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| Russia is attacking on 12 front lines - Ukrainian General Staff |
| 2026-04-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Korrespondent] The enemy army is most actively trying to advance in the Konstantinovsky and Pokrovsky directions. Since the beginning of the current day, the army of the aggressor country Russia has attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 54 times. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Saturday, April 18. Thus, two combat clashes took place in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the Vovchansk area twice. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice tried to improve its position in the direction of Novoplatonivka. One clash is ongoing. In the Lyman direction, there were four assaults towards Stavky and Lyman. Two clashes are ongoing. In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy carried out two attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Yampol area. In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy twice attacked the positions of the Defense Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Nikiforivka. In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out 12 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Sofiivka and towards Novopavlivka. Three clashes are ongoing. In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders tried to advance 13 times in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne and towards the settlements of Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novopavlivka. Two clashes are ongoing. In the Oleksandrivka direction, our defenders repelled three enemy attacks in the direction of Kalynivske, Verbovye, and Oleksandrovgrad. One clash is ongoing. In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks towards the settlements of Svyatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, Olenokostyantynivka and in the area of ​​the settlements of Varvarivka, Pryluky, and Tsvitkove. One battle is ongoing. In the Dnieper direction, the enemy conducted three futile assaults in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge. As a reminder, during the day on April 17, 151 combat clashes took place on the front. The largest number of battles was in the Pokrovsky direction – 33. The enemy army lost more than 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded. |
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