On February 19, Ukrainian forces engaged in 122 combat clashes with Russian occupiers, halting 32 enemy assaults in the Pokrovsk sector alone.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in an operational update as of 08:00 on Thursday, February 20, Ukrinform reports.
According to the update, the enemy launched one missile strike using two missiles, conducted 87 airstrikes, and dropped 131 guided aerial bombs on Ukrainian positions and settlements. Additionally, Russian forces carried out 5,757 shelling attacks, including 140 strikes from multiple launch rocket systems, and deployed over 3,000 kamikaze drones.
Russian airstrikes targeted several locations, including Basivka, Mohrytsia, Yastrubyne, Bilovody, and Uhroidy in the Sumy region, Udy, Chornohlazivka, and Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, Kostiantynivka, Myrnohrad, Chasiv Yar, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, and Novodarivka in the Donetsk region, Huliaipole and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region, and the city of Kherson.
Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation, missile, and artillery units struck 13 areas where enemy personnel, weaponry, and equipment were concentrated, one air defense system, six artillery pieces, one command post, and one key enemy target.
In the Kharkiv sector, Russian forces attempted five breakthroughs near Vovchansk and Zapadne.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy assaults near Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and Zahryzove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy launched 12 attacks, attempting to breach Ukrainian defenses near Balka Zhuravka, Yampolivka, Kolodiazi, Makiivka, and toward Hryhorivka.
In the Siversk sector, one Russian assault was repelled near Verkhniokamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions four times near Chasiv Yar and Vasiukivka.
In the Toretsk sector, 13 enemy attacks were recorded near Ozarianivka, Toretsk, and Leonidivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 32 assaults near Zelene Pole, Vodiane Druhe, Yelyzavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Andriivka, and Ulakly.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Russian forces launched 17 attacks in the direction of Kostiantynopil, Rozdolne, Novyi Komar, and Pryvilne.
In the Orikhiv sector, nine enemy assaults targeted Ukrainian positions near Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky, and Stepove.
In the Huliaipole and Dnipro River sectors, no active Russian offensive actions were observed.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of enemy assault formations were detected.
Ukrainian forces continue their operation in Russia’s Kursk region. Over the past day, the enemy carried out 36 airstrikes, dropping 47 guided aerial bombs, conducted 442 artillery attacks (including ten MLRS strikes), and launched 14 ground assaults, all of which were repelled.
Photo: 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi
Source: War update: 122 clashes on front lines, Ukrainian forces repel 32 enemy attacks in Pokrovsk sector
