Ukrainian aircraft launch over 14 strikes on enemy strongholds on Sep 7

Russian occupying forces launched eight missile strikes and ten air strikes on objects across Ukraine on Wednesday. Ukraine's defense forces, in turn, carried out 14 strikes on enemy strongholds and concentrations of manpower and equipment.

According to Ukrinform, the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in an evening update posted to Facebook.

Ukraine's air defense units in various areas also destroyed two Su-25 aircraft, a Ka-52 helicopter and two UAVs, the report said.

"Today, the enemy launched more than eight missile strikes and ten air strikes on objects across Ukraine. In particular, infrastructure outside the settlements of Kharkiv, Tsyrkuny, Velyki Prokhody, Sloviansk, Siversk, Kramatorsk, Bohoiavlenka, Kostiantynivka, Dorozhnianka, Olhivske, Bilohirka, Kostromka, Sukhyi Stavok, Bezimenne, Andriivka and Bila Krynytsia was damaged," the General Staff said.

The situation in the Volyn and Polissia directions has not changed. Units of the Belarusian armed forces continue to perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. There remains a threat of missile and air strikes on Ukrainian territory from the airspace and territory of Belarus.

In other directions, the enemy continued to fire at military and civilian objects. In the Siversk direction, the enemy used mortars and rocket artillery outside the settlements of Bleshnia, Hai, Senkivka in the Chernihiv region and Manukhivka, Yurieve, Mykolaivka, Khodyna, Porokhon, Vovkivka, Zapsillia, Stukalivka and Novovasylivka in the Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy fired guns and rocket artillery outside the settlements of Duvanka, Sosnivka, Chornohlazivka, Myronivka, Kosthantynivka, Udy, Ruska Lozova, Pytomnyk, Cherkaska Lozova, Cherkaski Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Bazaliivka, Staryi Saltiv, Kostiantynivka, and Peremoha. In the Sloviansk area, the enemy used field and rocket artillery outside the settlements of Sloviansk, Dolyna, Krasnopillia, Mazanivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dmytrivka, Brazhkivka, Sulyhivka and Virnopillia. In the Kramatorsk direction, shelling was recorded near Tetianivka, Kryva Luka, Ozerne, Zvanivka, Spirne, Ivano-Darivka, Verkhniokamianske, Vesele, and Hryhorivka.

On the Bakhmut axis, Russian invaders used mortars, howitzers and rocket artillery outside the settlements of New York, Toretsk, Yurivka, Oleksandropil, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Opytne, Mykolaivka Druha, Maiorsk, Odradivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka, Vyimka and Rozdolivka. In the Avdiivka direction, shelling was recorded near Avdiivka, Opytne, Orlivka, Vodiane, Tonenke and Pervomaiske.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy fired artillery of various types outside Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Novomykhailivka, Paraskoviivka, Heorhiivka, Mykilske, Vuhledar, Volodymyrivka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Yehorivka, Petrivka, Solodke, Shevchenko, Velyka Novosilka, Novomaiorske, Pavlivka, and Vremivka. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy used artillery outside the settlements of Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Nesterianka, Novodanylivka, Zaliznychne, Dorozhnianka, Chervone, Poltavka, Malynivka, Olhivske, Bilohiria, Novopil, Vremivka, Vilne Pole and Shevchenko.

On the Southern Bug axis, the enemy used all types of artillery along the contact line. The settlements of Veselyi Kut, Tavriiske, Liubomyrivka, Oleksandrivka, Stepova Dolyna, Blahodatne, Luch, Dniprovske, Lupareve, Shevchenkove, Myrne, Novohryhorivka, Kyselivka, Velyke Artakove, Bila Krynytsia, Ternivka, Sukhyi Stavok, Olhyne, Myroliubivka, Liubymivka, Petrivka, Velyka Kostromka and Ivanivka all came under enemy artillery shelling.