Map of hostilities: situation at the front as of August 9, 2023

In the direction of Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine firmly hold the defense and repel enemy attacks in the Sinkiv district of the Kharkiv region. In total, over 30 combat clashes took place in the past 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, the enemy has carried out 4 missile strikes and 53 airstrikes, fired 86 rocket salvos at the positions of our troops and inhabited areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, civilians were killed and injured, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure destroyed.

The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high. There have been more than 30 combat clashes in the last 24 hours informs the General Staff.

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Progress on the battlefield in different directions

In the Volhynian directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy carried out air strikes in the area of ​​Gremyachki and Leonivka in the Chernihiv region. He conducted mortar and artillery shelling over 30 settlements, including Włodzimierzówka, Senkivka, Yasnaya Polyana, Gremyach of the Chernihiv region; Znob-Novgorodske, Seredyna Buda, Bunyakyne, Volfine, Velika Pysarivka in the Sumy region and Strelecha, Pylna, Gatyshche, Budarky, Bologivka in the Kharkiv region.

In the direction of Kupyansk, our soldiers firmly hold the defense and repel enemy attacks in the Sinkivk region of the Kharkiv region.

The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Sinkivka, Kotlyarivka in Kharkiv Oblast and Novoselevsky in Luhansk Oblast. More than 10 settlements, including Dvorichna, Kucherivka, Kupyansk, Kislivka and Berestov in the Kharkiv region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortars.

In the direction of Lyman, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region, Terni, Serebrianka, Spirna, Vesely in the Donetsk region. The settlements of Bilogorivka in the Luhansk region and Torske, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region were hit by enemy artillery fire.

In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers are firmly holding the defense, successfully repelling enemy attacks on the outskirts of Klyschievka and in the Zaitsev district of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the area of ​​​​the Kramatorsk, Markove, Klishchiivka, Severnye and New York settlements of the Donetsk region. More than 15 settlements, including Chasiv Yar, Predtechine, Bila Gora, Severnye and New York in the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery fire.

In the direction of Avdyiv, under heavy fire from enemy planes and artillery, our defenders successfully repelled the attacks of Russian troops in the Nokalynov, Avdiev and Severny regions of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the Severnoysk and Pervomaisky regions of the Donetsk region. Avdiivka, Tonenka, Solovyovo, Pervomaisky, Karlivka from the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the Mariinsky direction, defense forces are still holding back the advance of Russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Novomychailevka in the Donetsk region. The enemy launched a raid in the Krasnokhorivsk region of the Donetsk region. Krasnohorivka, Gostre, Maryinka and Novomyhailivka from the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the direction of Shakhtar, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Staromajory district of the Donetsk region. He carried out raids on the areas of the settlements of Vremiwka, Błagodatne, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region. Vodyane, Wugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Blagodatne, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region and Levadne of the Zaporizhia region were subjected to artillery fire.

In the direction of Zaporozhye, the enemy carried out air strikes in the Novodanilivka and Robotina areas of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 15 settlements, including Rivnopol, Novodarivka, Olgivske, Pyatikhatki, Lobkovo, Kamianske in the Zaporizhia region and Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, were hit by artillery fire.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Olhivka area of the Kherson region. More than 10 settlements were hit by enemy artillery fire, including Mykhailivka, Zmiyevka, Olhivka, Mykilskie, Veletenske in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson, as well as Kutsurub and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the offensive operation in the direction of Melitopol and Berdyansk, entrench themselves on the reached borders and conduct counter-batteries.

Offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Against the backdrop of successful combat operations by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the number of casualties in units of the Russian occupation forces has increased significantly. In particular, the number of wounded and killed soldiers of the Russian occupation forces in the Svativsk-Kreminsk direction increased sharply. In order to organize the evacuation of the wounded to Russia, medical workers of the special unit of the 442nd district military clinical hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation arrived in the city of Svatov in the Luhansk region.

In particular, in the period from 1 to 7 August from the above-mentioned At the same time, in order to hide the real number of losses at the front, the dead Russian occupiers are sent to Rostov-on-Don.

Over the last 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces struck 10 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated.

During the day, missile and artillery troops hit 2 checkpoints, 5 artillery guns at firing positions, an ammunition depot and 2 enemy radio-electronic warfare stations.