The situation at the front on June 20 — on Babelʼs maps

The occupiers continued to attack Slovyansk, and the Ukrainian military withdrew from Metiolkine near Sievierodonetsk. The situation at the front as of June 20 — on the maps of "Babel":

In Donbas:

• the Russian army continues to attack Slovyansk along the M03 highway. Ukrainian troops are defending the Krasnopillya-Dolyna-Bohorodychne border. The Russian Russians again tried unsuccessfully to storm;
• battles for Sievierodonetsk continue. The Armed Forces control only the cityʼs industrial zone. The Ukrainian military withdrew from Metiolkine;
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault in the areas of the settlements of Myrna Dolyna and Bila Hora, as well as Bohorodychny.

Kharkiv oblast:

• Russian troops hold positions north of Kharkiv so that the Armed Forces cannot reach the state border;
• the occupiers fired on the settlements of Udy, Mykhailivka, and Petrivka east of Tsyrkuny, as well as the Korobochky district;
• for the first time in a long time, the occupiers tried to advance near Chuhuiv — conducted reconnaissance by fighting near Rtyshchivka;

In the South:

• in Kherson oblast, the Armed Forces have so far stopped the counteroffensive in several directions;
• the occupiers fired on the Chervonyi Yar and Kalinovka districts, the village of Topolyne, and Zelenyi Hai.