During the day, Allied forces successfully repulsed nine attacks by the russian invaders in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and inflicted enemy losses.
This was reported by the press center of the UN Headquarters.
In particular, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed one anti-aircraft missile system, one tank, one artillery system, ten armored units, two special engineering units, two units of motor vehicles, and an enemy warehouse with ammunition.
Air defense units shot down one cruise missile and three unmanned aircraft systems, Orlan-10, in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas.
"The Ukrainian servicemen continue to courageously and heroically restrain the aggressor's invasion!" the Headquarters stressed.
Yesterday, AFU repulsed ten enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions. Twelve tanks, one artillery system, one Su-34 aircraft, one Ka-52 helicopter, four drones and a cruise missile were destroyed.
On April 18, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the russian troops began the long-awaited battle for Donbas and concentrated a large part of their army for the attack in the east of Ukraine.
According to the National Security and Defense Council, the russians want to completely occupy the Donetsk and Luhansk regions before Easter. In this way, they expect to make a gift to Kremlin President Vladimir Putin.