During the past day, there were 85 combat clashes on the front line, with Russian forces attacking Ukrainian positions on six fronts, reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning briefing.

According to the report, Ukrainian troops continue to hold back aggressors on the Novopavlivka direction in the areas of Georgiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane, and Urozhayne in Donetsk region, "where the enemy attempted to break through our troops' defense 23 times."

There were 17 Russian attacks on the Lyman direction, 16 on the Avdiivka direction, and 14 on the Bakhmut direction.

"On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked our defenders' positions four times in the areas of Staryi Maiorsk in Donetsk region and Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region. On the Kherson direction, the enemy persists in its intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River and made four unsuccessful attacks on our troops' positions," the statement said.

At the same time, the Ukrainian soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the Russian troops, and exhaust their all along the line of contact.

On April 21, the Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes on 9 concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment of the adversary. Also, the Ukrainian Air Defense forces and means destroyed 2 Kh-59 air-launched guided missiles.

The Ukrainian missile troops hit 1 concentration of troops and 1 UAV control station of the Russian forces.