Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of April 20, 2024.
1,152 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,065 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. April 20, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1152nd day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 127 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 103 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropped 170 KABs, and engaged 2781 kamikaze drones for destruction. The enemy also carried out 5912 artillery attacks, including 115 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The enemy carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Ryasne, Velykyi Prykil, Stepok, Myropylske in the Sumy region; Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodarivka, Lukyanivske, Pavlivka, Stepnohirsk, Kamianske and Novoyakovlivka in the Zaporizhia region.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck 15 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three UAV control points, two air defense systems, five missile forces and artillery systems of the Russian invaders.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy twice tried in vain to advance in the areas of Vovchansk and Mala Shapkivka.
In the Kupyansk direction, seven attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. The defense forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Zagryzovka, Kindrashivka, Novaya Kruglyakivka and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman direction, 14 clashes took place. The enemy tried to advance near Novomykhailivka, Novy, Yampolivka, as well as in the directions of Torske, Grekivka, Hlushchenkove, Olhivka, Zelenaya Dolyna.
In the Siversk direction, our troops repelled two enemy attacks near the settlement of Verkhnyokamyanske.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy launched seven attacks on the positions of our troops in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Stupochok and Kurdyumivka.
Over the past day, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 18 times in the areas of Toretsk, Druzhba, Dachny and in the direction of Diliivka on the Toretsk direction.
Over the past day, our defenders in the Pokrovsky direction stopped 39 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Tarasivka, Vodyane Druge, Elizavetivka, Promyn, Lysivka, Novooleksandrivka, Preobrazhenka, Sribne, Bohdanivka, Troitske, Novotoretske, Svyrydonivka, Malynovka, Shevchenko, Zvirovo, Uspenivka, Kotlyarivka, Andriivka and in the direction of the Stara Mykolaivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 attacks by the invaders in the areas of Pryvilne, Novoselka and Konstantinopol.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks in the direction of Mala Tokmachka and near Novoandreyevka.
In the Hulyaipil and Prydniprovskie directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations.
In the Kursk region, over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 20 attacks by the invaders, the enemy also launched 15 air strikes, using 25 KABs, and carried out 356 attacks, eight of which were from MLRS.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were detected.
Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 950 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized a tank, five armored combat vehicles, 49 artillery systems, 64 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 112 vehicles and one unit of special equipment of the occupiers.
Operational information as of 16 p.m. April 20, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
Since the beginning of the day, 45 combat clashes have taken place on the front. Ukrainian defenders stop the enemy, holding the lines and destroying the Russians’ plans.
During the day, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation launched artillery attacks on the areas of the settlements of Myropylske and Turya in the Sumy region.
In the Lyman direction, two combat clashes took place near Nadiya and Myrne.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked four times in the areas of Chasiv Yar and towards Stupochky and Bila Hora. One combat clash is currently ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the invaders attacked twice in the areas of Druzhba and Toretsk.
High enemy activity is currently maintained in the Pokrovsky direction. Twenty times today, clashes of varying intensity have begun near the settlements of Sukha Balka, Myrolyubivka, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Elizavetivka, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka and Rozlyv. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the aggressor twice tried to advance in the Skudne area and in the Odradne direction.
Three times, the invaders tried to advance to the positions of Ukrainian units in the Mala Tokmachka and Stepveye areas in the Orikhivka direction, but were repulsed.
In Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders are repelling three attacks by the invaders, and a total of 12 clashes have already been recorded. The enemy launched 100 artillery attacks, including seven from multiple launch rocket systems.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Siversk, Hulyaipole and Prydniprovsk directions. Ukrainian troops are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat contact and in the rear.
