Russian forces conduct 4 missile strikes and 15 airstrikes on Ukraine on Thursday; Ukraine’s Armed Forces repel several Russian attacks – General Staff report

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:31

On Thursday, 8 September, Russian forces carried out four missile strikes and 15 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of several Ukrainian towns and villages.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 8 September

Details: Over the course of 8 September, Russian forces landed:

Four missile strikes on Kostiantynivka, Tsyrkuny, Bereznehuvate and Kharkiv, injuring several civilians;

Fifteen airstrikes on military and civilian targets in and around Temyrivka, Krasnohorivka, Volodymyrivka and Novomykhailivka.

In addition, Russian occupying forces used Grad and Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to carry out more than 10 attacks on Serebrianka, Platonivka and Tavriiske.

On other fronts, the Russians continued to fire on military and civilian targets:

• On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces fired on areas in and around Senkivka (Chernihiv Oblast) and Myropilske, Velykyi Prykil and Prokhody (Sumy Oblast);
• On the Kharkiv front, the Russians used tubed and rocket artillery to fire on areas in and around Udy, Svitlychne, Nove, Male Vesele, Ruski Tyshky, Cherkaski Tyshky, Peremoha, Staryi Saltiv, Bairak and Kostiantynivka;
• On the Sloviansk front, the Russians fired on areas in and around Sloviansk, Virnopillia, Dolyna, Krasnopillia and Nova Dmytrivka;
• On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces fired on areas in and around Pryshyb, Pereizne, Spirne and Rozdolivka;
• On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces fired on areas in and around Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, New-York and Vesele;
• On the Avdiivka front, the Russians fired on areas in and around Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodiane and Opytne;
• On the Novopavlivka front, the Russians fired on areas in the vicinities of Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Novomaiorske and Yehorivka;
• On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian troops fired on areas in and around Novoandriivka, Novopil and Vremivka;
• On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the towns and villages of Bila Krynytsia, Pervomaiske, Liubymivka, Ternovi Pody, Zelenyi Hai, Petrivka, Stepova Dolyna, Pravdyne, Tavriiske, Myroliubivka and Ivanivka came under Russian attacks.

The General Staff also reports that the resistance movement, together with the artillery units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces have disrupted the supply logistics of the Russian forces on the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson Oblast.

Russian Armed Forces ramped up filtration measures at the Sokolohirne railway station in Kherson region in order to prevent further information leaks about the movement of the occupying forces.

Russian occupation regime on the temporarily occupied territories of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts urges all local residents who had evacuated from those territories to return to their homes by 1 October in a bid to improve turnout at the sham referendums Russia plans to hold in those occupied territories. The Russians are threatening to "nationalise" the homes of those who fail to do so.

Russian forces began a forced mobilisation campaign on the occupied territory of the Chuhuiv district, in Kharkiv Oblast. The Russians detain men of conscription age and send them to a so-called "recruitment centre" in Vovchansk.

Ukrainian Defence Forces are maintaining their current positions and preventing the Russian forces from advancing further into the territory of Ukraine. They have successfully repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Kostiantynivka, Dovhenke, Dibrivne, Hryhorivka, Soledar, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Marinka and Kamianka.

Rocket and artillery units of the Ukrainian ground forces keep carrying counter-battery firing missions in order to disrupt Russian command systems and supply logistics, inflict losses on Russian troops and destroy Russian military equipment.

Over the course of 8 September, Ukrainian aircraft conducted over 12 airstrikes, hitting two Russian platoon strong points, six areas where Russian military personnel and equipment were concentrated, and two anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian air defence units brought down two Russian UAVs. Russia’s total losses over the course of 8 September have yet to be confirmed.

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