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.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducting mortar and artillery attacks on Ukrainian border communities and continues to lay mine fields along the state border.
After the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine witnessed an unprecedented wave of private support for the army. Citizens, big businesses, charitable foundations, and international philanthropists began financing the country’s defense alongside state assistance provided by international partners. Estimates of total private contributions range from tens to hundreds of billions of hryvnias. However, determining the exact amount remains difficult. In many cases, companies combine military aid, humanitarian programs, tax payments, social spending, and employee support in their reporting.
Rinat Akhmetov’s military initiative, “Steel Front”, has delivered a batch of drones worth UAH 214 million to the 1st “Azov” Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine. This shipment is part of the Metinvest Group’s ongoing support for the unit in 2025.
On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.
Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest Group has completed the construction of an upgraded underground NATO Role 2 hospital in one of the hottest sectors of the frontline. This is the second stabilization point established under the Steel Front initiative in cooperation with the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new facility, funded by Metinvest with an investment of UAH 21 million, is more secure than the first one thanks to its deeper location underground (over 6 meters) and additional fortifications.
Five armored vehicles “Kozak” have received a new mission – thanks to the support of Metinvest, they have been upgraded to full-fledged command and staff vehicles. These upgraded vehicles are now operating on the front line.