The General Staff reported 173 combatants per day, most of the Russian Federation was in three directions

There were 173 fighting collisions on the front during the last day, most of them occurred in three directions, the Armed Forces General Staff reported.

According to the command, in the Pokrovsky direction the Ukrainian military stopped 44 storm actions of the Russian forces, on Lymansky – 34, on Novopavlovsky – 23.

In addition, the fighting lasted in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, South Slobozhansky, Kupyansk, Siversky, Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Dnieper directions.

“Yesterday, the enemy struck two rocket launchers and 64 aircraft strikes, used two missiles and dropped 109 managed aircraft. In addition, he made 4 625 shellings, including 21-from rocket launchers, and attracted 3 891 dron-Kamikadze to defeat, ”the ranking reads.

On August 20, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky stated that Russian troops increase pressure in the north of Donetsk region – in the Lyman direction, but, according to him, Pokrovsky, Dobropilsky and Novopavlovsky remain the hottest directions.

The promotion of Russian troops for almost a tens of kilometers in the direction of Dobropillya on August 11 marked on his map the analytical project of Deepstate. The spokesman of the operative-strategic group of the Dnipro troops, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Tregubov the next day stated that in Dobropil and Pokrovsky directions Russian troops use the tactics of “impregnation”, which creates a false impression of advancement. But, he said, “impregnation” does not mean that the enemy has taken this territory under control.

Subsequently, the Armed Forces reported the stabilization of the situation in the Dobropilsk direction.