General Staff: Ukraine repels over 20 Russian attacks near Avdiivka within 24 hours

Russia continued its offensive in the Avdiyivka sector in the Donetsk Oblast (eastern Ukraine), but Ukrainian troops did not allow the Russians to advance, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported in its daily frontline update on 20 October 2023.

According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the Russian army sustained heavy losses over the past 24 hours during its offensive operations, losing 120 armored vehicles and 55 tanks.

Within 24 hours, the Russian army launched five missile strikes and 33 air strikes. Apart from air strikes, Russian troops used multiple rocket launchers to shell the positions of Ukrainian forces and residential areas of Ukrainian towns 32 times, the General Staff reported. Russian attacks resulted in civilian casualties and injuries. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

Over the last day, there were around 77 combat engagements between Ukrainian defenders and invading Russian troops, according to Ukraine’s General Staff.

In the Avdiivka sector (Donetsk Oblast), the Ukrainian defenders are holding the line, according to the General Staff. Ukrainian troops repelled 20 Russian attacks near Avdiyivka, Novokalynove, Stepove, and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk Oblast. Russia’s Air Force launched air strikes near Keramik and Lastochkyne.

53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed about 10 pieces of Russian equipment in the Avdiivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

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