On August 20, a total of 166 combat clashes took place at the front; Pokrovsk remained the hottest axis, where 66 clashes took place in a day; the enemy also actively attacked the Toretsk and Lyman Axes.
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.
The enemy launched eight missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using 13 missiles, as well as 83 airstrikes, including dropping 104 guided air bombs.
In addition, the occupiers carried out 4,390 attacks, 152 of them using MLRSes, and 1,558 kamikaze drones for attacks.
During the past 24 hours, a total of 166 combat clashes with the russian invaders took place at the front.
Thus, on the Kharkiv Axis, the enemy carried out offensive and assault actions 11 times in the areas of the settlements of Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
A total of 15 combat clashes took place on the Kupiyansk Axis during the day.
Defense forces repelled enemy attacks in Petropavlivka, Berestove, Stelmakhivka, Synkivka, and Stepova Novoselivka Districts.
On the Lyman Axis, Ukrainian troops repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of Makiyivka, Novosadove, Hrekivka, and Dibrova.
On the Siversk Axis, the Defense Forces repelled five attacks near Vyimka and Pereyizne.
On the Kramatorsk Axis, Ukrainian soldiers repelled eight attempts by the invaders to advance near Chasiv Yar, Klishchiyivka, and Ivankivske; the situation is under control.
The enemy tried to advance 24 times on the Toretsk Axis with the support of bombers and attack aircraft.
It was active in the areas of the settlements of Niu York, Nelipivka, Toretsk, and Zalizne.
On the Pokrovsk Axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled 66 enemy attacks.
The enemy is trying to advance in the Axis of Vozdvyzhenka, Mykhailivka, Kalynivka, Novohrodivka, Hrodivka, Mykolayivka, Ptyche, Skuchne, and Zelene Pole.
On the Kurakhove Axis, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Krasnohorivka, and Karlivka settlements, where the occupiers tried ten times to break through the Ukrainian defense lines.
On the Vremivka Axis, the enemy made two attempts to capture the positions of the Armed Forces near Vodiane, Donetsk Region.
On the Orikhiv Axis, enemy units twice unsuccessfully tried to advance to the axis of Novodanylivka and near Mala Tokmachka.
The invaders became active on the Dnipro Axis; here, the Ukrainian defenders had to repulse five attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces.
In the Volyn and Polisskyi Axis, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue the operation on the Kursk Axis.
In total, over the past 24 hours, the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck 15 areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment, three air defense systems, three artillery systems, one radar, and one other important object of the russian occupiers.
On August 20, the losses of the russian invaders amounted to 1,210 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 19, a total of 158 combat clashes took place at the front, almost a third of them on the Pokrovsk Axis.
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