Fighting intensifies in Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas- Ukraine’s General Staff
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches its 908th day, the Ukrainian General Staff reports that the most intense fighting over the past 24 hours occurred in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas with a total of 145 combat clashes recorded along the front lines.
On Sunday, Russian forces launched 8 missiles and conducted 79 airstrikes, deploying 106 guided bombs. Additionally, over 4,600 shellings were recorded, including 159 launched from multiple rocket launchers.
Russian airstrikes targeted several regions, including Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The Ukrainian Air Force, missile troops, and artillery responded with 17 strikes on enemy personnel and equipment concentrations, destroying an artillery system, two air defense systems, three command posts, four radar stations, and two other key targets.
Key battlefront updates include:
- Kharkiv sector: Three battles occurred near Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
- Kupiansk sector: Ukrainian forces repelled 20 attacks near Hlushkivka, Stelmakhivka, Kolesnykivka, Lozova, and Synkivka.
- Lyman sector: 20 combat engagements took place near Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Terny, Novosadove, and Torske.
- Siversk sector: Two clashes near Verkhnokamianske and Ivano-Darivka were repelled by Ukrainian defenders.
- Kramatorsk sector: 14 battles occurred in areas near Hryhorivka, Kalynivka, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Stupochky, and Predtechyne.
- Toretsk sector: Russian forces launched 24 attacks near Zalizne, Toretsk, Diliivka, and Nelipivka.
- Pokrovsk sector: Ukrainian defenders repelled 45 assaults, with the heaviest fighting near Vozdvyzhenka and Novohrodivka.
- Kurakhove sector: Nine enemy attacks were stopped near Paraskoviivka, Krasnohorivka, and Kostyantynivka.
- Vremivka sector: Four assaults were repelled, as Russian troops push towards Vodyane and Rozdolne.
- Prydniprovske, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv sectors: The situation remains stable with no significant changes.
Ukrainian forces continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy. On August 18alone, Russian forces lost 1,120 personnel, five tanks, 15 armored vehicles, 48 artillery systems, four multiple rocket launchers, two air defense systems, 57 operational-tactical UAVs, five cruise missiles, 55 vehicles, and 17 units of special equipment.
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