Since the beginning of the day, more than 150 combat clashes have taken place at the front – General Staff

During Saturday, November 22, 157 combat clashes took place at the front, according to the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The military says that in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed 14 attacks by the Russian forces: “the enemy made one air strike, dropped three guided air bombs and launched 111 attacks, two from rocket salvo systems.”

At the same time, it is known that in the Yuzhno-Slobozhansk direction, Ukrainian units repelled three attacks by the Russian Federation near Vovchansk, Lyman and Synelnikovy, another combat clash is ongoing.

“In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the Pischany, Petropavlivka and Kupyansk districts. Another battle is currently underway. In the Lyman direction, two combat clashes took place near the settlement of Novoselivka,” the operative report says.

In the Slavyansk direction, the Russian Federation carried out offensive actions ten times in the areas of Serebryanka, Siversk, Sviato-Pokrovsky, Pazeno and Dronivka.

The Ukrainian command says that during the current 24 hours the occupiers have carried out 34 offensive actions in the Pokrovsky direction. The activity of the Russian Federation was recorded near the settlements of Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Nikanorivka, Kotlyna, Udachne, Novopidgorodne, Pokrovsk, Rivne, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Molodetske, Dachne and Filia. One combat clash continues until now.

“Today (November 22 – ed.) in this direction, according to preliminary data, 83 occupiers were neutralized, of which 60 were irreversible. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 24 unmanned aerial vehicles and two units of special equipment of the occupiers. Also, two artillery systems, two units of automobile equipment and one rocket salvo fire system were hit,” the agency said.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on November 19 that the Defense Forces continue to carry out tasks in the area of ​​the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration. In the Pokrovsky direction, according to him, “high activity of the enemy remains, which is helped by clear interaction and coordination of actions of our units.”

As noted on November 14 by the Radio Liberty Donbas.Realii project, Pokrovsk, an important hub of Ukrainian defense in Donetsk region, was on the verge of capture after Russian army troops managed to break through to the city.