Operational information as of 10.00 April 21, 2024 on the Russian invasion
Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Likhovíj.
Glory to Ukraine! Seventy-hundred and eighty-eight era of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began.
Over the past day, there were 115 combat clashes.
In total, the enemy carried out 15 missiles and 63 air strikes, carried out 109 shelling from volcano fire jet systems on the positions of our troops and settlements.
During the past day, the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Synkivka, Slobozhanske, Neskučne, Victory of Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka of Luhansk region; Novosadove, Yampolivka, Chasiv Yar, Alexandropil, Novooleksandrivka, Solovyove, Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, New York, Krasnogorivka, Ocheretyne, Vodyaane, Shakhtarske, Novomyhajlivka, Urožayne, Staromayorske, Velika Novosilka, Spi Rne, Stupočki, Ivanivs ;ke and Andriyivka Donetsk region; Small Tokmačka, Robotine Zaporizhia region; Novoberislav, Lviv and Krinki Kherson region.
More than 120 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts were under artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polish directions, the operating environment remains without significant changes.
In the Siver and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive fences along the state border.
In the Kupiansky direction, the enemy, supported by aviation, 2 times attacked the positions of our defenders in the area of the settlement of Stelmakhivka Luhansk region.
In the Limans Наkomu direction, the opponent 10 times attacked the positions of our defenders in the areas of terni donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers fought 28 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka Luhansk region; Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Klishchiyivka, Ivanivskke, New Donetsk region.
In the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders fought 32 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Semenivka, Novokalinove, Ocheretyne, Berdychi, Umanske, Yasnobrodivka, Nevelske and Alexandropil of Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgiyivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane and Urozhayne of Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 25 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orykhiv direction, the enemy, supported by aviation, attacked 4 times the positions of our defenders in the area of Staromayorsky Donetsk region and Robotiny Zaporizhia region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not refuse the intention to knock out our units from placdarmív on the left bank of the Dnieper. Yes, over the past day the occupiers carried out 3 unsuccessful attacks on our troops positions.
At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in live force and equipment to the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.
During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine has struck 8 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
Missile troop units have affected 1 control point, 2 personnel focus areas, 1 ammunition warehouse, 1 air defense device, 1 enemy weapons and military equipment concentration area.
Last day, the total losses of Russian zagarbnikív amounted to 950 people. The enemy also lost 16 tanks, 23 combat armored cars, 41 artillery systems, 4 anti-aircraft vehicles, 38 Bpla operational-tactical level, 6 missiles, 68 cars and 8 special equipment units.