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| Ukrainian General Staff: The enemy continues to press on the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions |
| 2024-12-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] 177 combat clashes were recorded on the frontline in a day. by Ivanna Kapustianska The 1,018th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Over the past day, 177 combat clashes have been recorded . The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to updated information, within 24 hours the enemy launched three missile strikes using five missiles, as well as ten airstrikes, dropping 36 anti-aircraft missiles on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements. In addition, it carried out about 4,000 attacks, 143 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems. The aggressor carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Novoyehorivka, Constantinople, Dachne, Odradne, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivka, and Novosilka. Yesterday, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile forces, and artillery launched five strikes on areas where enemy personnel and munitions were concentrated, and also hit two command posts. In the Kharkiv direction near Vovchansk, Tykhy and in the direction of Vysokaya Yaruga and Kozachaya Lopan, Russian terrorists stormed the positions of Ukrainian units five times and were repulsed. Nine clashes took place over the past day in the Kupyansk direction, in particular near Kolisnykivka, Lozova, Zagryzove, and Zapadne. According to updated information, the enemy attacked 14 times near Cherneshchyna, Hrekivka, Kopanky, Nadiya, Makiivka, Torske and Terni in the Lyman direction. Near the settlements of Bila Hora and Stupochka, in the Kramatorsk direction, five clashes occurred within a day. In the Toretsk direction, the Russians attacked nine times near Toretsk, Diliivka, and Shcherbinivka. In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 48 enemy assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zhovte, and Chumatske. In the Kurakhiv direction, there were 35 attacks in the past 24 hours near Stary Terni, Zory, Sontsivka, Kurakhiv, Dachny, and Dalny. Our defenders repelled 21 assaults near the settlements of Uspenivka, Kostiantynopolske, Rozdolne, Novodarivka, and Novosilka, which are in the Vremiv direction. An attempt to attack our positions in the direction of Novodanylivka, in the Orikhiv direction, turned out to be a failure for the invaders. The enemy was defeated three times, attacking the Ukrainian defensive lines in the Dnieper direction. In Kursk, Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 attacks by Russian invaders. The situation in the Hulyaipil direction is unchanged. No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions . On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, carries out mortar and artillery attacks on settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation. At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat contact. In total, the total losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,300 people. Our soldiers also neutralized 17 armored combat vehicles, 12 artillery systems, two air defense systems, 19 operational-tactical UAVs, and 49 vehicles. |
| Posted by:badanov |