[Korrespondent] The Russian occupation army has noticeably reduced its activity on most of the main front lines.
Since the beginning of the day, 51 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, which is significantly less than on Thursday. The defense forces are having success in two directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary on Friday, February 20.
Thus, two clashes with the enemy took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions.
"Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out active actions and had certain successes," the report says.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked in the area of ​​the settlement of Vovchanski Khutory.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy once advanced towards Novoosynovoye.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army carried out four attacks in the Zarichny area and towards Drobyshevy and Lyman. Three clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, the invaders tried to advance in the Yampol area and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka. One attack is ongoing.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out ten offensive actions near Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar and towards the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Berestok, and Novopavlivka. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders tried 14 times to push our soldiers out of the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske and towards Novooleksandrivka. The defense forces have already stopped 13 attacks.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to advance in the Stepovoye area.
In the Hulyaipil direction, there were 10 attacks by the invaders - in the areas of Hulyaipil, Zahirne and towards Olenokostyantynivka, Zaliznychne and Svyatopetrivka. Five assaults are ongoing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the invaders attacked twice near Stepovoye and Maly Shcherbaky.
On the Dnieper direction, two enemy attacks in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge were repelled.
As a reminder, Russia lost almost 100 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of February 19. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.3 million since the beginning of the Great War.