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| Ukrainian General Staff announces a regrouping in the Khar'kov region |
| 2024-05-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully resist attacks from the invaders in all directions. In the Khar'kov direction, the enemy lost 73 military personnel killed and wounded and 16 pieces of equipment, of which two were tanks. During the current 24 hours, 77 military clashes took place at the front, seven of which are still ongoing. The hottest situation was in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday, May 18. Thus, 10 clashes occurred in the Khar'kov direction. The Russians again launched an air strike on Khar'kov, using two KABs. They carried out assault operations in the directions Glubokoe-Lukyantsy, Lukyantsy-Veseloye, Bugrovatka-Staritsa. In this direction, the enemy lost 73 military personnel killed and wounded and 16 pieces of equipment, of which two were tanks. “The remaining data on enemy losses is being clarified. The defense forces are taking measures to stabilize the situation and regroup in certain areas,” the message says. In the Kupyansky direction the number of battles per day increased to nine, and in the Limansky direction - to seven. The defense forces are taking necessary measures to contain the enemy. In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders are carrying out assault operations in the direction of the settlements of Ivanovskoye and Kalinovka. The total number of Russian attacks in the direction increased to 14. The Pokrovskoe direction remains the hottest. Of the 23 military clashes since the beginning of the day, four are currently still ongoing. Netailovo was added to the list of settlements where the enemy is directing his attacks. The Russians carried out airstrikes using KABs in the area of Alexandropol, Voskhod, Evgenievka. In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy made 10 attempts to overcome the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle continues near Krasnogorovka. In the Dnieper direction, the number of Russian assaults stopped by Ukrainian defenders on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region has grown to four today. Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian aviation has hit 18 areas where enemy personnel are concentrated and two of their air defense systems. Our rockets and artillerymen struck three more enemy concentration areas and one radar station. Let us remind you that in one day on May 17, Russia lost more than 1,200 soldiers at the front. The total losses of the aggressor country are gradually approaching 500 thousand since the beginning of a full-scale war. |
| Posted by:badanov |