101 combat engagements in the frontline: most attacks in the Pokrovsk sector
Kyiv • UNN
Over the last day, 101 combat engagements took place, most of them in the Pokrovske and Lyman sectors. The enemy carried out 73 air strikes and fired 4,747 times, and the Defense Forces repelled numerous attacks in various parts of the frontline.
There were 101 combat engagements in the frontline over the last day. Ukrainian troops repelled most of the enemy attacks in the Pokrovske and Lyman directions. This is stated in the report of the General Staff as of 08:00 on August 9, reports UNN.
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According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched 73 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and localities (including 89 combat aircraft), fired 4,747 times, over 180 of them from multiple launch rocket systems.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces conducted 19 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and weapons, destroying three electronic warfare stations, three radars, four artillery systems, two control points and three observation posts of the Russian invaders.
According to the General Staff, the situation in this area is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued assault operations. Six combat engagements took place in the area of Vovchansk.
Three enemy attacks were registered in the Kupyansk sector . Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Sinkivka, Petropavlivka and in the direction of Hlushkivka.
In the Liman sector , our troops repelled 24 occupants' attacks in the areas of Makiivka, Terny and Nevske.
In the Northern sector, Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 13 attacks near Ivano-Daryivka, Spirne, Verkhnekamianske and Vyymka. The enemy conducted five of the above attacks near the latter.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops stopped ten enemy attempts to break through our defenses in the areas of Chasovyi Yar and Kalynivka.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out nine attacks. He concentrated his efforts near the settlements of Pivnichne, New York and Toretsk. In addition, he stormed near Zalizne.
In the Pokrovsk sector , our defenders repelled 29 attacks. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the areas of Panteleymonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Ivanivka, Zhelanne, Novoselivka Persha and Yasnobrodivka.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka. In total, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops in this area three times.
In the Vremivsk sector , the occupants made three attacks on our positions in the direction of Vodyane and Vuhledar. The enemy was not successful.
In the Orikhivsk sector, one unsuccessful combat engagement took place near Mala Tokmachka in the Mariupol sector.
No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions . The operational situation has not changed significantly.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, has significantly intensified aviation activities, and fired from the territory of Russia at Bachevsk, Kucherivka, Romashkove, Kamyanka, Popivka, Yunakivka, Kruzhok, Bunyakyne and a number of other border settlements.
"Our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in equipment and manpower on the occupation forces, depleting the enemy's offensive potential along the entire front line and in the rear," the General Staff said.
