On August 8, a total of 101 combat engagements took place at the front, most of which the enemy attacked on the Pokrovske (29 engagements) and Lyman (24 engagements) Axes.
This follows from a statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) posted on its Facebook page, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Last day, the enemy carried out 73 airstrikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas (in particular, 89 air defense systems were used).
In addition, the enemy launched 4,747 attacks, more than 180 of them from MLRSes.
On August 8, a total of 101 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded.
So, on the Kharkiv Axis, six combat clashes took place in the area of Vovchansk.
On the Kupiyansk Axis, three enemy attacks were recorded near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and the Hlushkivka Axis.
On the Lyman Axis, the AFU repelled 24 assaults by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Makiyivka, Terny, and Nevske.
On the Siversk Axis, the Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks near Ivano-Dariyivka, Spirne, Verkhniokamiyanske, and Vyimka.
On the Kramatorsk Axis, Ukrainian soldiers stopped ten attempts by the enemy to break through the defenses in the areas of Chasiv Yar and Kalynivka.
On the Toretsk Axis, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out nine attacks in the areas of Sieverne, Niu York, Toretsk, and Zalizne settlements.
On the Pokrovsky Axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled 29 attacks in the districts of Panteleimonivka, Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvyzhenka, Ivanivka, Zhelanne, Novoselivka Persha, and Yasnobrodivka.
On the Kurakhove Axis, the enemy tried three times to break through the defenses in the areas of Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka.
On the Vremivka Axis, the occupiers launched three attacks on our positions in the Vodiane and Vuhledar Axis.
On the Orikhiv Axis, one unsuccessful battle for the enemy took place near Mala Tokmachka.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy Regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, significantly intensified aviation activity from the territory of the russian federation, carried out shelling of Bachivsk, Kucherivka, Romashkove, Kamiyanka, Popivka, Yunakivka, Kruzhok, Buniakyne, and a number of other border settlements.
At the same time, over the past day, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have carried out 19 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses, hit three EW stations, three radars, four artillery systems, two control points and three observation posts of the russian invaders.
In total, the russian invaders lost 1,030 people last day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed three tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, 49 artillery systems, two air defense systems, 32 operational-tactical UAVs, 86 vehicles, and two units of special equipment.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 7, a total of 96 combat clashes took place at the front; the enemy attacked the Pokrovske Axis the most, where 28 combat clashes were recorded.
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