Battlefront Update: Recent Combat Engagements
On April 20, the frontlines experienced numerous combat engagements, totaling 96 recorded incidents. Russian forces attacked the Pokrovsk direction nearly 40 times and conducted 1882 shellings against Ukrainian positions and settlements.
Source: report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In total, 96 combat engagements were recorded over the past day. According to updated information, the enemy carried out 1882 shellings, including 33 from multiple rocket launchers, and utilized 957 kamikaze drones.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attempted to breach the defensive lines near the settlement of Krasne Pershe.
In the Kupiansk direction, there was an attack by the aggressors in the area of Holubivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times, trying to infiltrate our defenses near the settlements of Nadiya, Myrne, Hrekivka, Katerynivka, Neve, and Yamplivka.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy made three attempts to advance in the area of Bilohorivka and Ivanodarivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked five times near Chasiv Yar and towards Stupochky and Bilya Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, there were 10 attacks near Druzhba, Toretsk, and Leonidivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders halted 39 assault attempts by the aggressor in the areas of Sukha Balka, Myrolyubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyn, Udačne, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka, and Rozliv.
In the Novopavlivsk direction, the enemy conducted five attacks in the areas of Kostyantynopil, Skudne, and towards Odradne.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation forces advanced four times on our positions in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Malyi Shcherbaky, and Stepove.
In the Huliaipole and Dnipro directions, no combat engagements occurred over the past day.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of enemy assault group formations were detected.
In the Kursk region, the enemy conducted 184 shellings, 17 of which were from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders stopped 16 assault attempts by the aggressors.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are inflicting significant losses on the occupying troops, targeting their personnel and equipment while actively undermining the enemy's offensive capabilities in the rear.