One-third of the fighting on the frontline over the past day took place in the Kurakhove direction, the enemy is also active in the Pokrovsk and Lyman directions, and the operation in the Kursk region continues, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 8 a.m. on November 8, UNN reports.
In total, 147 combat engagements were registered over the last day
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched 74 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, including 128 drones. In addition, the Russians used almost 1,500 kamikaze drones and fired over 4,300 times, including 100 times from multiple launch rocket systems.
Yesterday, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces, as indicated, conducted six strikes on areas of concentration of enemy personnel and weapons, destroying two control points and two artillery systems.
The situation is reportedly as follows:
In the area of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector, three enemy attacks on the positions of our defenders took place over the past day.
On the Kupyansk direction, 12 occupants' attacks were recorded. Defense forces repelled the enemy's offensive in the direction of Petropavlivka, Kruhlyakivka, Kindrashivka, Kolisnykivka and Lozova.
The enemy attacked 17 times, in some cases with the support of attack and bomber aircraft, in the Lyman direction. The enemy concentrated its main offensive efforts in the areas of Druzhelyubivka, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Katerynivka, Terny, Torske, Serebryanka, Bilohorivka and Hryhorivka.
In the Siverskiy sector, our defenders repelled one attack near Pereyizne.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupants attacked seven times in the areas of Stupochky and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy, supported by aviation, carried out seven attacks near Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders stopped 24 aggressor attacks in the areas of Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Krutyi Yar, Hryhorivka, Sukhyi Yar and Selydove.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces repelled 50 attacks. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the areas of Illinka, Novoselydivka, Kreminna Balka, Novodmytrivka, Sontsivka, Maksymilianivka, Antonivka, Dale and Katerynivka.
On the Vremivsky direction, the enemy made five assaults on our positions near Trudove, Rozlyv and Sukhyi Yaliv.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy did not conduct any assault (offensive) actions, but actively used aviation, in particular, dropped more than a dozen guided bombs.
On the Prydniprovsky direction, Russian invaders attacked our positions three times. We received a tough rebuff and suffered losses.
No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy is actively using artillery and aviation from the territory of the Russian Federation in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements.
"The operation in the Kursk region continues, the aggressor carried out 28 air strikes over the day, dropping 41 drones," the report said.
According to the General Staff, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
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