Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of August 5, 2024.
894 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,812 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 08:00 a.m. August 5 , 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.
During the past day, 124 combat clashes were recorded.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched 53 airstrikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas (using, in particular, 74 anti-aircraft missiles), carried out 4,890 attacks, 97 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, in the areas of Kruglyakivka and Lozova settlements of the Kharkiv region; Hryhorivka, Kurdyumivka, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Trudove, Oleksandropil, Vozdvizhenka, Novogrodivka, Grodivka, Katerynivka, Bogoyavlenka, Vremivka in the Donetsk region and Lobkovo and Novodanilivka in Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made 14 strikes on enemy manpower concentrations, hit one artillery system and three control points of the Russian occupiers.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued its assault. Here, 11 combat clashes took place in the areas of Hlyboke, Liptsi, Tykh and Vovchansk settlements.
In the Kupyansk direction, the number of clashes per day increased to six. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near five different settlements. The enemy concentrated its actions in the direction of Petropavlivka – carried out two attacks.
In the Lyman direction, our troops repulsed eight assaults by the occupiers in the areas of Makiivka, Terna, and Nevske settlements.
In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight attacks near Spirny, Verkhnyokamyansky, Pereizny and Vyimka. Near the last one, the enemy carried out five of the above-mentioned attacks.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 15 attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses in the areas of Chasiv Yar, where more than half of all battles took place, as well as in Ivanivskyi, Stupochky, White Mountain, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka.
The enemy made 18 attacks in the Toretsk direction. He concentrated his efforts in the areas of the settlements of New York and Toretsk – spent almost 80 percent of all military clashes here. In addition, stormed near Zalizny and Severny. Actively bombarded the city of Toretsk and its surroundings – carried out 14 airstrikes.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 30 attacks. The main efforts of the enemy were concentrated in the areas of Zhelany and Novoaleksandrivka – almost half of the total number of battles took place there.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Kostyantynivka, Paraskoviivka, and Karlivka. In total, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 11 times.
In the Vremivsk direction, the occupiers carried out six assaults on our positions. Three of them took place near Vodyanyi.
In the Orihiv direction, there were three combat clashes near Mala Tokmachka. The enemy carried out two more attacks in the Robotyne district and in the direction of Novodanilivka.
In the Dnieper direction, the Russians were defeated in two skirmishes.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions. Operational situation without significant changes.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, in particular, the settlements of Sopych, Bachivsk, Chuykivka and Progress.
Our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in equipment and manpower on the occupying forces, exhaust the offensive potential of the enemy along the entire front line and in the rear.
In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,180 soldiers during the last day. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed six tanks, 31 armored combat vehicles, 69 artillery systems, 24 operational-tactical UAVs, 68 vehicles and three units of special equipment.
Operational information as of 22:00 p.m. August 5 , 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.
The defense forces continue to courageously defend Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 108 combat clashes, the russian enemy launched 4 missile strikes, using four missiles, 36 air strikes, using 43 anti-aircraft missiles, carried out 558 shahed drone attacks and almost 3,400 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and population centers with various types of weapons.
In the Kharkiv direction, during the day, the occupiers conducted four attacks near Tykhi and Vovchansk. Units of the Defense Forces have successfully repelled three enemy assaults, another battle is ongoing. According to preliminary information, since the beginning of the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 90 dead and wounded occupiers, six artillery systems, an infantry fighting vehicle, 34 unmanned aerial vehicles, three units of special equipment and a car were destroyed. In addition, six artillery systems, eight units of vehicles and three units of special equipment of the enemy were damaged.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the area of Petropavlivka, Berestovo and Stelmakhivka, another battle is ongoing, the situation is under control.
Eight times the enemy attacked in the Lyman direction, tried to advance in the direction of the settlements of Makiivka, Terny, Nevske and in the Serebryansky forest, currently the battle is going on near Terny.
In the Siverskyi direction, during the day, our defenders repelled ten enemy assaults in the Ivano-Daryivka, Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Pereiznyi and Vyimka districts. Fighting is still going on in one location.
11 combat clashes took place in the Kramatorsk direction. The occupiers were active in the area of Chasiv Yar and Ivanivskyi, six enemy attempts to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their positions proved futile, five attacks are ongoing. The situation is under control.
With the support of aviation, the enemy tried 23 times to penetrate our defenses in the direction of Toretsk. During the day, the occupiers attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the settlements of Severnye, Toretsk and New York. 15 assaults have been repulsed, eight attacks are still ongoing.
Since the beginning of the day, in the Pokrovsky direction, 24 offensive and assault actions of the enemy have been repulsed in the areas of Panteleimonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvizhenka, Ivanivka, Zhelanyno, Novoselivka Pershoya and Yasnobrodivka. Seven more clashes are ongoing.
Our troops are taking measures to maintain the designated borders. The losses of the enemy, known at the moment, amount to more than 150 eliminated and wounded occupiers, Ukrainian servicemen also destroyed two artillery systems, two BBM, three unmanned aerial vehicles, two units of automobiles and three special equipment. In addition, two anti-aircraft guns, two vehicles and three enemy artillery systems were damaged.
At this time of the day, there are five combat clashes in the Kurakhiv direction. The invaders remain active, trying to advance in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka and Kostyantynivka settlements. Units of the Defense Forces are currently repelling two attacks by the occupiers, three attacks have already ended without success for the enemy.
Two skirmishes took place in the direction of Vremivsk, in the direction of Vodyanyi and Rozdolny. All enemy assaults were choked.
In the direction of Orihiv, our troops repelled one attack of the enemy in the direction of Robotyne, the enemy was unsuccessful.
In the Dnieper direction, units of Ukrainiian troops successfully repelled five enemy attacks on our positions.
Today we celebrate the soldiers of 100 separate mechanized brigades, who confidently hold the lines and have repelled more than a dozen enemy assaults today.
