Since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 59 times. The occupiers showed the greatest activity on the Pokrovsk and Sloviansk directions, and in certain sections of the front, combat engagements are ongoing. This was reported by the General Staff of Ukraine, according to UNN.
Operational information as of 16:00 on August 1, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion. Since the beginning of the day, the aggressor has attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 59 times. Artillery shelling of border areas continues. Today, in the Sumy region, the settlements of Korenok, Bunyakine, Tovstodubove, Potapivka, Sopych, Sukhodil, and Bezsalivka were affected
According to the General Staff, on the North-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, one attempt by the enemy to advance was recorded. At the same time, the occupiers carried out one airstrike using one guided bomb and conducted 38 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements.
On the South-Slobozhanskyi direction, the invaders tried to break through the defense nine times in the areas of Starytsia, Izbystske, and Ivashchyne, with one combat engagement ongoing.
On the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Andriivka, Novomykhailivka, Shyikivka, Novoselivka, and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk direction, the occupiers tried to push back our units fourteen times in the areas of Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and Riznykivka, with three combat engagements ongoing.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled two enemy attacks in the area of Pryvilne.
On the Kostiantynivka direction, the invaders tried to break through the defense eight times in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, and Stepanivka, with two combat engagements ongoing.
On the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, eighteen attempts by the occupiers to push our soldiers from their positions have been recorded in the areas of Kotlyne, Udachne, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Novohryshyne, Hulive, and towards the settlements of Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Nove Shakhove, and Bilytske, with one combat engagement ongoing.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled three enemy attacks in the area of Rybne.
On the Kupiansk, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovskyi directions, no enemy attempts to advance were recorded. On other directions, no significant changes in the situation are currently occurring.
Ukrainian troops are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat contact and in the rear. Join the Defense Forces! The struggle continues
Reminder
The Ukrainian Defense Forces on the night of August 1 struck a warehouse of maritime unmanned boats, railway bridges, and a unit of radio-electronic reconnaissance of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.