Since morning, 45 fight clashes recorded on entrance line – Ukraine’s Basic Employees

As of 16:00 on 20 April, regardless of Russia’s declared "Easter truce", 45 fight clashes have already occurred alongside the entrance line, with 20 of them on the Pokrovsk entrance alone.

Supply: Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Fb, info as of 16:00 on 20 April

Particulars: All through the day, Russian forces launched artillery strikes from throughout the border on the settlements of Myropilske and Turia in Sumy Oblast.

On the Lyman entrance, two engagements have been recorded close to the settlements of Nadiia and Myrne.

On the Kramatorsk entrance, Russian forces attacked 4 instances close to town of Chasiv Yar and within the path of the villages of Stupochky and Bila Hora. One fight engagement remains to be ongoing.

On the Toretsk entrance, the Russians launched two assaults close to the settlements of Druzhba and Toretsk.

The very best exercise stays on the Pokrovsk entrance. A complete of 20 engagements of various depth have taken place on Sunday 20 April close to the settlements of Sukha Balka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Yelyzavetivka, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka and Rozlyv, with two engagements nonetheless ongoing.

On the Novopavlivka entrance, Russian forces tried to advance twice close to the settlements of Skudne and within the path of Odradne.

On the Orikhiv entrance, Russian troops made three makes an attempt to advance on Ukrainian positions close to the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Stepove, however have been repelled.

Within the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders are at the moment repelling three assaults, with 12 engagements recorded up to now. The Russians have carried out 100 artillery strikes, together with seven utilizing multiple-launch rocket programs.

On the Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Siversk, Huliaipole and Prydniprovske fronts, the Russians haven’t carried out lively offensive actions.

Background:

• On Sunday morning, the Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 20 fight engagements from 22:00 on 19 April to 08:00 on 20 April.
• On Saturday 19 April, Russian chief Vladimir Putin introduced an Easter truce, which supposedly means a halt to all hostilities in Ukraine from the night of 19 April till midnight on 20 April. In the meantime, Russia’s Ministry of Defence acknowledged that Russian forces would uphold the truce provided that Ukraine does the identical.
• Zelenskyy acknowledged that Ukraine would reply in variety to any Russian ceasefire, however Russian assaults and artillery exercise have been persevering with on some fronts.
• Most Ukrainian defenders haven’t witnessed the so-called "Easter truce" promised by Russian forces, in keeping with information from DeepState, a Ukrainian group of army analysts.
• Zelenskyy stated that there was a rise in Russian assaults and using kamikaze drones within the fight zone since 10:00 on 20 April. Russian forces have doubled its use of FPV drones.

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