To execute combat operations in the Izium direction, the enemy positioned up to 25 battalion tactical groupings. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

“In the Izium direction, the enemy deployed up to 25 battalion tactical groups from the 1st Tank Army, the 20th and 35th combined arms armies and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District, and airborne troops of the Russian Armed Forces,” the report says.

On April 21, the invaders increased hostilities in the Donetsk and Tavriya directions throughout the whole conflict line. The adversary conducts attack operations in the Zarichne settlement region and attempts to advance in the Rubizhne settlement area.

Defending clashes with the enemy continue in the direction of Novotoshkivske and Popasna communities. The enemy continues to attempt an assault on Marinka using artillery.

Simultaneously, Russian forces reinforce troop regrouping in the Zaporozhzhia direction. Efforts are being made to provide logistical support to troops.

The enemy continues to fire on Defense Forces units that attempted to conduct reconnaissance in the combat near Trudoliubivka, sustaining losses and retreating to previously occupied positions in the Southern Buh direction.

The enemy did not take action in the Volyn and Polissia directions, and there were no evidence of offensive forces forming.

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