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| Russian army attacks in nine directions - Ukrainian General Staff |
| 2026-05-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Korrespondent] Almost a third of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already repelled more than 20 assaults. Since the beginning of the current day, 71 attacks by Russian invaders have taken place on the front in nine directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, May 18. Thus, in the South Slobozan direction, the enemy tried three times to improve its position in the Prylipka and Grafske areas. One of these attacks is ongoing. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out two assaults towards Petropavlivka. In the Lymansky direction, the enemy attacked eight times in the direction of Stavky, Zarechny, Drobyshevy, and Ozerny. One attack is still ongoing. On the Slavyansk direction, the occupiers tried three times to improve their position towards Rai-Oleksandrivka and Kalenkypy. In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out 11 attacks towards the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Ivano-Pol'ya, Kucheriv Yar, and Vilne. In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have advanced 25 times towards the settlements of Dorozhne, Shevchenko, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Molodetske and Filiya. Four of these attacks are still ongoing. In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy is trying to advance towards Voronny. In the Hulyaipil direction, there were 15 attacks on the positions of our defenders in the areas of Charivne, Novy Zaporizhzhia, Tsvitkiv, Rivne, Zaliznychne, and Staroukrainka. One of these attacks is ongoing. In the Dnieper direction, the enemy attacked three times in the direction of Antonivka and Belogrudy Island. The enemy has not yet carried out active operations in the North Slobozhansk, Kursk, Kramatorsk, and Orikhiv directions. Earlier on Monday, it became known that the Russians had been driven out of Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhia Oblast. Defense forces took control of the main locations in the settlement. |
| Posted by:badanov |