Front Line Sees 165 Clashes With Russian Army During Day

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a Facebook post by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the situation as of 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 20.

The invaders launched two missile strikes on Ukrainian territory with two missiles and 78 air strikes, dropping 154 guided aerial bombs.

In addition, the Russians used 6,137 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,752 shellings, including 95 from multiple launch rocket systems.

The Russian army carried out air strikes on the areas of Hryhorivka, Lukyanivskyi, Stepnohirsk, Stepove, Zaliznychne in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Olhivka in the Kherson region.

The aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle control point, three artillery systems, and one Russian command and observation post.

Nine combat engagements took place in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions. In addition, the enemy carried out nine air strikes, dropping 27 guided bombs, and carried out 146 shelling attacks, including three with multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian troops launched five assaults near Vovchansk, Fyholivka, and in the direction of Odradne.

Three enemy attacks took place in the Kupiansk direction. Defense forces repelled Russian assaults in the areas of Stepova Novoselivka and Pishchane.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times, trying to advance near Novomykhailivka, Shandryholove, Kolodiazi, Torske, Zarichne, and towards Stavky, Novoselivka, and Serednie.

In the Siversk direction, in the areas of Yampil, Serebrianka, Siversk, Vyimka, and Dronivka, the Russian army attacked the positions of the Defense Forces nine times.

Three combat engagements were recorded in the Kramatorsk direction, with the invaders attacking in the Stupochok area.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 19 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Shcherbynivka, Poltavka, and in the direction of Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Ivanopil, and Stepanivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 assault and offensive actions by the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Nikanorivka, Novoshakhove, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Promin, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Dachne, Chervonyi Lyman, and Novopavlivka.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked 33 times in the areas of the settlements of Filiia, Voskresenka, Berezove, Maliivka, Novovivanivka, Piddubne, Zelenyi Hai, Tolstoy, Sichneve, Novomykolaivka, and Olhivka.

Russian troops did not conduct offensive operations in the Huliaipole direction.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked twice in the Kamianske area and towards Stepnogorsk.

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In the Dnipro direction, the invaders twice unsuccessfully attempted to approach the positions of the Defense Forces in the direction of the Antonivskyi Bridge.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to September 20, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,100,600 people, of which 1,070 were lost in the past 24 hours.

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