Ukraine fights off 136 enemy attacks, – General Staff update
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
Ukrainian forces repelled 136 enemy attacks across the front lines on August 6th. The most intense clashes were reported on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders faced off against a relentless barrage of enemy assaults.
- Kharkiv sector: Ukrainian defenders engaged in nine battles near Lipetsk, Tikhoe, and Vovchansk.
- Kupyansk sector: Six significant confrontations occurred near Synkivka, Kolisnykivka, Hlushkivka, and Novoosinove.
- Lyman sector: The enemy launched 19 attacks around Makievka, Nevskoe, Terny, Torskoe, and the Serebryansky Forest.
- Siversk sector: Twenty-one combat engagements were reported near Bilohorivka, Verkhnekamianske, Ivanivka, Vyimka, Pereizne, and Spirne.
- Kramatorsk sector: Ten clashes happened near Chasiv Yar and Ivanivske.
- Toretsk sector: Eighteen attacks were reported near Pivnichne, Toretsk, and New York. Ukrainian defenders remained resolute, repelling these aggressive moves.
- Pokrovsk sector: Ukrainian forces faced 42 enemy assaults in the areas near Vozdvyzhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Zhelanne, Kalinove, Oleksandrivka, Vesele, Ivanivka, Kalynivka, Skuchne, Yasnobrodivka, Karlivka, Panteleimonivka, Novozhelanne, and Mezove. Intensive fighting was ongoing near Ivanivka and Zhelanne.
- Kurakhove sector: Eight enemy attacks were thwarted near Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka
- Vremivka sector: Russian forces attempted to storm Ukrainian positions near Vodiane.
- Pridneprovsk sector: Two enemy assaults were successfully repelled near the Dnipro River area.
The situation in the Gulyaipole and Orihiv sectors remains stable, while no new enemy offensive groups have been detected in the Volyn and Polissia regions.
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