Ukraine's General Staff Reports 204 Clashes in a Day, Most Near Pokrovsk

Ukraine's General Staff recorded 204 combat clashes along the front over the past day, the most on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka axes, the military said in its October 19 morning report.

On October 18 the enemy launched one missile strike and 82 air strikes, dropping 273 guided bombs. Russian forces also used 9,154 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,050 shellings of settlements and Ukrainian positions, 19 of them with multiple-launch rocket systems. Ukrainian aviation struck a concentration of enemy personnel.

By axis

On the Pokrovsk axis the enemy attacked 30 times, trying to advance near Matiashevo and Molodetske and toward Toretske, Vilne, Novyi Donbas, Svitle, Dobropillia, Myrne, Serhiivka and Filiia. On the Kostiantynivka axis 21 attacks were recorded near Kostiantynivka and toward Roskishne, Mykolaipillia and Novohryhorivka. On the Huliaipole axis there were nine attacks toward Rizdvianka, Ternuvate, Vozdvyzhivka, Hirke, Novoselivka and Charivne.

In the Kupiansk direction the enemy tried 11 times to improve its position toward Kupiansk and Radkivka. On the Lyman axis Ukrainian units repelled six attacks near Zarichne and toward Lyman, and on the Sloviansk axis two attacks near Kryva Luka. On the North Slobozhansky and Kursk axes there were three assaults, two air strikes with six guided bombs and 59 shellings. Two attacks were repelled toward Hrafske on the South Slobozhansky axis, one assault toward Ternove on the Oleksandrivka axis and one near Plavni on the Orikhiv axis. No assaults were made on the Kramatorsk axis. More in World.