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Ukrainian fighters hold back the Russian offensive near Maryinka and repel enemy attacks in the Avdiyivka area, - General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
During the day, 26 combat clashes took place at the front.

by Vera Perun

[LB] In the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled the attacks of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area, and in Marinka, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the advance of enemy troops in the Maryinka area of ​​the Donetsk region.

This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the day, 26 combat clashes took place at the front.

Russia carried out two missile and 38 air strikes, carried out 26 attacks from rocket salvo systems. Instead, the aviation of the Defense Forces made nine strikes on enemy personnel concentration areas and two on anti-aircraft missile complexes. And units of missile troops and artillery struck two areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two ammunition warehouses and a heavy TOS-1A flamethrower system of the Russians.

The situation at the front as of 18:00 on August 22 is as follows:

on the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly;

in Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi , the Russians carried out mortar and artillery attacks on more than 15 settlements, in particular, Rozhkovichi, Seredyna-Buda, Myropilske, Ryasne in the Sumy region and Pletenivka, Vovchansk, Chugunivka in the Khar'kov region;

on Kupyansk, the settlements of Berestov, Tverdokhlibov, Kupyansk-Vuzlovy of the Khar'kov region were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks;

in Lymanskyi, the occupiers carried out airstrikes in the areas of Tverdokhlibovo and Serebryansk forestry of Luhansk region. About 10 settlements, in particular, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Zvanivka, Vesele, Spirne, and Fedorivka of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery fire from the enemy;

on Bakhmutskyi, the enemy carried out an air strike in the Ivanivskyi district of the Donetsk region. More than 15 settlements, including Minkivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Diliivka of the Donetsk region, were affected by enemy artillery fire.

in Avdiivskyi, the settlements of Novokalynove, Stepove, Avdievka, Tonenke, Umanske of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire;
in Maryinsky, the settlements of Mar'yinka, Pobyeda, Elizavetovka, Novomykhailovka, Katerynovka, Antonovka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire;

on Shakhtarskyi, the enemy carried out airstrikes in Vodyanyi and Urozhanyi districts of Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by enemy artillery fire, including Vodyane, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, and Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk region;

in Zaporizhzhie, the Russians carried out airstrikes in the districts of Mala Tokmachka, Yehorivka, and Robotyny of Zaporizhzhia region. More than 15 settlements, including Poltavka, Gulyaipole, Gulyaipilske, Chervone, and Zatyshsha of the Zaporizhzhye region, were affected by the enemy's artillery shelling;

on Khersonskyi, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of ​​Romashkovo, Kherson region. Novovorontsovka, Kherson, and Komysany of the Kherson region suffered from enemy artillery fire.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.

It will be recalled that the Ukrainian military 47th Brigade entered the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region with a fight, and organized the evacuation of civilians on Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

Meanwhile, intelligence reports that Wagner's terrorist group as a structure is currently not participating in hostilities in Ukraine. Only the "Wagnerians" fight separately.


Posted by: badanov 2023-08-23
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