Day 523 of the full-scale russian military aggression continues.

During the day July 31, the enemy carried out 9 missile and 39 air strikes, launched 35 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian Armed Forces. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilians, in particular, children. Houses and other civil infrastructure were destroyed.

The threat of missile and air strikes remains high across Ukraine.

30 combat clashes took place throughout the day.

Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes detected. There are no signs of the offensive groupings formation. 

 Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the enemy forces carried out an airstrike at Stepnoy, Sumy Oblast, and Udyv, Kharkiv Oblast. They shelled with mortar and artillery fire more than 30 settlements, including Senkivka, Turya, Bleshnya, Buchki of the Chernihiv Oblast; Methodiivka, Sytne, Starykove, Mogrytsia, Stepok, Ryasne of the Sumy Oblast; Udy, Veterinarne, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Nesterne and Budarki of the Kharkiv Oblast.

Kupyansk axis: our soldiers are holding the ground, successfully repelling enemy attacks east of Berestovo in the Kharkiv Oblast and near Novoselivskyi in the Luhansk Oblast. The enemy carried out an airstrike at Druzhelyubivka Oblast of Donetsk Oblast. russians shelled more than 10 settlements, including Odradne, Kolodyazne, Kamianka, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, and Zapadne of the Kharkiv Oblast.

Lyman axis: the enemy launched airstrikes north of Serebryanka and near Spirnyi, Donetsk Oblast. The settlements of Nevske, Bilogorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Torske, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast were hit by artillery fire.

Bakhmut axis: more than 10 settlements were damaged by enemy artillery, among them Rozdolivka, Orichovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, Predtechine and Bila Hora of the Donetsk Oblast.

Avdiyivka axis: the enemy carried out airstrikes at New York and Avdiyivka. Shelled Berdychi, Avdiyivka, Pervomaiske and Karlivka of the Donetsk Oblast.

Maryinka axis: the enemy launched an air strike at Krasnohorivka. Defense Forces continue to hold back the advance of russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Pobyeda. The enemy shelled a number of settlements, including Maryinka, Pobyeda, Georgiyivka and Hostre in the Donetsk Oblast.

Shakhtarsk axis:  the enemy launched airstrikes in the areas of Vugledar, Blagodatny and Staromayorsky. In the area of the latter, unsuccessful attempts were made to restore the lost position. Shelling of Vodyane, Vugledar and Blagodatne settlements of Donetsk Oblast continues.

Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the further advance of our troops. The occupiers carried out airstrikes at Malinivka and Mala Tokmachka settlements of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. More than 35 settlements, including Levadne, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Stepove and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Dmytrivka and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Oblast; Mykhailivka, Dudchany, Beryslav, Lviv, Kherson and Dniprovske of the Kherson Oblast were shelled by artillery.

Defense Forces of Ukraine continue offensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdyansk axes, and are equipping captured positions, open fire with artillery on identified enemy targets, and carry out counter-battery measures.

russian occupiers continue to use civilian infrastructure in temporarily occupied settlements. Thus, the enemy placed about 100 russian troops in the premises of the miners' prevention center in Nizhnyi Nagolchyk, Luhansk Oblast, and more than 100x occupiers were placed in the buildings of an educational institution in the village of Semikozivka, Luhansk Oblast.

Ukrainian Air Force conducted 7 strikes manpower, weapons and military equipment concentrations and 3 - on the enemy anti-air defense systems.

Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit 2 enemy anti air systems, a heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A "Solntsepek", an artillery device at a firing position and 4 manpower concentrations.

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