Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of August 8, 2016

Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of August 8, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.

(1) The situation in the war zone in southeast Ukraine intensified again. Russian hybrid forces opened fire 61 times upon Ukrainian troops positions over the last day, including: 6 times on Luhansk direction, 24 times on Donetsk direction and 31 times on Mariupol direction;

(2) Luhansk direction: Russian forces opened fire on the southwest from Schastya; the enemy’s attacks with grenade launchers reported in Lopaskino; the enemy also opened fire upon Ukrainian position in Zhovte and Popasna;

(3) Donetsk direction: the hottest spots reported at Svitlodarska line, Zaytseve and its suburbs, Avdiivka industrial area and Donetsk airport; Russian hybrid forces released in total 150 mortar mines and 20 artillery shells upon Ukrainian positions on this direction; tense situation reported at Krasnogorivka – Avdiivka front line, where the enemy actively fired from mortars of different calibers and released 50 mortar mines upon Ukrainian positions;  Russian occupiers released more than 20 shells from heavy forbidden 122-mm artillery at Luhanske and Mayorsk; the enemy used grenade launchers fire during their attacks at Svitlodarske, Luhanske and Troytske; Russian forces also used APCs in Luhanske and Troytske;

(4) Mariupol direction: Ukrainian forces successfully repelled back Russian subversives group assault near Starognativka; the hottest direction all across the war zone; Russian hybrid forces launched 25-minutes-long attack with the use of heavy forbidden 122-mm artillry and released 45 shells upon Ukrainian positions in Pavlopil; Maryinka, Krasnogorivka, Lopaskine, Vodyane and Novotroytske suffered from Russian mortar and grenade launchers fire; Russian forces fired with high caliber machine guns at Shyrokino and Starognativka; Russian armored vehicles actively used by the enemy in Shyrokino, Starognativka and Maryinka; Russian snipers fire reported 3 times near Maryinka and Hnutove;

(5) Number of  Russian UAVs increased over the sky in the war zone, in particular 6 Russian UAVs were spotted by Ukrainian intelligence there over the last day, including 1 Russian UAV on Luhansk direction, 3 on Donetsk direction and 2 on Mariupol direction;

(6) Russia continues supply of its hybrid forces with the manpower and annumition, in particular: 70 Russian militants arrived to Novoazovsk from Russia and 50 more to Debeltseve;

(7) No lethal casualties reported among Ukrainian servicemen, but 11 (!) servicemen were wounded in action in the war zone in southeast Ukraine over the last 24 hours.

EMPR

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