The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: almost 190 skirmishes took place at the front, most of the assaults of the Russian Federation remain in Kurshchyna

Since the beginning of the day, 189 combat clashes have taken place. The largest number of attacks by Russian forces was recorded in Kurshchyna of the Russian Federation, according to the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on December 19.

“In Kurshchyna, Ukrainian defenders repelled 48 attacks by invaders, currently 12 more clashes are ongoing. According to detailed information, the enemy carried out 6 airstrikes on its territory during the day, dropping seven guided air bombs,” the message stated.

According to the headquarters, in the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops carried out 32 offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Dachenske, Solone, Novy Trud, Zelene and Novovasylivka.

20 attacks were recorded in the Vremivskyi direction, 18 in the Kurakhivskyi direction.

Also, Russian troops attacked in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Siver, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions, the General Staff noted.

“The enemy carried out 51 airstrikes, dropping 80 anti-aircraft missiles, used 820 kamikaze drones, and carried out more than 4,100 attacks on populated areas and positions of our troops,” the military said.

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As reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi, as of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a section of the front with a total length of more than 1,170 kilometers, the most difficult situation now is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.

Sirskyi also reported on December 17 that the Russian military has been conducting “intense offensive actions” in the Kursk region for the third day, actively using units of the North Korean army.

In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.