Russia – Ukraine war operational update of the General Staff of Ukraine for the last 24 hours of Russia – Ukraine war as of 6:00 a.m., August 7, 2023.
530 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,457 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 30 rocket and 52 air strikes, launched 75 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, residential buildings and other civil infrastructure were destroyed.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
50 combat clashes took place during the day.
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 35 settlements, in particular Buchki, Gremyach, Vesele of the Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Sydorivka, Studenok, Basivka, Velika Pisarivka in the Sumy region and Gur’iv Kozachok, Strelecha, Gatishche, Potykhonov, Odradne and Bologivka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers are firmly holding the defense, successfully repulsed enemy attacks in the area east of Petropavlivka, Kharkiv region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the Petropavlivka and Podoli districts of the Kharkiv region. The enemy was subjected to artillery and mortar fire 10 settlements, among them Figolivka, Dvorichna, Kindrashivka, Kucherivka, Kupyansk and Kislivka of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region, and Spirny and Rozdolivka, Donetsk region. The settlements of Kuzmine, Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region and Torske, Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Berestov and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region were hit by enemy artillery fire.
In the direction of Bakhmut, defense forces are restraining the enemy in the area northeast of Diliivka. More than 15 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and North of Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.
In the Avdiivka direction, under heavy fire from the enemy’s aircraft and artillery, our defenders successfully repelled attacks by Russian troops in the Avdiivka area. Avdiivka and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Mariinka direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the areas of Mariinka and Krasnohorivka. Near the last one, the enemy launched an air strike. The settlements of Krasnohorivka, Maksimilianivka, Georgiivka, Pobyeda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy launched an air strike in the Staromayorsky area. Vodyane, Vugledar, Odradne, Blagodatne and Rivnopil of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the Robotyn region of the Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Robotyny, and Orikhov. Artillery shelling was experienced more than 15 settlements, including Levadne, Chervone, Zaliznychne, Pavlivka, Pyatikhatky and Kamianske of the Zaporizhia region, as well as Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy launched an airstrike in the Olhivka area of the Kherson region. The enemy was subjected to more than artillery fire 20 settlements, including Mykhailivka, Respublikanets, Lviv, Dniprovske, Veletenske and Novodmytrivka of the Kherson region.
The enemy continues to suffer heavy losses, which he tries to hide in every way. Thus, in the temporarily captured settlement of Chaplinka, Kherson region, two trucks with the bodies of servicemen of the Russian army arrived at the territory of the morgue from the Kherson direction. The bodies were buried in two locations.
Over the past day, the air force of the Defense Forces has struck 10 strikes on enemy personnel concentration areas and 4 strikes on the occupiers’ anti-aircraft missile complexes.
During the day, units of missile forces and artillery hit 2 control points, 2 areas of concentration of personnel, 2 artillery means in firing positions and one radio-electronic warfare station of the enemy.
