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| Defense of Avdievka: the Russians attempted a breakthrough |
| 2024-02-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting stubbornly in eastern Ukraine In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 20 attacks in the Avdeevka area and three more in the Pervomaisky area of the Donetsk region. Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian troops have repelled 45 attacks by Russian aggressors in seven directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the most enemy assaults near Avdiivka in its evening report on Saturday, February 3. In total, 45 military clashes took place at the front. The enemy carried out 54 air strikes and 33 shelling from MLRS on the positions of our troops and populated areas. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region. The Russians tried unsuccessfully to break through the defenses there. The Russians carried out air strikes in the areas of Kupyansk, Ivanovka, Kislovka, Tabaevka and Peschany, Kharkov region. The Russian army attacked about 15 settlements in the Kupyansk direction with artillery and mortar fire. In the Liman direction, our defenders repulsed five enemy attacks in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Luhansk region, Ternov and Yampolevka of the Donetsk region. The Russians tried to break through the defense there with air support. About 15 settlements were damaged by mortar and artillery strikes by the Russian army, including Belogorivka in the Lugansk region, Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Vyemka in the Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the area of Bogdanovka and Klishchievka, Donetsk region. Russian troops tried unsuccessfully to improve their tactical position there. More than 10 settlements came under Russian mortar and artillery fire, in particular, Grigorovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 20 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and three more in the Pervomaisky area of the Donetsk region. With the support of aviation, the Russian army tried to break through the defenses there. The invaders carried out airstrikes in the area of Alexandropol, Donetsk region. The Russians directed artillery and mortar fire at more than 15 settlements in this direction, in particular at Novobakhmutovka, Berdich, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and Pervomaisky in the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the Krasnohorivka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. Russian troops, with the support of aviation, tried unsuccessfully six times to improve their tactical position there. Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Praskovievka in the Donetsk region came under artillery and mortar fire from the Russians. In the Shakhtarsky direction, our defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region. Russian troops launched air strikes in the areas of Staromayorsky, Ugledar and Urozhayny. About 10 settlements in this direction were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks, among them Vodyanoye, Prechistovka, Staromayorskoye and Rovnopol. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations, but fired artillery and mortars at populated areas. More than 20 cities and villages were under enemy fire, including Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulyaypole, Belogorye, Robotino and Pyatikhatki. In the Kherson direction, Russian troops did not abandon their intention to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Over the course of 24 hours, they tried to storm Ukrainian positions four times, but to no avail. In the areas of Krasny Mayak, Krynki and Zmievka in the Kherson region, the Russian army carried out air strikes. Kherson, Krasny Mayak, Tokarevka, Sadovoe and Kizomis in the Kherson region suffered from artillery and mortar fire from the invaders. The Russians used multiple launch rocket systems to strike in the areas of Ivanovka, Krynki and Inzhenerny. During the day, Ukrainian aviation carried out strikes on 12 areas where Russian invaders were concentrated. Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' missile forces struck the area where enemy personnel and artillery were concentrated. Let us remind you that during the day on February 2, 880 Russian invaders were “negated” at the front. Russia's total losses since the beginning of the war are approaching 390 thousand killed. |
| Posted by:badanov |