Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of August 19
Photo: General Staff reports on the situation at the front (Getty Images)
Since the beginning of August 19, there have been 121 combat clashes on the front. In particular, in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 Russian attacks, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian forces carried out three missile strikes using eight missiles, 52 airstrikes dropping 73 guided bombs, launched 1,909 kamikaze drones, and conducted 3,740 shellings of Ukrainian positions and settlements.
In the Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, there were five clashes with Russian troops. The enemy carried out seven airstrikes, dropped 16 guided bombs, launched 175 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, seven of them with multiple rocket launchers.
Today, the enemy attacked three times in the Southern-Slobozhanskyi direction in the areas of Vovchansk and Kamianka.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces carried out four assaults in the areas of Synkivka, Zahryzove, and Stepova Novoselivka; fighting is ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces have already repelled 18 enemy assaults near Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Myrne, Torske, Yampil, and toward Yampil and Hryhorivka; five clashes are still underway.
In the Siversk direction, the enemy attacked twice near Pereizne and toward Fedorivka.
In the Toretsk direction, there were nine clashes today. Russian troops attempted to assault Ukrainian positions near Toretsk, Shcherbynivka, Yablunivka, and Poltavka; two attacks are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the start of the day, the enemy has attacked 40 times in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Maiak, Nikanorivka, Novoekonomichne, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Promin, Hrodivka, Lysivka, Zvirove, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Horikhove, and Novoukrainka.
According to preliminary data, 139 Russian troops were eliminated in this direction, 85 of them irreversibly. Ukrainian forces also destroyed an artillery system, 27 drones, and eight vehicles, while damaging another artillery system, two vehicles, and nine enemy shelters.
In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 enemy assaults in the areas of Hrushivka, Zelenyi Hai, Temyrivka, Voskresenka, Zelene Pole, and toward Komyshuvakha. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Russian troops attempted four assaults, but they were repelled.
In the Kramatorsk, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv direction, no enemy assaults were recorded.
Russian losses in the war
According to the General Staff, since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost an estimated 1,071,780 troops.
In the past 24 hours alone, Russian forces lost 890 soldiers. Ukrainian troops also destroyed 66 artillery systems, one MLRS, 209 drones, and other enemy equipment.
