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| Combat clashes has increased by two dozen in a week, said the spokesman of the Ukrainian General Staff |
| 2024-05-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] In the Kharkiv direction, the line of battle is dynamic. by Iryna Lysohor During the week of May 13-19, more than 850 combat clashes took place, which means that the intensity of fighting compared to the previous week has increased. Russia launched 38 missile strikes and more than 680 airstrikes, conducted more than 810 attacks from rocket salvo systems on military positions and populated areas. This was announced by the spokesman of the General Staff, Dmytro Lykhovii, on the air of the telethon. According to him, the enemy continues to focus on the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Siver, Pokrovsky, Kramatorsk, Kurakhiv, Vremiv, Orikhov and Dnieper directions. "Despite numerous losses in personnel and military equipment, the Russian aggressor is trying to push our troops out of their positions," he said. The defense forces oppose the enemy's attempts, under favorable conditions - counterattack and, if necessary, maneuver. In the Kharkiv direction , 83 enemy attacks took place in the area of ​​Hlyboke, Neskuchne, Bugruvatka, Liptsi, Staritsa and Vovchansk settlements. The battle line is dynamic. On Kupyanskyi, the enemy advanced in the area of ​​the settlements of Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Pishchane, Berestov in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region. The defenders repelled 93 Russian attacks. On Lymanskyi, 59 attacks by occupiers were repulsed near Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Nevsky and Serebryansky forests of Luhansk region, Terniy, Novosadovoy and Torsky - Donetsk region. In the Siversky direction, the Defense Forces prevented 64 attacks in the directions of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region, Verkhnyokamyanka, Vyimka, Spirne, Rozdolne, Donetsk region. In the Kramatorsk direction, defenders repelled 107 attacks by Russians in the area of ​​Hryhorivka, Kalynivka, Novy, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region. The enemy tried to improve the tactical position there. In the Pokrovsky direction, defenders repelled 228 attacks in the directions of Kalinovo, Novooleksandrivka, Sokol, Novopokrovsky, Umansky, Novoselivka Pershoya, Solovyo, Yasnobrodivka, and Netailovo. In Kurakhivsk, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in and near Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Slavny, Vodyany, Georgiivka, Paraskoviivka, and Kostyantynivka areas, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses 87 times. In Vremivsk, defenders repelled 81 attacks in the area of ​​Southern Mine No. 1, the villages of Kosnyatinovka, Vodyane, Urozhane, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region. The enemy attacked the positions of the defenders in the Orichovo area ten times in Orichivskoye. In the Dnieper direction, the occupiers launched 43 unsuccessful attacks, in particular near Krynyk. During the week preceding the last one, the number of enemy attacks was several dozen less : there were 830 of them. During that week, there was a higher number of missile strikes - 95, and the enemy also carried out 850 airstrikes. |
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