A total of 168 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with 58 of them on the Pokrovsk front.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 20 October

Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast , 13 combat clashes occurred.

On the South Slobozhanshchyna front , the Russians conducted 10 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Vovchansk, Tyke and Kamianka and towards Dvorichanske and Bolohivka.

On the Kupiansk front , four Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults towards the village of Pishchane.

On the Lyman front , the Russians conducted six attacks, trying to advance near the settlements of Drobysheve, Serednie, Novoselivka and Myrne.

On the Sloviansk front , the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Serebrianka and Yampil twice.

On the Kostiantynivka front , the Russians conducted 24 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka, Toretsk, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar and Sofiivka.

On the Pokrovsk front , Ukrainian defenders stopped 58 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Shakhove, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Sukhyi Yar, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Filiia, Promin, Lysivka, Molodetske and Dachne and towards Novopavlivka.

On the Oleksandrivka front , the Russians conducted 24 attacks on Ukrainian positions towards the village of Orestopil and near Andriivka-Klevtsove, Voskresenka, Oleksandrohrad, Vyshneve, Verbove, Sichneve, Vorone, Sosnivka, Novohryhorivka and Novomykolaivka.

On the Huliaipole front , the Russians conducted three unsuccessful attacks near the village of Malynivka.

On the Orikhiv front , the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions near the village of Plavni once.

On the Prydniprovske front , the Russians conducted three unsuccessful attempts to approach Ukrainian defence positions towards the Antonivka Bridge.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Air Force and units of Rocket Forces and Artillery struck three areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, two UAV command posts and four artillery systems.

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