According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its operational update as of 22:00 on August 22.
“Since the beginning of the day, a total of 197 combat engagements have taken place. The enemy launched two missile strikes using six missiles, carried out 68 airstrikes, and dropped 241 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 7,444 kamikaze drones to strike targets and carried out 2,353 shelling attacks on settlements and our troops’ positions,” the military said.
According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian forces successfully repelled 10 enemy attacks. The enemy also carried out one airstrike using three guided aerial bombs and shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 48 times, including three attacks with multiple-launch rocket systems.
Throughout the day, in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian forces launched 17 assaults on Ukrainian positions near Izbytske, Okhrimivka and Volokhivka. One engagement is still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian forces launched two assaults toward the settlement of Zahryzove.
Seven attempts by Russian forces to advance were repelled in the Lyman sector near Shyikivka, Kopanky, Novoselivka, Drobysheve and Lyman.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian forces successfully stopped five attempts by Russian troops to advance near Kryva Luka, Zakitne, Mykolaivka, Rai-Oleksandrivka and Ozerne.
Two Russian assaults were recorded in the Kramatorsk sector near Yurkivka and Tykhonivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 22 Russian assaults near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Mykolaipillia, Novoselivka and Stepanivka.
A total of 15 Russian attacks were repelled in the Pokrovsk sector. Russian forces attempted to advance near Shakhove, Kucheriv Yar, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Myrne, Serhiivka, Udachne and Molodetske. Two engagements are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, 29 Russian troops were killed and 16 wounded in this sector today. Ukrainian forces destroyed two artillery systems, four vehicles, two pieces of special equipment, one drone command post and 27 enemy shelters. Another two artillery systems, three vehicles, one piece of special equipment, three drone command posts and 92 enemy shelters were damaged. Ukrainian forces also destroyed or suppressed 400 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types.
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In the Oleksandrivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks near Andriivka-Klevtsove and Nechaivka.
Six Russian attacks were recorded in the Huliaipole sector near Vozdvyzhivka, Rivne, Dobropillia, Dolynka and Verkhniа Tersa. One attack is still ongoing.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian forces repelled two enemy attacks near Pavlivka.
No Russian assault operations were recorded in the Dnipro River sector today.
No significant changes were reported in other sectors of the front.
As reported, from August 1 to 22, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 36 Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Black and Azov Seas.