Over the past day in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, the Ukrainian military repelled 10 enemy attacks, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, in the Lugansk region, the invaders are advancing in three directions.

“On the front of the Lugansk region: the enemy is advancing in three directions - Rubizhne, Popasnoe, Novotoshkivske. 270 wounded and dead Russians delivered to Novoaidar. The enemy is trying to advance in the area of \u200b\u200bRubizhne, defensive battles with the enemy are also continuing in the direction of the settlements of Novotoshkovskoye and Popasnoye,” Gaidai said..

He added that on April 20, 220 wounded Russian invaders, as well as more than 50 bodies of dead enemies, were delivered to the central regional hospital of Novoaydar..

“Over the past 24 hours, ten attacks by Russian invaders have been repulsed on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, six tanks, eight armored vehicles and fifteen vehicles, four artillery systems have been destroyed,” the head of the OVA added..

Gaidai also said that the Ukrainian military shot down two aircraft (Su-34 and Su-25) and eight unmanned aerial vehicles of the Orlan-10 type..

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the battles were especially active over the past 24 hours in the Donetsk and Tauride directions.. In particular, there was an assault near the village of Zarechnoye and attempts to advance on Rubizhnoye. Defensive battles continue near Novoshkivsky and Popasnaya, and the invaders are trying to storm Maryinka with the support of artillery.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, after artillery shelling, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance in force in the Trudolyubovka area, suffered losses and retreated to previously occupied positions.