“The Russian invaders continue to press along the entire front line, in general, the Armed Forces repelled almost 200 enemy assaults in a day, more than a quarter of them in the Pokrovsky direction.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Illustrative photo from Facebook of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Source: summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of the morning of December 19 Facebook
Verbatim General Staff: “A total of 193 combat clashes were recorded during the past 24 hours. Yesterday, the enemy carried out 74 airstrikes, dropped 154 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out 4,281 attacks, including 126 from rocket salvo systems, and engaged 5,836 kamikaze drones for destruction.”
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Details: On Severno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions Ukrainian defenders repelled 4 Russian attacks. The enemy carried out three airstrikes, dropped eight guided air bombs and launched 176 attacks, including 7 from rocket salvo systems.
On Yuzhno-Slobozhanskyi direction, Ukrainian troops stopped 9 enemy attacks near Staritsa, Prylipka, Vovchansk and towards Okhrimyvka and Dovgenki.
On Kupyansk direction there were also 9 invader attacks. The defenders repelled the assaults of the Russians towards the settlements of Kurylivka, Pishchane, Petropavlivka, Glushkivka, Novoplatonivka and Kupyansk.
On Lyman direction the occupiers attacked 10 times in the direction of Krasnoy Stav, Stavky, Drobyshevy and in the areas of Novoyehorivka and Zarichne settlements.
On Slavic direction Defense forces repelled 3 Russian attacks in Serebryanka and Zvanivka districts.
On Kostyantynivskyi direction the invaders carried out 28 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kleban-Bik, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Rusyn Yar and in the direction of Kostyantynivka, Ivanopil, Stepanivka and Sofiivka.
On Pokrovsky direction Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Chervyn Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia and in the direction of Toretsky, Novy Shahovoy and Novopavlivka.
On Oleksandrovsky direction Russians carried out 22 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tolstoy, Oleksandrograd, Stepove, Privilne, Verbove, Krasnohirske, Zlagoda, Rybne and in the direction of the settlements of Andriivka-Klevtsov, Ivanivka, Lisne, Novye Zaporizhzhia.
On Gulyaipil direction The defense forces repelled 19 attacks by Russians in the areas of Sweety, Zeleny, Gulyaipol and in the direction of Varvarivka and Dobropill.
On Orihiv direction the occupiers tried 3 times to break through the Ukrainian defenses in the direction of Novoandriivka, Primorsky and in the area of Plavniy, without success.
On Dnieper direction there were 2 unsuccessful offensive actions of the Russians in the direction of Antonivka.
“During the past day, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 3 personnel concentration areas, 3 control points and 1 artillery piece of the Russian invaders,” the General Staff concluded.