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| Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled more than 50 Russian attacks - General Staff |
| 2024-02-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders fend off dozens of enemy attacks every day The hottest situation was in the Avdeevka direction, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 25 attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and nine more near Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Wednesday evening, February 7. “At the beginning of the day, the enemy carried out several attacks on the territory of Ukraine, using various means of air attack: attack UAVs, cruise, ballistic and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In total, 64 enemy air attack weapons were used: 20 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, 29 cruise Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 missiles, four Kh-22 cruise missiles, three sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles, three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. As a result of combat work with fire weapons of the Air Force and the Defense Forces, 44 air targets were destroyed: 26 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, three Caliber cruise missiles, 15 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs,” the General Staff said in the evening report. The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 80 clashes occurred. “Information regarding the total number of missile and air strikes, as well as shelling from multiple launch rocket systems, is being clarified. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are deaths and injuries among the civilian population, including children. Multi-storey and private houses have been destroyed and damaged, as well as other civilian infrastructure in the Kiev, Kharkov, Nikolaev and Lvov regions,” the General Staff reported. In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed three attacks near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Liman direction, our soldiers repelled seven attacks near Belogorivka, Lugansk region and Ternov, Torskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled five attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovskoye and Kleschievka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 25 attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and nine more attacks near Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the enemy tried 20 times to improve the tactical situation. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, three unsuccessful attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops. During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on six areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Units of the missile forces carried out attacks on three areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, and two enemy ammunition depots. Let us remind you that this night and in the morning Russia massively attacked Ukraine with missiles, having previously fired suicide bombs. Kyiv, Kharkov, Nikolaev and the western regions came under enemy attacks. It later became known that air defense units shot down 44 of 64 enemy targets. |
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