General Staff: 20 combat clashes recorded at front in past 24 hrs

Twenty combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops in the past 24 hours.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its evening update on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

According to the General Staff, in the past 24 hours, the enemy launched two missile attacks and more than 30 airstrikes, carried out 35 MLRS attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, as a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, as well as damage to residential buildings and other infrastructure.

The threat of the enemy launching further missile attacks and airstrikes on Ukraine remains high.

“More than 20 combat clashes occurred in the past 24 hours,” the General Staff said.  

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In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the aggressor launched mortar and artillery attacks on more than 20 settlements, including Kliusy, Karpovychi, Chernihiv region; Sydorivka, Volfyne, Hrabovske of Sumy region; Chervona Zoria, Veterynarne, Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha of Kharkiv region.

In the Kupiansk sector, the settlements of Dvorichna, Synkivka, Kyslivka, Berestove of Kharkiv region were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy launched airstrikes in the areas of Tverdokhlibove, Bilohorivka, and Serebrianskyi Forestry of Luhansk region. About 15 settlements, including Karmazynivka, Nevske, Kreminna, Bilohorivka of Luhansk region and Rozdolivka, Spirne of Donetsk region, came under artillery fire.

In the Bakhmut sector, the aggressor conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Klishchiivka area of Donetsk region. They launched an airstrike in Vesele area of Donetsk region. More than 20 settlements came under enemy artillery shelling, including Pryvillia, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, and Klishchiivka of Donetsk region.

In the Avdiivka direction, the settlements of Oleksandropil, Stepove, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Donetsk region came under enemy artillery fire.

In the Maryinka direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back Russian troops in the Maryinka and Novomykhailivka areas of Donetsk region. The enemy launched airstrikes in the areas of Maryinka and Novomykhailivka. The settlements of Zhelanne Druhe, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobieda, Yelyzavetivka, and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the Shakhtarske direction, the enemy launched an airstrike on the area of Staromayorsk, Donetsk region. Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Blahodatne, and Urozhaine of Donetsk region came under enemy artillery fire.

In the Zaporizhzhia sector, Russian troops launched airstrikes on the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne of Zaporizhzhia region. More than 30 settlements, including Huliaipilske, Charivne, Yehorivka, Stepove, Lobkove, Piatykhatky of Zaporizhzhia region, were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.

In the Kherson direction, the aggressor launched airstrikes on the areas of Dachi and Zymivnyk of Kherson region. More than 20 settlements came under artillery shelling, including Poniativka, Kherson, Stanislav of Kherson region and Ochakiv, Solonchaky of Mykolaiv region.

The Air Force launched six strikes on enemy personnel clusters in the past day. For their part, missile and artillery forces struck four Russian command posts, one manpower, weapons, and equipment cluster, and three artillery units in firing positions.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Defense Forces of Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to August 21, 2023 eliminated about 257, 930 Russian invaders, including 460 occupiers in the past day alone.