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Russia – Ukraine war updates as of August 3, 2023

Russia - Ukraine war updates as of August 3, 2023

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 3, 2023.

526 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,453 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Tonight, the Russian Federation struck another blow with Iranian attack UAVs of the “Shahed” type on Ukraine. Information regarding the consequences of this terrorist attack is currently being clarified.

During the past day, the Russian Federation also struck with Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles of the “Shahed” type. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 23 attack UAVs.

The enemy launched 5 missile strikes, 89 air strikes and fired 67 rocket salvo fire strikes at the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, there are victims among the civilian population.

The probability of further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains very high.

During the past day, 44 combat clashes took place.

In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Volfyny, Stepny, Sumy Oblast, and Kozachoya Lopan, Kharkiv Oblast. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of more than 25 settlements, including Senkivka, Karpovychi, Novovasylivka of Chernihiv region; Volfyne, Krasnopillya, Rozhkovichi, Stara Huta, Grabovske in the Sumy region and Timofiivka, Veterinarne, Okhrimivka, Petropavlivka in the Kharkiv region.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Kislivka. Kamianka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Novomlynsk, Figolivka, Kindrashivka, Krasne Pershe and Kupyansk of the Kharkiv region were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region, and Serebryanka and Spirnyi – Donetsk region. The settlements of Nevske, Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region and Verkhnokamianske, Spirne and Torske in the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore lost positions west of Kurdyumivka, south of Andriivka, and west of Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region. The occupiers carried out airstrikes in the districts of Fedorivka, Maiskyi, Druzhba and New York. More than 10 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bila Gora, Chasiv Yar, and Ivanivske of the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery shelling.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy launched an air strike in the Avdiivka area. Novokalynove, Stepove, Berdychi, Lastochkina, 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 area of the city of Marinka. The enemy shelled the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Oleksandropil, Gostre, Maryinka, Paraskoviivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk region.

In the direction of Shakhtarsky, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Staromayorskyi and Makarivka. Made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position west of Staromayorsky and north of Urozhany. More than 15 settlements, including Vugledar, Vodyane, Blagodatne, Storozheve, Rivnopil and Zelene Pole of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the further advance of our troops. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Gulyaipol, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and Pyatikhatok of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 15 settlements, including Novodarivka, Biloghirya, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Pyatikhatky, and Kamianske of the Zaporizhia region, were hit by artillery fire.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Odradokamyanka and Antonivka areas. More than 20 settlements, including Vesele, Dudchany, Dniprovske, Tyaginka, Lviv, Kizomys and the city of Kherson, were hit by artillery fire.

At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, are entrenched at the reached boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.

Russian occupiers continue to mobilize prisoners. Thus, in accordance with the order of the so-called “Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DNR”, measures are being taken to recruit persons who are serving sentences or have been detained for crimes of light or medium severity to the units of the internal forces. It was also established that wounding convicted persons during combat does not remove their convictions, and persons who were under investigation will be cleared of suspicion only upon demobilization. The terrorists were tasked with intensifying the fight against crime and replenishing 1,000 units of internal forces at the expense of those suspected of committing criminal offenses. At the same time, the re-certification of the police collaborators who have defected to the Russian Federation will be carried out after they have completed combat missions as part of the joint battalions of the internal troops of the so-called “MVS DNR”.

Over the past day, the aviation of the defense forces has struck 9 strikes on areas where the enemy’s personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, and 3 – on the occupiers’ anti-aircraft missile complexes. Also, our defenders destroyed 9 operational-tactical reconnaissance UAVs.

During the past 24 hours, units of missile forces and artillery hit 21 artillery pieces in firing positions, 1 radar station, 3 control points, 1 area of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 anti-aircraft defense facilities, 1 area of concentration of personnel and 2 enemy ammunition depots.

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