“Operational information as of 4:00 p.m. on December 20 was published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Just since the beginning of the day, the total number of combat encounters along the entire…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. December 20, 2024, 4:34 p.m
Forty combat clashes took place today in the Kursk direction, in addition, the enemy launched one rocket attack and carried out 260 artillery strikes. Operational information as of 4:00 p.m. on December 20 was published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Just since the beginning of the day, the total number of combat encounters along the entire front line has increased to 146.
The occupiers continue to use aviation, in particular to drop anti-aircraft missiles, and to carry out attacks in all directions of the battle line. The defense forces hold the lines and take measures to prevent a defense breakthrough.
The invaders do not stop using artillery on the territories of the border regions bordering the Russian Federation. Areas of settlements of Velika Pisarivka, Oleksandrivka, Vyntorivka, Yastrubshchyna of the Sumy region came under enemy fire; Tymofievka, Kharkiv region; Klyus of Chernihiv region.
Five assault actions of the invaders were stopped by our soldiers near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Zagryzovy and Lozova in the Kupyansk direction, and three more skirmishes are still ongoing.
On the Lymansky direction, the enemy is attacking in the areas of Yampolivka, Terniv, Ivanivka, Torsky, Hryhorivka, and Serebryansky forest. Since the beginning of the day, there have already been 11 clashes in this direction, of which four are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled six enemy attempts to advance near the settlement of Chasiv Yar, three clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully attacked the positions of our troops four times in the area of the settlements of Toretsk and Leonidivka. The enemy also dropped an aerial bomb in the Kostyantynivka area.
Today, in the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 31 times in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novy Trud, Dachenske, Vovkovo, Pischane, Novovasylivka, Novoelizavetivka, Novooleksiivka and Ukrainka settlements, five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhiv direction, our defenders repelled 19 skirmishes in the areas of the settlements of Sontsivka, Stari Terny, Andriivka, Kurakhove, Dachne, Dalnye, Kostiantynopolske and Kostiantynopol. Sixteen enemy assaults have already been repulsed by our defenders, three more clashes are ongoing.
In the Vremivsk direction, 13 enemy assaults were stopped near Uspenivka, Dalny, Yantarny, Rozlyv, Bogatyr, Velika Novosilka, Makarivka, Novosilka, Novopol and Novodarivka, and three more assaults are still ongoing.
In the Orihiv direction, our defenders successfully repelled one attempt by the enemy to advance in the area of Mala Tokmachka.
In the Dnieper direction in the area of Kozatskyi island, the enemy stormed the positions of our defenders twice today without success.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has not carried out active operations in the Kharkiv, Siver and Gulyaipil directions.
As reported by ArmiyaInform, 191 combat clashes were recorded during the past 24 hours.
