September 20, 2024
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General Staff: there were 226 combat clashes at the front during the day, the most – in the Kurakhiv direction

The largest number of clashes, according to the report, was in the Kurakhiv direction, where the Defense Forces repelled 63 Russian attacks near Tsukuriny, Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka, and Katerynivka”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org

226 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning briefing on September 20.

The largest number of clashes, according to the report, was in the Kurakhiv direction, where the Defense Forces repelled 63 Russian attacks near Tsukuriny, Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka, and Katerynivka.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 41 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Novotoretsk, Grodivka, Myrolyubivka, Mykolaivka, Novogrodivka and Marynivka, where the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was near Novogrodivka and Marynivka,” the report says.

In the Lymansky direction, the General Staff says, the invaders attacked 28 times near Makiivka, Cherneshchyna, Nevsky and Torsky.

In addition, battles continued in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Siver, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Vremiv, Orikhov, Dnieper directions.

“The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue the operation in the Kursk region. Enemy aviation continues to bomb its own territory. “Over the past day, Russian aircraft have carried out eighteen air strikes, downing 27 air defense systems,” the General Staff said.

On September 12, Acting Press Officer of the 33rd OMBr Nazar Voytenkov told Radio Svoboda (“Freedom.Ranok” project) that the Russian army is attacking the village of Kurakhove, which is near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, from three sides.

On the night of September 19, the DeepState project reported on the advance of the Russian army near Ukraine in the Kurakhiv direction. For some time now, this part of the front has been in the leaders in terms of the number of assaults, together with the Pokrovsky direction. According to military experts, these two directions are connected and can be considered the main direction of Russia’s attack – before the Pokrovsk assault, the aggressor is trying to expand the Ocheretyn ridge and capture Kurakhove, the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project reports.

Read also: “They switched to other areas.” A soldier of the Armed Forces about what stopped the Russian army near Pokrovsk

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