In Kherson's direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out the units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Thus, two attempts were made to storm the AFU positions in a day.
What is happening in different parts of the front
The General Staff of the Armed Forces provided operational information regarding the Russian invasion as of 18:00 on 02/21/2024.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult.
During the day, 51 combat clashes took place.
In total, the enemy launched three missiles and 84 air strikes, striking 71 MLRS rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In Volyn and Polisia's directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
On the Siversky and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Milove, Vilkhuvatka, and Hryhorivka settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 20 settlements were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy made two offensive attempts near Synkivka and Tabaiivka, Kharkiv region. He carried out an airstrike in the Petropavlivka district of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled four attacks near Terny and Vyimka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defence of our troops.
In the direction of Bakhmut, defence forces repelled an attack near Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position with the support of aviation.
In the Avdiivka direction, our defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks near Stepove, Lastochkyne, Pervomaiske and Nevelske of the Donetsk region.
In the Mariinka direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy near Georhiivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions toward Novopavlivsk.
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Defence Forces repulsed seven enemy attacks west of Verbove and in the Robotyne area of the Zaporizhia region.
In Kherson's direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to knock out our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. There were two attempts to storm the positions of our troops.
New AFU's successes in the war against the Russian Army
During the day, the AFU aviation struck ten personnel concentration areas and two enemy anti-aircraft missile systems.
Also, the Air Force destroyed another Su-34 fighter bomber and three reconnaissance UAVs.
AFU missile forces units of the missile forces struck five areas of personnel, weapons and military equipment concentration, two fuel depots, three control points, eight artillery systems and one enemy radar station.
