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| During the week, 560 combat clashes took place in Ukraine |
| 2024-02-20 |
| [LB] Defenders repelled the largest number of enemy assaults in the Donetsk region. by Iryna Lysohor In the Kupian direction, the occupiers continue offensive actions in the Sinkovka, Ivanivka and Tabaivka districts of the Kharkov region. The defense forces repelled about 10 enemy assaults during the week. In the Lyman direction, about 50 enemy assaults were repulsed in the areas of Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region and Terni, Yampolivka, Torsky, southeast of Vyimka and north of Vesely of the Donetsk region. Spokesman of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev said this on the air of the telethon. "In the direction of Bakhmut, last week the Russian invaders carried out assaults in the Bohdanivka, Ivanovsky, Klishchiivka and Andriivka districts of the Donetsk region, where the Defense Forces repelled more than 60 enemy assaults," he said. In the Avdiyiv direction, the occupiers carried out more than 190 assaults on the positions of our troops in the districts of Lastochkin, Severny, Tonenko, Pervomaysky, and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region. In the Mariinsky direction, the Russians continue offensive actions in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region. The defenders repelled more than 160 enemy attacks. In the direction of Novopavlivsk, the Defense Forces repelled about 10 attacks south of Zolota Niva, Prechistivka and in the Staromayorsky area. In the Zaporozhye direction, the occupiers carried out 30 assaults on the positions of our troops west of Novopokrovka, Verbovoy, and Robotyny. In Kherson, the enemy concentrated his main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine and explosive barriers and ways of logistical support. Continues airstrikes in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. "At the same time, the Russian occupiers tried to dislodge Ukrainian units from the occupied bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, where they carried out about 40 assaults during the past week," the spokesman said. In total, 560 combat clashes took place during the week. The enemy launched 70 rocket and more than 650 airstrikes, carried out almost 880 attacks from rocket salvo systems. On the night of February 17, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the decision to withdraw from Avdiivka. The defenders retreated to prepared fortified positions. The decision was made to save the lives of the military. |
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