Over the past day, on Easter Sunday, April 20, a total of 96 combat engagements were recorded on the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its operational update on Russia’s invasion as of 8:00 a.m. Monday.
This represents a 32% decrease compared to the previous day, when 127 engagements were documented.
The most difficult situation remains in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region, where the number of engagements on Sunday was the same as on Saturday — 39. A significant drop in Russian activity was recorded in the Kharkiv region (one engagement each in the Kharkiv and Kupiansk directions on Sunday, compared to two and seven, respectively, on Saturday) and in the Novopavlivka direction (five engagements compared to twelve). Meanwhile, the number of clashes increased in the Siversk and Orikhiv directions (three and four on Sunday, compared to two and three on Saturday).
A threefold decrease in the number of Russian shellings was also observed on Sunday.
“According to updated information, the enemy carried out 1,882 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements yesterday, including 33 using multiple launch rocket systems, and deployed 957 kamikaze drones,” the General Staff reported Monday morning.
On Saturday, the Russian forces carried out 5,912 artillery strikes, including 115 from multiple launch rocket systems.
In response, the missile forces and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck only one area where Russian personnel, weapons, and equipment were concentrated, as well as one Russian artillery system. On Saturday, the Defense Forces struck 15 such areas, three UAV command posts, two air defense assets, and five rocket and artillery systems belonging to the Russian forces.
