Russia – Ukraine war updates as of August 7, 2024

Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of August 7, 2024.

896 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,814 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.

Operational information as of 08:00 a.m. August 7, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.

The eight hundred and ninety-sixth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

During the past day, 136 combat clashes were recorded. The hottest situation remains in the Pokrovsky direction.

According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using three missiles, as well as 73 airstrikes, dropping 97 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out more than 4,900 attacks, 79 of them from rocket salvo systems.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of populated areas, in particular, Velika Rybytsia, Basivka, Pysarivka, Kiyanytsia, Bilovody, Khrapivshchyna, Yunakivka of the Sumy region; Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Petropavlivka, Vovchanski Khutory, Borova of the Kharkiv region; Toretsk, Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Novogrodivka, Mykolaivka, Zhuravka, Mykhailivka, Skuchne, Orlivka, Yasnobrodivka, Novodonetske, Vodyane, Pavlivka, Novy Komar, Urozhayne of the Donetsk region; Railway of the Zaporizhzhia region.

Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out 25 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy, and also hit four control points, two anti-aircraft vehicles, four artillery vehicles and a warehouse of PMM.

Nine battles were fought in the Kharkiv direction. The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Lyptsi, Tykhi and Vovchansk.

Six combat clashes took place in the Kupyansk direction, in particular, near Synkivka, Kolisnikivka, Hlushkivka, and Novoosynovo.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 19 times near Makiivka, Nevsky, Terni, Torsky and Serebryansky forests.

There were 21 combat clashes in the Seversky direction. Ukrainian defenders repelled the assaults of the Russian invaders near Bilogorivka, Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Ivano-Daryivka, Vyimka, Pereizny and Spirny.

In the Kramatorsk direction, 10 battles were fought, in particular, in the Chasovoy Yar and Ivanivsky districts.

In the direction of Toretsk, the Russians attacked 18 times near North, Toretsk and New York.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 42 enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Zhelanne, Kalynovka, Oleksandrivka, Vesele, Ivanivka, Kalynovka, Skuchne, Yasnobrodivka, Karlivka, Panteleimonivka, Novozhelanne, and Mezhov. The greatest concentration of attacks was near Ivanivka and Zhelanne.

In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces stopped eight attacks near Krasnohorivka and Kostyantynivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops.

In the Vremivsk direction, Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian units near Vodyanyi.

In the Dnieper direction, two hostile offensive actions of the enemy were unsuccessful.

The situation in the Gulyaipole and Orihiv directions has not changed much.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions.

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, carries out mortar and artillery attacks on populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine.

At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.

In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,230 soldiers during the last day. Our soldiers also destroyed eight tanks, 29 armored combat vehicles, 67 artillery systems, 54 operational-tactical UAVs, a cruise missile, 78 vehicles and 21 units of special equipment.

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