attacks, of which 141 were using MLRSes, and used 1,448 kamikaze drones for strikes.
On August 19, 158 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded.
Thus, on the Kharkiv Axis, five combat clashes took place in the areas of the settlements of Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
On the Kupiyansk Axis, 14 combat clashes took place in the areas of Hlushkivka, Stelmakhivka, Kruhliakivka, Synkivka, Andriyivka, and in the direction of Lozova.
On the Lyman Axis, 11 enemy attacks took place in the areas of Hrekivka, Novosadove, Makiyivka, Nevske, Novoserhiyivka, Novoyehorivka, and Torske.
On the Siversk Axis, the Defense Forces repelled ten attacks near Ivano-Dariyivka, Spirne, and Verkhniokamiyanske.
On the Kramatorsk Axis, the enemy tried seven times to break through the defenses in the Ivankivske and Andriyivka Districts of the Donetsk Region.
On the Toretsk Axis, 24 clashes took place in the areas of the settlements of Sieverne, Niu York, Nelipivka, Zalizne, and, most actively, near Toretsk, where it also struck five strikes with nine guided aerial bombs.
On the Pokrovsky Axis, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 63 attacks, the most - in the districts of Novohrodivka, Mykhailivka, and Vozdvyzhenka.
On the Kurakhove Axis, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Nevelske and Kostyantynivka settlements, where the occupiers tried 11 times to break through the Ukrainian defense lines.
On the Vremivka Axis, the enemy made five attempts to seize positions near Vodiane and Vuhledar in the Donetsk Region and attacked from the side of Volodymyrivka and Solodke.
In the Kherson Region on the Dnipro Axis, one assault of the invaders was repulsed.
At the same time last day, aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out a total of nine strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy, one - on a control point, one - on an air defense system, two - on artillery systems and four - on other important targets of the russian occupiers.
On August 19, the total losses of the russian invaders amounted to 1,330 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 18, a total of 145 combat clashes took place at the front; the enemy attacked the Pokrovsk (45 clashes) and Toretsk (24 clashes) axis.