The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: during the day there were 211 battles at the front, almost half of them in the Pokrovsky and Kursk directions

During the past day, 211 combat clashes took place at the front, almost half of them – 96 were in the Pokrovsky and Kursk directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning of December 21.

According to the headquarters, 46 Russian attacks were repelled by the Ukrainian military in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy tried to advance near the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novy Trud, Dachenske, Vovkovo, Pischane, Novovasylivka, Novoelizavetivka, Novooleksiivka, and Ukrainka.

There were 50 combat clashes in the Kursk direction

Russian troops also increased their activity in the Vremiv region, where they attacked 36 times in the areas of Uspenivka, Dalny, Yantarny, Rozlyv, Bogatyr, Velikay Novosilka, Makarivka, Novosilka, Novopol and Novodarivka.

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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.