Since the beginning of the day, there have been 173 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, 59 of them in the Pokrovsk direction. Intense fighting is ongoing in the Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, Oleksandrivka, and Huliaipole directions.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, publishing operational information as of 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 21, according to Ukrinform.
"The enemy carried out 62 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropping 145 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out 3,674 shellings, 53 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,470 kamikaze drones," the report said.
Air strikes were carried out, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Katerynivka in the Kharkiv region; Pokrovsk in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaporizhzhia, Ternuvate, Magdalynivka, Lukianivske, and Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck the area where Russian invaders concentrated their personnel, weapons, military equipment, and UAV control center.
In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, there was one combat engagement over the past day. In addition, the enemy carried out two air strikes, dropped five guided bombs, and fired 146 times on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas, including three times with multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of Synelnykove, Vovchansk, and in the direction of Kolodiazne.
In the Kupiansk direction, there were six attacks by the invaders. The Defense Forces repelled enemy assaults in the areas of Kupiansk and towards Pishchane and Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked ten times, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka, Shandryholove, Myrne, Kolodyazi, and Novoselivka.
In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 assaults near Serebryanka, Dronivka, Siversk, Vyimka, Pereizne, and in the direction of Zvanivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders six times near the settlements of Novomarkove, Chasiv Yar, and in the direction of Predtechino and Stupochky.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 23 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbinivka, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, there were 59 combat clashes in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Novokonomichne, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Udachne, Molodetsk, Novoserhiivka, Filia, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the Defense Forces stopped 19 attempts by the enemy to break through the defensive lines in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Pryvilne, Sosnivka, Sichneve, Stepove, Rybne, and Krasnohirsk.
In the Huliaipole direction, the aggressor made ten attempts to advance on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Yablukove and Rivnopillia.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the area of Kamyanske and towards Stepnohirsk and Prymorske.
In the Prydniprovsky direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to approach the positions of Ukrainian units in the direction of Antonivsky Bridge.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to November 21, 2025, amount to about 1,163,170 people, including 1,050 people in the previous day.