The enemy is conducting an offensive operation in the Lysychansk and Severodonetsk areas, and is also stabbing the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire line of confrontation in the direction of Donetsk.
Russian troops were advancing in the Lisichansk and Severodonetsk areas. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report on May 20.
Without a significant change in the directions of Volyn and Polesye, the threat of missile and bomb attacks from the territory of Belarus remains.
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In the direction of Seversk, the enemy provided positions in the Azarovka settlement area in the Bryansk region, firing artillery and mortars at Boyar-Lezhachi, Bruska, Stary Virky, Sumy region and Gremyach, Chernihiv region.
In the direction of Kharkov, Russian troops were engaged in holding the occupied lines and trying to launch counterattacks to restore the missing positions. Fighting continued in the area of Ternovaya and Veseloe, enemy shooting was recorded near Russian Tishki.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructures in the area of Dovgenkiy, Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi and Dolyna.
In the direction of Donetsk, the enemy intensified offensive and offensive operations, firing on Armed Forces of Ukraine positions from mortars, cannon artillery, numerous rocket launch systems and operational-tactical aviation throughout the line. collision.
In the direction of Liman, the Russian army periodically shelled civilian infrastructures in the Dibrova and Zakotnoe areas. In Severodonetsk – unsuccessfully invaded Severodonetsk, suffered losses and retreated. Conducts military operations in the Toshkovka area.
In the direction of Bakhmut, with the support of artillery and mortars, the conquerors advanced into the Vyskriva area. They tried to improve the tactical position near Vladimirovka and Vasilievka, and also suffered losses in the Alexandropol region.
In the direction of Avdeevka, the enemy carried out attacks and offensive operations in the area of Veseloe, but was defeated and retreated. In Kurakhovsky – conducted massive artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure, which led to an unsuccessful offensive in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Aleksandrovka.
In the directions of Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye, the enemy hit the infrastructure and civilian households from rocket and cannon artillery, mortars. In the Novodarovka area, he suffered losses and retreated from previously occupied positions.
In the direction of South Buzh, the occupiers did not conduct active combat: they fired and continued to provide positions and the second line of defense.
“There remains a high probability of continued fighting to improve the tactical situation and reach the administrative border of the Kherson region,” the General Staff stressed.
In the Bessarabian direction, the situation did not change significantly.
Groups of enemy ships in the Black and Azov Seas continue to intercept the sending of civilians.
In the past 24 hours, 14 enemy attacks were repulsed in the direction of Donetsk and Lugansk, eight tanks, 14 armored vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed. Air defense units fired on a type of UAV Orlan-10.
Recall, on May 19, the Russian Federation lost 28,500 soldiers in Ukraine, as well as 1,254 Russian tanks, 203 aircraft and 167 helicopters.
Source: korrespondent
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