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| Operational summary of the Ukrainian General Staff for the evening of Saturday, August 20 |
| 2022-08-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] In the Volyn and Polesye directions , formations of the strike force of the troops of Belarus and the Russian Federation were not found on the border of our state. However, the threat of missile and air strikes by the enemy from the territory and airspace of Belarus continues to persist. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, August 20. In the Seversky direction, the enemy continues to hold individual units from the Western Military District in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions in order to tie down the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The Russian invaders fired mortars at the units of our troops in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. In the Kharkov direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on holding the occupied positions. He carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Karasivka, Velikiye Prokhody, Chernyaki, Peschanoe and Pechenegy. The enemy launched air strikes - near Prudyanka and Verkhny Saltov and conducted aerial reconnaissance not far from Russian Tishki and Zolochev. In the Slavyansk direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on the resumption of offensive operations. He carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Aseevka, Gusarovka, Chepil, Protopopovka and Dovgenkoe. Launched an airstrike near Zaliman. The invaders fought offensive battles in the directions of Brazhkovka - Novodmitrovka, Suligovka - Novodmitrovka, Brazhkovka - Vernopolye and Dovgenkoe - Kurulka . As a result, our soldiers inflicted losses on the enemy and threw him back. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues offensive operations and concentrates its main efforts on the Bakhmut direction . So, in the Kramatorsk direction , he carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of Kramatorsk, Razdolevka, Spirna, Zvonovka and Raygorodok. Inflicted an air strike near Ivano-Daryevka. The invaders tried to attack in the directions of Spirne - Ivano-Daryevka and Nikolaevka - Vyemka, without success. In the Bakhmut direction , shelling from tanks, cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems was recorded near Mayorsk, Vesela Dolina, Bakhmut, Kodema and Belogorovka. In addition, the enemy launched air strikes on the areas of the last three settlements. By offensive and assault actions, the invaders tried to improve the tactical situation in the directions of Stryapovka - Soledar, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmutskoye, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, Vershina - Zaitsevo, Vershina - Kodema, Maiskoye - Zaitsevo, Maiskoye - Kodema, Semigorye - Zaitsevo. It did not work out, the Russians received a tough rebuff. In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types near Avdeevka, Kurakhovo, Krasnogorovka, Sukha Balka and Nevelskoye. Inflicted air strikes near Vodiane and Marinka. He led unsuccessful offensive battles in the directions of Gorlovka - Mayorsk, Spartak - Poprosnoye, Donetsk - Sands, Staromikhaylovka - Pervomayskoye . In the Novopavlovsky direction , the enemy fired at the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Elizavetovka, Novoselka, Ugledar and Novomikhailovka. He led an offensive battle in the direction of Blagodatnoe - Zolotaya Niva, did not have success , retreated. In the Zaporozhye direction , the enemy is trying to prevent the advance of the Defense Forces units. He carried out shelling from tanks, cannon artillery and MLRS in the areas of the settlements of Velikomikhaylovka, Shevchenko, Gulyaipolskoye, Shevchenkovskoye, Novoandreevka, Novopol, Olgovskoye, Shcherbaki, Burlatskoye and Stepnoe. Enemy aircraft operated in the areas of Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny, Maly Shcherbakov and Malaya Tokmachka. In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on maintaining the occupied areas and holding down the actions of the Defense Forces. He is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Nikolaevsky direction . He carried out shelling from tanks and artillery of various sizes near Nikolaev, Ukrainka, Aleksandrovka and fifteen other settlements. Inflicted an air strike near Olgino. Leads an offensive in the direction of Vasilki - Blagodatnoye. The enemy ship grouping in readiness for use contains two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type. |
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