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Russian and Ukrainian forces engage in 152 combat clashes, almost half on Pokrovsk front

Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 09:56
Russian and Ukrainian forces engage in 152 combat clashes, almost half on Pokrovsk front
Ukrainian soldiers. Photo: Getty Images

Russian troops fired five missiles at the positions of the Ukrainian defence forces, dropped 11 aerial bombs and used 2,653 kamikaze drones over the past 24 hours. The heaviest fighting took place on the Pokrovsk front, where the Ukrainian defenders repelled 73 attacks.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 21 January

Details: On the Kharkiv front, three combat clashes occurred near Vovchansk.

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On the Kupiansk front, eight Russian attacks have been recorded. Ukraine’s defence forces repelled the Russian assaults near the settlements of Petropavlivka, Kolisnykivka, Lozova and Zahryzove.

On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 15 attacks. Their attempts to advance near the settlements of Nadiia, Novoiehorivka, Makiivka, Kopanky, Nevske, Terny and Zarichne were stopped.

On the Siversk front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions near Verkhnokamianske. 

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On the Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine Russian attempts to advance near the settlement of Chasiv Yar and towards Stupochky.

On the Toretsk front, the Russians conducted 17 attacks near Krymske, Dyliivka, Shcherbynivka and Ozarianivka.

On the Pokrovsk front, Ukraine's defence forces repulsed 73 Russian assaults and offensive actions near the settlements of Vodiane Druhe, Myroliubivka, Promin, Yelyzavetivka, Myrnohrad, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakly and Yantarne.

On the Novopavlivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven Russian attacks near Kostiantynopil, Rozlyv, Velyka Novosilka and towards Pryvilne.

On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians tried to break through in the island zone of the Dnipro Delta four times, but without success.

In Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 attacks. The Russians also conducted 30 airstrikes using aerial bombs and bombarded Ukrainian positions and populated areas 452 times.

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