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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 a.m., August 5, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 05 August 2023 07:12

    Day 528 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.

    During the day of August 4, the enemy launched 1 missile and 50 air strikes, 86 MLRS attacks. Unfortunately, the russian terrorist attacks have killed and wounded civilians, destroyed residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. 

    The likelihood of further missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains very high.

    During the day of August 4, there were 36 combat engagements.

    Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes. 

    Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the enemy launched air strikes in the vicinities of Volfyne and Kostyantynivka (Sumy oblast). The adversary fired mortars and artillery at more than 25 settlements, including Khrinivka, Bleshnya, Yanzhulivka (Chernihiv oblast), Kozache, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Kindrativka (Sumy oblast), Kozacha-Lopan, Mala Vovcha, Ambarne, and Bolohivka (Kharkiv oblast).

    Kupyansk axis: the adversary launched air strikes in the vicinity of Shyikivka (Kharkiv oblast). More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Putnykove, Fyholivka, Podoly, and Kyslivka (Kharkiv oblast).

    Lyman axis: the enemy launched air strikes in the vicinities of Hryhorivka and Serebryanka (Donetsk oblast). More than 10 settlements, including Nevske, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Torske, Verkhniokamyanske, Berestove, and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast), were shelled with artillery.

    Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian defense forces are holding back the enemy in the vicinities of Klishchiivka and Kurdyumivka. The enemy launched air strikes in the vicinities of Markove, Klishchiivka, Bila Hora, and New York. More than 15 settlements, including Predtechyne, Bila Hora, Pivnichne, and New York (Donetsk oblast), suffered from enemy artillery shelling. 

    Avdiyivka axis: under heavy fire from enemy aircraft and artillery, the Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled russian troops’ attacks in the vicinity of Avdiyivka. The invaders fired artillery at more than 15 settlements, including Oleksandropil, Novobakhmutivka, Novokalynove, Sjeverne, and Nevelske (Donetsk oblast).

    Maryinka axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the russian offensive in the vicinities of Maryinka, Staromykhailivka, and Krasnohorivka. 

    The enemy launched air strikes near Krasnohorivka. The invaders shelled more than 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Hostre, Maryinka, Pobjeda, Novomykhailivka, Paraskoviivka, and Katerynivka (Donetsk oblast).

    Shakhtarske axis: the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to regain the lost ground in the vicinity of Blahodatne. russian forces launched air strikes near Staromaiorske. Blahodatne, Vuhledar, Bohoyavlenka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Velyka Novosilka (Donetsk oblast), Staromaiorske, and Levadne (Zaporizhzhia oblast) came under artillery fire.

    Zaporizhzhia axis: the adversary conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Novopokrovka. The invaders launched air strikes in the vicinities of Mala Tokmachka, Orikhiv, and Novodanylivka (Zaporizhzhia oblast). The adversary focuses its main efforts on preventing further advance of Ukrainian troops. The enemy fired artillery at more than 15 settlements, including Olhivske, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodarivka, Mali Shcherbaky, and Kamyanske (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

    Kherson axis: the adversary launched air strikes near Odradokamyanka and Dachi. More than 25 settlements, including Chervonyi Mayak, Antonivka, Dniprovske, Stanislav, and Kherson (Kherson oblast), came under enemy artillery fire.

    At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct the offensive operation on Melitopol and Berdyansk axes, consolidating their positions, and conducting counter-battery fire.

    The adversary continues to use civilian educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine for its own purposes. In particular, it was found that about 100 russian servicemen were deployed on the territory of a school in Mykhailivka (Zaporizhzhia oblast). 

    During the day of August 4, Ukrainian Air Force launched 9 air strikes on the concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment of the adversary. Also, the Ukrainian defenders intercepted 2 Shahed-136 combat UAVs of the adversary.

    During the day of August 4, the Ukrainian missile and artillery troops hit 9 artillery systems at their firing positions, and 2 concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment of the enemy.

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