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| Armed Forces of Ukraine fight off enemy assaults in Donbass |
| 2022-08-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The invaders continue to shell settlements and positions of the Ukrainian military along the entire demarcation line. However, it has not been successful in any direction. In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes. On the latter, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Gremyach and Senkovka in the Chernihiv region and Sukhodol, Manukhovka, Novye Vyrki and Pavlovka in the Sumy region. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of border areas with unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening report on August 8. In the Kharkiv direction, enemy units using tanks, cannon and rocket artillery are trying to moderate the Defense Forces from moving deep into the territory temporarily occupied by the enemy. Shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Svetlichnoye, Zolochev, Slatino, Novoe, Borshcheva, Russian Tishki, Tsirkuny, Pobeda, Slobozhanskoye, Krasnoye, Gusarovka and Aseevka. The occupiers launched airstrikes near Gusarovka, Verkhny Saltov and Bayrak, and also used UAVs for reconnaissance near Tsupovka and Russian Tishki. In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy carried out a fiery defeat from artillery near Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Dmitrovka, Vernopolye, Rodnoy, Dibrivnoye, Grushuvakha, Bogorodichny, Nortsovka, Krasnopolye and Nikolsky. Launched an air strike near Zaliman. The invaders unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation near Bogorodichny. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is trying to inflict maximum losses on our units and prevent them from capsizing to other directions. In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery into the areas of Kramatorsk, Seversk, Grigorievka, Verkhnekamensky and Starodubovka. Launched airstrikes near Grigorovka and Ivano-Daryevka. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired on our troops near Bakhmut, Zaitsev, Yakovlevka, Krasnopolevka, Pokrovsky and Vershina. Inflicted air strikes in the areas of Bakhmut, Soledar and Kodema. Enemy assaults in the directions of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Vershina and Kodema were repulsed by our soldiers. In the Avdiivka direction, artillery and tank attacks were recorded near Avdiivka, Experienced, Novobakhmutovka, Karlivka, Keramika and Kurakhovo. Enemy aircraft operated near New York, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka. An attempt by the occupiers to attack in the directions of Avdiivka and Peski under the fire of Ukrainian soldiers bogged down. The enemy has withdrawn. In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy used tanks, cannon and rocket artillery to shell civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vugledar, Shevchenko, Gulyaipolskoye, Temirovka, Vremevka, Gulyaipole, Malinovka and Novopol. Inflicted air strikes near Prechistovka, Vladimirovka and Poltavka. The enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops in the directions of the settlements of Maryinka and Shevchenko, but had no success, retreated. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the regions of Zaporozhye and Pavlograd. In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Tavrichesky, Limany, Aleksandrovka, Kotlyarovo, Novonikolaevka, Novogrednevo, Kiselevka, Kobzartsy, Kvitnevo, Zeleny Gai, Andreevka, Ivanovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Topolinoe and Potemkino. Inflicted air strikes near Lozovoye, Olginoye, Andreevka and Tauride. Considerable attention is paid to aerial reconnaissance by unmanned aerial vehicles. In the waters of the Black Sea, the enemy naval grouping is concentrating its main efforts on supporting the actions of the ground grouping of troops and destroying objects deep in the territory of Ukraine. Four carriers of sea-based cruise missiles are in readiness for the use of high-precision weapons. On Monday, August 8, at about 10 a.m., anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force destroyed four Kalibr-type sea-based cruise missiles fired by the enemy from the Black Sea. One missile was destroyed in the Odessa region by soldiers of the Yug air command, three more were shot down by anti-aircraft missile units of the Center air command. Earlier, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, said that the Russian Federation expects the West to get tired of the war and insist on peace agreements with territorial concessions from Ukraine. |
| Posted by:badanov |