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Battlefield sees 153 clashes, nearly 50 on Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts – Ukraine's General Staff
Ukrainian forces repelled 153 attacks, most of them on the Pokrovsk front. Fighting continues along the entire front line.
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A total of 153 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. Russian forces were most active on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 28 attacks, while the Russians launched 19 assaults on the Kostiantynivka front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 19 April
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians carried out one airstrike, dropped one guided aerial bomb and conducted 84 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, including two using multiple launch rocket systems. Two assault actions by Russian forces were recorded.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians made three attempts to break through Ukrainian defences near Starytsia and Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops carried out four attacks towards Novoplatonivka and near Petropavlivka and Pishchane.
On the Lyman front, the Russians launched seven attempts to penetrate Ukrainian defences near Drobysheve and towards Lyman, Stavky and Novoserhiivka.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped three Russian attempts to advance near Yampil and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions four times near Nykyforivka, Minkivka and towards Mykolaivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, Russian troops launched 19 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka and Sofiivka and towards Novopavlivka and Stepanivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 28 Russian assault actions near Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Kotlyne and Udachne and towards Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novopavlivka and Novopidhorodne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Russian forces conducted seven attacks towards Kalynivske, Verbove and Oleksandrohrad.
On the Huliaipole front, 12 Russian attacks were recorded towards Sviatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka and Huliaipilske and near Varvarivka, Pryluky and Tsvitkove.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops did not conduct any active operations.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians carried out three unsuccessful assaults towards the Antonivka Bridge.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
Ukrainian forces continue to put up effective resistance across all sectors of the front.
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