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| Operational summary of the Ukrainian General Staff for the evening of Thursday, August 4 |
| 2022-08-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] The enemy is concentrating its main efforts in the east of Ukraine to establish full control over the Donetsk and Lugansk regions within their administrative borders. In addition, the Russians continue fighting to hold the temporarily captured areas of Kherson and parts of Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv regions . This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Thursday, August 4. Earlier it was reported that the enemy intends to go on the offensive in the Kherson direction . The General Staff claims that such an offensive is already beginning, but the enemy is not making any headway. In particular, in the Yuzhnobuzh direction , the enemy launched air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Luch, Limany, Novaya Zarya, Novonikolaevka, Kobzartsy, Lyubomirovka, Kiselevka, Andreevka, Lozovoye, Belogorka, Osokorovka, Potemkino, Zeleny Gay, Belaya Krinitsa, Khutorskaya Balka and Ivanovka. " Our soldiers stopped enemy offensive operations in the areas of Belogorka and Lozovoye and drove the invaders back ," the General Staff noted. In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes. Signs of the creation of offensive groupings of the military of the Russian Federation and Belarus were not found. At the same time, in order to demonstrate the presence and deterrence of defense forces, the enemy used cannon and rocket artillery to shell civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Medvedevka, Nikolaevka in the Chernihiv region and Krasnopolye, Miropolye, Mikhailovka, Bolshaya Rybitsa in the Sumy region. Conducted aerial reconnaissance. In the Kharkov direction, the enemy fired from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Lebyazhe, Borshcheva, Dementievka, Korobochkino, Bolshie Prohody, Russian Tishki, Stary Saltov, Prishib, Tsirkuny, Mospanovo, Bezruki, Karasovka. The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops near Gusarovka, the fighting continues. In the Slavic direction , the enemy uses tanks, cannon and rocket artillery to shell the areas of the settlements of Bogorodichnoye, Mazanovka, Gusarovka, Adamovka, Kurulka, Krestishche, Suligovka, Dovgenkoye and Bolshaya Kamyshevakha. Attempts to attack the enemy in the areas of the Valley and Bogorodichny, thanks to the skillful actions of our military, ended in failure and flight for the Russians. In the Donetsk direction , using tanks, cannon and rocket artillery, the enemy is trying to force the units of the Defense Forces from their positions. For the purpose of reconnaissance of logistics routes and critical infrastructure facilities, he conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV. In the Kramatorsk direction , shelling was recorded near Seversk, Nikolayevka, Starodubovka, Disputable, Krivoy Luka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Grigorievka, Serebryanka, Raygorodok and Kalenikov. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy shelled military and civilian infrastructure near Pokrovsky, Razdolevka, Vershina, Yakovlevka, Bakhmut, Kodem and Soledar, and used aircraft for strikes. The Russian military invaders tried to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Bakhmut, Soledar, Yakovlevka and Vershina by assault actions , but they were not successful and retreated. Near Maisky and Kodema, fighting continues . In the Avdeevka direction , the enemy fired from tanks and various types of artillery in the areas of the settlements of Peski, Prechistovka, Shevchenko, Vladimirovka, Novobakhmutovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylovo and Krasnogorovka. The enemy made another attempt of offensive operations in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Peski, but has no success, the fighting continues . In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations, firing from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery along the entire line of collision. Inflicted air strikes near Novopol. Unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses near Maryinka, suffered losses and withdrew. August 4 is the 162nd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua . Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated two villages in Donetsk region [Vesti] Ukrainian defenders liberated two villages in the Donetsk region, said on Thursday, August 4, at a briefing, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov. "Over the course of a week, our troops improved their tactical position and advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defense in the areas of the settlements of Mazanovka, Brashkov, Sulugunovka and Dmitrovka. We liberated two settlements - Mazanovka and Dmitrovka," he said . However, according to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the occupied lines in the Avdiivka area and in the direction of Bakhmut. |
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