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Ukrainian General Staff: Battles took place on the Pokrovsky, Lymansky and Novopavlovsk directions
2025-08-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] In total, 175 combat clashes took place at the front.

by Tetyana Boyarchuk


The 1274th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. In total, 175 combat clashes took place over the past day.

The General Staff reported this.

The enemy launched four missile and 82 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using ten missiles and dropping 153 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 5,611 attacks, including 66 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 5,610 kamikaze drones to destroy them.

Air strikes were carried out, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Gremyach in Chernihiv region; Nova Sloboda, Chernatske in Sumy region; Kostyantynivka, Dobropillya, Ivanopillya in Donetsk region; Bilogirya, Prymorske in Zaporizhia region; and Odradokamyanka in Kherson region.

Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile forces, and artillery have struck nine areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, two artillery systems, and one other important facility of the Russian invaders.

Seven combat engagements took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions over the past 24 hours. In addition, the enemy carried out 12 air strikes, dropping 26 guided bombs, and carried out 218 shelling of the positions of our troops and settlements, including nine from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South Slobozhansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks near the settlements of Vovchansk and Kamyanka.

There were six attacks by the invaders in the Kupyansk direction. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the areas of Kindrashivka, Synkivka, Zagryzove and Stepova Novoselivka.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 33 times, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Zelena Dolyna, Kolodyazhi, Myrne, Torske, and towards Yampol and Hryhorivka.

In the Siversky direction, our defenders repelled two assaults by occupation troops near Pereizne and towards Fedorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, two clashes were recorded near the settlement of Oleksandro-Shultyne.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out ten attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, and Poltavka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 50 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Mayak, Nykanorivka, Novoekonomichne, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Promin, Grodivka, Lysivka, Zvirovo, Udachnoe, Novomykolaivka, Horikhove, and Novoukrainka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces stopped 28 enemy attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of the settlements of Hrushivka, Zeleny Hai, Temyrivka, Voskresenka, Zelenye Pole and towards Komyshuvakha.

Four clashes with the enemy took place in the Dnieper direction.

The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Hulyaipil and Orikhiv directions.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 920 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 50 artillery systems, 260 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level, seven missiles and 142 units of automotive equipment of the Russian occupiers.

Posted by:badanov

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