Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of September 20, 2024.
940 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,857 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. September 20, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.
Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repulse the enemy’s attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting effective fire damage on it, exhausting it along the entire front line.
A total of 163 combat clashes took place since the beginning of this day.
The Russian invaders carried out 61 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 88 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, the Russians used to destroy 587 kamikaze drones and carried out more than 3,500 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked the defensive lines of our soldiers near Vovchansk and Tykhi three times. As a result of the fighting, there was no success. According to available information, the losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to 72 servicemen killed and wounded, an artillery system, four units of automobile equipment and 35 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. Our soldiers also damaged two artillery systems and three cars of the occupiers.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out offensive assaults eleven times in the areas of Synkivka, Stelmakhivka, and Hlushkivka. Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks, two more are currently ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, during the day, Russian invaders attacked Ukrainian positions near Makiivka, Cherneshchyna, Nevsky, and Torsky 28 times. The defense forces repulsed the Russians fiercely, but one skirmish is still ongoing.
In the Siverskyi direction, the enemy also suffered a setback during combat clashes near Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Ivano-Daryivka, and Vyimka. The defenders of the Ukrainian land repelled all seven enemy attacks.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped two offensive actions of the Russians near Kurdyumivka and Ivanovsky, the situation is under control.
In the direction of Toretsk, the Russians attacked the defense forces near Toretsk, Shcherbinivka and Nelipivka 12 times. Ukrainian defenders repelled overwhelming enemy forces. The invading army actively used aviation during the day, and strikes were carried out on Druzhba, Kleban-Bik, Petrivka and Katerynivka districts.
Since the beginning of this day, in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians have tried 36 times to break through our defenses near the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Novotoretsk, Grodivka, Myrolyubivka, Mykolaivka, Novogrodika, and Marynivka. Four attacks are still ongoing.
The enemy suffers significant losses – today 248 occupiers were neutralized in this direction, 103 of them – irreversibly. Two tanks, three BMPs, two armored personnel carriers, three mortars and six units of automobile equipment were also destroyed. In addition, a tank, a mortar and three enemy vehicles were damaged.
It is the hottest today in the Kurakhiv direction. The enemy, supported by aviation, attacked our positions near Tsukuryny, Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka, and Katerynivka 49 times. According to the updated information, 13 clashes are still going on.
In the Vremivsk direction, the invaders carried out five offensive operations near Vugledar, Rivnopol and Katerynivka, using assault and bombing aircraft.
In the Orihiv direction, the enemy is trying to advance near Pyatikhatok, Robotyny and in the direction of Novoandriivka and Novodanilivka. Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy assaults, three battles continue. The occupier launched an airstrike on Kamianskyi.
In the Dnieper direction, the Russians were defeated, attacking the defensive lines of the Ukrainians on the left bank of the Dnieper.
In other areas, the situation has not undergone significant changes.
Today, it is worth noting the soldiers of the 79th separate amphibious assault brigade of Tavria and the 425th separate assault battalion “Skala”, who effectively destroyed the enemy, causing him significant losses in manpower and equipment.
