On April 20th, there were 96 combat encounters at the front, with the enemy attacking the Pokrovsk direction nearly 40 times and conducting 1882 shellings of the positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas.

Source: summary from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In total, during the past day, 96 combat encounters were recorded. According to updated information, the enemy carried out 1882 shellings, including 33 from multiple launch rocket systems, and utilized 957 kamikaze drones for attacks.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defensive lines near the settlement of Krasne Pershe.

In the Kupiansk direction, there was an attack by the invaders in the area of Holubivka yesterday.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times, attempting to infiltrate our defenses near the settlements of Nadiya, Myrne, Hrekivka, Katerynivka, Nove, and Yampolivka.

In the Siversk direction, the enemy made three attempts to advance in the area of Bilohorivka and Ivanodarivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked five times in the area of Chasiv Yar and towards Stupochky and Bilya Hora.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy made 10 attacks near Druzhba, Toretsk, and Leonidivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders halted 39 assault actions by the aggressor in the areas of Sukha Balka, Myrolyubivka, Yelyzavitivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka, and Rozliv.

In the Novopavlivsk direction, the enemy carried out five attacks in the area of Kostiantynivka, Skudne, and towards Odradne.

In the Orikhiv direction, the occupying forces advanced four times on our defenders' positions in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Mali Shcherbaky, and Stepove.

In the Huliaipole and Dnipro directions, there were no combat encounters yesterday.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of enemy offensive group formations were detected.

In Kursk, the enemy carried out 184 shellings yesterday, 17 of which were from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders thwarted 16 assault attempts by the invaders.

UAF soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in personnel and equipment, actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.