Ukrainian forces and Russian troops engaged in 238 combat clashes over the past day, August 20, with the heaviest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors of the front.
According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its war update as of 8:00 on August 21 on Facebook.
Over the past day, Russian forces launched one ballistic missile strike and 44 air-, land- and sea-launched cruise/air-launched missiles, carried out 87 airstrikes using 278 guided aerial bombs, and used 10,821 kamikaze drones. They also shelled Ukrainian military positions and settlements 3,077 times.
Russian artillery struck the settlements of Neskuchne, Sopych, Korenok, Potapivka, Volfyne, Bezsalivka, Ulanove and Tovstodubove in the Sumy region, as well as Zoria, Buda-Vorobiivska and Yanzhulivka. An airstrike targeted the area around Velyka Chernechchyna.
Ukrainian aviation, missile forces and artillery struck six UAV control posts and three clusters of Russian personnel.
