During the day of February 20, the adversary launched 3x missile and 22x air strikes. The invaders launched more than 30x MLRS attacks. 

The threat of further russian air and missile strikes across Ukraine remains high.

The enemy’s main focus continues to be the offensive operations on Kup’yans’k, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Shakhtars’ke axes.

Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no signs of the formation of adversary offensive groups were found. 

During the day of February 20, the vicinities of settlements of Karpovychi, Tymonovychi, Yanzhulivka (Chernihiv oblast), Bunyakyne, Atyns’ke, Stukalivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Zapsillya, Pokrovka, and Mais’ke (Sumy oblast), as well as the vicinities of more than 20x settlements in Kharkiv oblast came under enemy fire. Among them are Veterynarne, Hlyboke, Morokhovets’, Vovchans’k, Okhrimivka, Budarky, Bolohivka, Kam’yanka, Topoli, and Zapadne. 

Kup’yans’k and Lyman axes: the adversary shelled the settlements of Dvorichna, Pishchane, Krokhmal’ne, Pershotravneve (Kharkiv oblast), Stel’makhivka, Ploshchanka, Nevs’ke, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova (Luhansk oblast), and Spirne (Donetsk oblast). 

Bakhmut axis: vicinities of more than 15x settlements came under fire, including Rozdolivka, Vasyukivka, Zaliznyans’ke, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Stupochky, Druzhba, Pivnichne, and Zalizne (Donetsk oblast). 

Avdiivka and Shakhtars’keaxes: the adversary fired artillery at more than 20x settlements. In particular, these are Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomais’ke, Vesele, Bohoyavlenka, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Shakhtars’ke, and Neskuchne (Donetsk oblast). The enemy also launched air strikes in the vicinity of Oleksandropil’, Avdiivka, Mar’inka, and Vuhledar.

Zaporizhzhia axis: the vicinities of 23x settlements were hit, including Novopil’ (Donetsk oblast), Ol’givs’ke, Bilohir’ya, Mala Tokmachka, Pavlivka, Novoivanivka, Kam’yans’ke, Zaporizhzhia, Vyshchetarasivka, and Illinka (Zaporizhzhia oblast). Enemy air strikes were reported near Novopil’ (Donetsk oblast), Malynivka, and Mala Tokmachka (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

Kherson axis: Kherson and the vicinities of more than 30x settlements were hit by enemy artillery fire. Among them are Zmiivka, Beryslav, Vesele, Burhunka, Ivanivka, Inzhenerne, Kherson, Bilozerka, Dniprovs’ke, Berehove, and Veletens’ke (Kherson oblast).

 On February 19, russian occupation forces shelled the town of Hola Prystan’ (Kherson oblast) with artillery, with the aim to accuse and discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, in order to instil a negative attitude towards the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the occupiers continue to shell civilian targets in certain settlements of Kakhovka and Hola Prystan’ districts (Kherson oblast).  

The adversary continues to force russian passports on Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson oblast. In particular, the so-called authorities put in office by russian occupation forces in Skadovs’k and Kalanchak are forcing to speed up the process of obtaining russian passports and re-registering businesses’ movable and immovable property under russian law. This is done under threats of confiscation of personal property. Pensioners having no russian passport are threatened with being deprived of their pension payments. This caused social tensions among local residents, who fear losing their property and businesses. 

During the day of February 20, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 16x air strikes on the concentrations of occupants’ personnel and military equipment and 1x air strike on the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile system at its firing position.

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