War update: Ukrainian forces repel enemy attack near Avdiivka

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a morning update posted to Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"In the Avdiivka sector, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives south of Avdiivka, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the Avdiivka and Nevelske area. More than ten settlements, including Novokalynove, Semenivka, Yasnobrodivka, Karlivka and Nevelske in the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire," the update read.

Last night, Russia launched another attack against Ukraine, using Iranian Shahed-136/131 one-way attack drones. Reports on the consequences of this terrorist attack are currently being clarified.

In the last 24 hours, the Russian occupiers struck Ukraine with air and sea-based missiles. In total, at least 28 cruise missiles of different types were launched, including 4 Kh-22 cruise missiles, 20 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 4 Kalibr cruise missiles. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 16 Kh-101/Kh-555 and Kalibr cruise missiles. In addition, the enemy launched at least eight S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

In total, in the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 42 missile strikes, 56 airstrikes and carried out 36 MLRS attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, civilian casualties, including child casualties, were recorded. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged.

The probability of the enemy launching missile and air strikes on targets across Ukraine remains high.

On the Volyn and Polissia axis, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axis, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Atynske, Yastrubyne and Pavlivka, Sumy region. The enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 30 settlements, including Tymonovychi, Khotiivka and Hremiach in the Chernihiv region, Sytne, Shalyhyne, Stepne, Uhroidy and Popivka in the Sumy region and Hraniv, Pletenivka, Okhrimivka, Kreidianka and Vilkhuvatka in the Kharkiv region.

In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions southeast of Vilshany and east of Petropavlivka, Kharkiv region. The enemy carried out airstrikes outside Ivanivka, Zahryzove and Vilshany in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region. The settlements of Kupiansk, Pishchane and Cherneshchyna in the Kharkiv region came under enemy artillery and mortar attacks.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy carried out airstrikes outside Bilohorivka, Luhansk region, and Siversk, Spirne and Vesele in the Donetsk region. The settlements of Kolodiazi and Siversk in the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire from the enemy.

In the Bakhmut sector, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Vasiukivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Pivnichne in the Donetsk region. More than 15 settlements, including Minkivka, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Predtechyne and Dyliivka in the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery shelling.

In the Marinka sector, Ukraine's defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops outside the towns of Marinka and Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region. The enemy launched an airstrike outside Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region. More than ten settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Antonivka and Yelyzavetivka in the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.

In the Shakhtarske sector, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to recapture lost positions outside Urozhaine, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Velyka Novosilka, Makarivka, Staromaiorske and Urozhaine in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements, including Bohoiavlenka, Zolota Nyva, Urozhaine, Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Rivnopil in the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire.

In the Zaporizhzhia sector, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Omelnyk, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 25 settlements were hit by enemy artillery shelling, including Levadne, Huliaipole, Bilohiria, Lukianivske, Piatikhatky and Plavni, Zaporizhzhia region.

In the Kherson sector, the enemy carried out airstrikes outside Mykolaivka and Sadove, Kherson region. The settlements of Poniativka, Kherson and Novodmytrivka in the Kherson region and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region were hit by enemy artillery fire.

At the same time, Ukraine's defense forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdiansk sectors, entrenching themselves on the achieved lines and carrying out counter-battery measures.

Amid the decreasing morale of the personnel of the military units of the invasion forces, the enemy's command is increasingly resorting to staged filming of their success. For example, in the temporarily occupied village of Kozachi Laheri, Kherson region, preparations were underway for the filming of a propaganda video by a Russian film crew based on the plot "Destruction of 150 servicemen of the Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group in the local village center of culture." However, as of August 13 of this year, up to 25 Russian military personnel from among former prisoners are stationed in this building.

In the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Air Force launched seven strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment.

Units of Ukrainian rocket forces and artillery, in turn, hit four artillery pieces, an anti-aircraft missile system and another important enemy target.